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Singer/songwriter Pedro Guerra began composing his own music at the age of 14, becoming a singer two years later. At the age of 18 the young artist moved from Güímar to La Laguna, getting quickly involved in the local music scene. Soon after, Guerra participated with four of his songs in a compilation sponsored by the local government, also joining a group of artists called Taller Canario. In 1993 Pedro Guerra decided to move to Madrid. After singing at small local venues, his songs began to get attention and be performed by famous Spanish singers such as Paloma San Basilio, Victor Manuel, and Ana Belen. In 1994 Pedro Guerra was awarded for the first time after his song "Ondas" was voted the best of the year in Spain. Following the release of his first live album called Golosinas, Pedro Guerra recorded in Paris and Madrid Tan Cerca de Mi, issued in 1997. One of his major achievements was composing the soundtrack for Mararía, a movie directed by José Betancor. Played by the Canary Islands' Philharmonic Orquestra, the album was nominated by the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Sciences for Best Movie Soundtrack. In February 1999 Guerra's album Raíz was released. ~ Drago Bonacich

Spanish singer/songwriter Ismael Serrano was born in the early '70s, studying solfa and piano at a young age. Influenced by the Latin style known as nueva trova, the artist started composing as a teenager, adding music to the work of prominent poets. In 1994, Serrano began singing at small venues in Madrid; signing with PolyGram in 1996, he released his first album, Atrapados en Azul, that same year. During 1997 and 1998, the singer performed throughout Spain while composing songs for his follow-up record, La Memoria de los Peces. After successfully touring Latin America, Serrano issued Los Paraisos Desiertos in 2000 and continued releasing popular albums throughout the rest of the decade, which regularly charted in the top ten -- a total of five, culminating in 2012's Todo Empieza y Todo Acaba en Ti. In that time he also released two live albums and a 10th anniversary anthology, El Viaje de Rosetta, and even found time to appear in a film, El Corazón de Jesus, for which he also wrote a number of songs. Serrano made his name as a protest singer, inspired by '70s greats of the genre and Spain's tradition of radical leftist poetry, and the political events of the noughties, such as the Iraq War and the Madrid bombings of 2004, provided ample grist to his mill. He kept his music fresh by continually incorporating new musical elements ranging from jazz and blues to bossa nova and even metal. ~ Drago Bonacich & John D. Buchanan