Pedro Guerra has taken four years to return with a record which he describes as his most coherent work to date. “I had been on the go for 10 years and eight records and I needed to stop to regain a bit of oxygen.” This oxygen, given Pedro’s intimate, vital and fertile relationship with music that seems to come to him so naturally, has served him to create the 14 songs of Vidas.
Released in November, Vidas is the continuation of one of the most important musical careers witnessed in the last fifteen years. It is Pedro Guerra at his purest: the inspiration, depth and poetic height of the texts and the musical wealth of the songs all make for a Guerra in his prime, with the maturity and clarity provided by experience.
“Quisiera saber”, the first single, heralds the streak of nostalgia that runs through the entire record, which includes soft songs that talk of old porches and secret doors (“Íntimo”), others inspired in popular rhythms (“Madurar el amor”), or questions without answers(“Quisiera saber”), poetic and emotional overtones with aromas of Cape Verde (“Se enamoró de un río”) or Portugal “(Corazón enfadado”), eternal loves (“5.000 años”), elements of Brazil (“El pescador”, “Huellas”), pearls dedicated to his children (“Lara” and “Cuando Pedro llegó”)… Serene, simple, inspired songs; pieces that reflect a calm, thoughtful artist, who glides over time and trends with one chord looking towards the past and another towards the future.

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