The album La noche by the legendary band Radio Tarifa has reached the number one spot of LIMúR, the Iberian Roots Music Chart for the Third Quarter of 2025. This is the band’s first release since the death of co-founder Benjamín Escoriza.
Radio Tarifa was formed in Madrid through the collaboration of three musicians: Faín Sánchez Dueñas of Valladolid, Vincent Molino of Montpellier, and Escoriza of Granada. Faín and Vincent first met in 1985 while performing in a medieval music band, and bonded over shared interests in Arabic and Mediterranean traditions. Their later encounter with Escoriza added a distinctive voice, commanding stage presence, and a poetic approach to songwriting.
The album follows the band’s established format, with ten traditional songs and four originals. Faín oversees production and most musical arrangements. In Escoriza’s absence, nine guest singers contribute across the tracks.
Influences include rock, flamenco, medieval polyphony, Castilian, Greek, Breton, Japanese, and other folk traditions, reflecting Radio Tarifa’s cross-cultural roots within world music.
LIMúR – Third Quarter 2025
- Radio Tarifa – La noche – Buda Musique
- Lina & Marco Mezquida – O fado – Galileo Music Communication
- Matthieu Saglio & Camille Saglio – Al alba – ACT Music
- Rodrigo Leão – O rapaz da montanha – Galileo Music Communication
- Germán Díaz & Benxamín Otero – Outras trece cancións bonitas – Producciones efímeras
- Luis Giménez Amorós – Bahía-Levant – KRB
- Danças Ocultas – Inspirar – Galileo Music Communication
- Alaa Zouiten – Aficionado: Flamenco moro – Alaa Zouiten
- El Nido – La constancia – Todo Aire
- Sangre de Muérdago – O xardín – Música Máxica
- Pilar Almalé – Zumo de manzana – Delicias Discográficas
- Manu Sequera – Mestranzo – Manu Sequera Produce
- Acetre – Cantos veniales – Acetre
- Ahmed Mukhtar & Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde – Al-Hambra – ARC Music
- Krama – Stanbrook [EP] – Modal Sound Records
More about the chart: limur.eu
Author: World Music Central News Room
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