Politics, punk, and pot — these three things provide plenty of perspective on headband-wearing, multilingual musician Manu Chao. A thoughtful philosopher whose addictive and energetic concerts rival ...

lost in the grand Babylon.” The song is not just autobiographical, but is also about the hypocrisy of Western countries who try to ban immigrant workers while at the same time benefitting from their ...

Most mainstream music listeners in the U.S. know Manu Chao as the artist behind 1999’s catchy novelty hit ”Bongo Bong”, if at all. In much of the rest of the world, however, the Barcelona-based singer ...

This week on Alt.Latino, Anamaria Sayre and Felix Contreras talk about an exciting new album from Manu Chao on the way — his first in 17 years — and their favorite recent songs from artists like the ...

And suddenly there he stood: Leprechaun in his regulation Sandinista green shirt and hat bent down low, 45 kilos soaking wet, materialized out of the air as if a Mayan alux (ah-louche) – sprite, ...

The global fusion and good vibes idol offers optimistic anthems, love song as free downloads on his web site. By Judy Cantor-Navas Manu Chao, harbinger of global fusion and good vibes, has started the ...

When I meet Manu Chao in Paris, he's in the musical equivalent of post-natal euphoria. "The final track was mastered 10 minutes ago, so you've got me at a good time," he beams. The party atmosphere is ...

Lost Highway and Nacional Records will help market each other's respective releases by Morrissey and Manu Chao. By Ayala Ben-Yehuda Lost Highway and Nacional Records will help market each other’s ...

Manu Chao Plays for KCRW by Salvador Farfan (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need access to the original image.) There is no doubt Manu Chao is an international ...

It’s been over 20 years since the French-Spanish luminary, Manu Chao, first released his multilingual, landmark debut, Clandestino. A prescient meditation on the neither-here-nor-there, limbo state of ...

Imagine that Bob Marley had never been played on British radio and that, five years after the rest of the world discovered him and he was acclaimed as one of the great iconic figures in pop music, he ...

Anarchic rocker and world music superstar Manu Chao has always had a vexed relationship with the land of his birth. Son of refugees from Franco’s Spain, and raised in Paris’s tough multi-ethnic ...