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Paul Collins Live in Can Monroig (2013)

Acoustic concert by Paul Collins. Power pop. This label is the one that is inevitably associated with Paul Collins (New York, 1956), leader of two legendary bands, The Beat and The Nerves, which served as a reference for countless Spanish and international groups. Without massive record sales but with a solid reputation forged in…

Steven Munar live in Can Monroig (2013)

Steven Munar & The Miracle Band "Break the rules" concert at Can Monroig, 2013 Steven Munar Smith began his career in the late eighties with guitarist Miguel Pérez with The Walk in Mallorca, a group influenced by Echo & The Bunnymen among others. After recording several demos, both landed in…

From Paul Collins to Donallop via Steven Munar

A few days ago I met the American musician Paul Collins. He came to Can Monroig accompanied by his friend Paco. A few days later, at the concert that Paul Collins Beat gave in Pollença, those of us who were there witnessed how the song that he dedicated a few years ago to Paco, Juan, Mariano and the Plaza Mayor "Paco & Juan" became a hit.

Following the spirit of Bloomsbury group

100 idées magazine from 1983, Omega workshop and Bloomsbury group. I have always been addicted to magazines. In the 70s, Ozono, Ajoblanco or Disco Expres. In the 80s, 100 idées, a French magazine, a catch-all for decoration, fashion and art. It was in it, in 1983, that I first heard about the group…

A Mikveh in Jerusalem

Given the possibility that the remains of ancient buildings found in Can Monroig, Mallorca, are from a communal area of the old Jewish quarter of Inca or "Call", where the Jewish community celebrated their purification rites, we share this video about an ancient Mikveh found in Jerusalem. It explains the characteristics and…

Mikveh in the Jewish quarter of Inca?

In 2002, when we visited Can Monroig for the first time, we fell in love with the house. That small pointed arch, the stone slabs in one part of the house, the spacious areas, the pure state in which the house was found... But what we were going to find in the renovation was really surprising, it would take a few years…

“a secret book for a secret person” (2013)

"a secret book for a secret person in Inca" is a proposal for a journey through some of Manuel Santiago's books. The territory... Can Monroig, the seasons... the books... and the musical reading of Enrique Barrenengoa, Daniel Hernández, Victor Mardaras, Elizabetta Nonacelli and Antoni Verd. To swim, walk, run, crawl, wander, pass by, incur among the books and...

Private dinner at Can Monroig with Andreu Genestra (2013)

Can Monroig and Andreu Genestra, chef of the Son Jaumell restaurant, offered a dinner to a group of Russian tour operators visiting Mallorca in February 2013. The purpose of this visit was to introduce the Russian tourist market to the cultural alternatives that the island offers. Among the guests, Felix de Paz-Diz,…

New project in Cameroon

For a few months now we have been working on a project to build two sustainable homes in Cameroon. In one of them, which is already in the finishing phase, our job is to supervise the finishing and decoration of the house. Locating local materials such as baked clay bricks, local artisans for the…

Incart 2012: Economic Tsunami in Progress

"Economic Tsunami in Progress" Performance by Herbert Hundrich at Can Monroig On June 8th, the German artist based in Sineu, Herbert Hundrich, presented his performance "Economic Tsunami in Progress" during the opening of Incart 2012 at Can Monroig. The silhouettes painted on the asphalt of the street remind us of those drawn during a…

Kaum, Silvina Avila and Jan Gerdes, experimental music (2012)

Kaum: Silvina Avila and Jan Gerdes. The new electronic instrumental expressionism reflects on masterpieces of contemporary music and the avant-garde. Kaum is a project by the Spanish-Argentine electronic artist Silvina Ávila and the Berlin-based contemporary classical pianist Jan Gerdes. It is the interface between the experimental sounds of the electronic avant-garde and the aspects of the modern world.