"Radical Basque Rock gave vitality to society"

Symbol of counterculture, the world of fanzine, that is the contraction of the English expression fanatic magazine, does not end up rena...

It is fiction. However, as a novel set in the wake of the RRV Basque Radical Rock, the novel London Calling (Elkar, 2024) inevitably also has autobiographical touches. The protagonists Josu and Mikel constantly think of Errobi, The Clash and Hertzainak, and, precisely, these three groups are mentioned by the author Goio Ramos (Basauri, 1966) in the acknowledgements of the book. "When I was about 14, I discovered Errobi, and I realized that rock …

The Basque migration to Latin America was massive between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. Wars, political persecutions and the search for opportunities led thousands of Basques and navarros to cross the Atlantic. Argentina, with its vast lands and colonization policies, became one of the preferred destinations. Today, its legacy is still alive in villages like Macachín, where more than 60% of its 6,000 inhabitants have…