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 ...

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 ...

"Clandestino" brought Manu Chao world fame - but then French-Spanish musician disappeared from studios for about 17 years. Now, his unmistakable style is back on a new album, "Viva Tu". Carlos ...

Music can be a lot of things: powerful, divisive, heartbreaking, cathartic. When Manu Chao came to Phoenix in September, his music served a rare purpose: healing. Turns out, while Chao was visiting, ...

When indie luminary Manu Chao first released his 1998 debut, Clandestino — and the song of the same title — he sought to humanize the millions of migrants, survivors of civil war and poverty, hustling ...

It's gutsy to attempt to cover someone as idiosyncratic as Manu Chao, even more so to do a new rendition of his 1998 instant classic 'Clandestino'. Kansas City-based Making Movies took the plunge, and ...

While the traditional rock ’n’ roll tour long ago became the stuff of cliché, the tours of the French-Spanish agit-rocker Manu Chao have become the stuff of legend. In 1992, he and his band Mano Negra ...

With intimate acoustic concerts, a foray into environmental activism and a new song penned with a local band, indie darling Manu Chao has charmed fans in the Balkans with his under-the-radar tour.

Manu Chao is a singer-songwriter with French and Spanish roots. He has been making music since the 1980s in various bands, but in the mid 1990s, his solo album, Clandestino became a hit with millions ...