Joaquín Carbonell facts for kids

Carbonell performing in February 2020

Joaquín Carbonell Martí (born August 12, 1947 – died September 12, 2020) was a talented Spanish singer-songwriter, journalist, and poet. He was known for his music and his writing.

About Joaquín Carbonell

Early Life and Education

Joaquín Carbonell was born in Alloza, a town in Teruel, Spain. His father was a teacher. When Joaquín was young, he studied at a Salesian school in Barcelona. However, at age 15, he decided to leave school and started working in a hotel.

For several years, Joaquín worked as a waiter and a sommelier (someone who helps with wine choices) at different resorts along the Catalan coast during the summer. In the winter, he worked at his family's oil mill in Alloza. In 1967, he went back to school in Teruel. There, he began to write about music.

Becoming a Musician and Writer

In the 1970s, Joaquín Carbonell started writing his own songs. He became an important part of a new music movement in Aragon, a region in Spain. This movement was called the "new Aragonese song." He worked with his mentor, José Antonio Labordeta, who was also a famous singer.

Joaquín recorded more than ten music albums. Two of these albums were special because they honored a famous French singer named Georges Brassens. Besides singing, Joaquín also directed and hosted several TV shows for TVE, a Spanish television channel, in the Aragon region.

He also became a poet and a storyteller. As a journalist, he wrote for a newspaper called El Periódico de Aragón. In his section, he wrote interviews and reviewed TV shows. He even created songs for the Real Zaragoza football (soccer) club, like "Corazón de León" and "Zaragol." He also wrote the official song for the club's 75th anniversary.

Performances and Later Works

Joaquín Carbonell often performed at the Barnasants Festival in Barcelona. He also sang in cities in France, such as Pau, Toulouse, Saint Jory, and Paris. He traveled to Argentina three times to perform concerts in cities like Buenos Aires, Rosario, and La Plata. He also performed in Montevideo (Uruguay), Chile, and Costa Rica.

In 2014, he took part in a special concert in Zaragoza to honor José Labordeta, his mentor. Later that year, Joaquín released a double album called 1 vida & 19 canciones, which was a collection of his songs. In 2017, he released a new album with brand new songs called El carbón y la rosa.

Joaquín Carbonell passed away on September 12, 2020, in Zaragoza. He was 73 years old.

Music Albums (Discography)

Here are some of the music albums Joaquín Carbonell released:

• Con la ayuda de todos (1976)
• Dejen pasar (1977)
• Semillas (1978)
• Sin ir más lejos (1979)
• Carbonell canta a Brassens (1996)
• Tabaco y Cariño (1998)
• Homenage a trois (2000)
• Sin móvil ni coartada (2003)
• La tos del trompestista (2005)
• Cantautores en directo. El concierto! (2007)
• Clásica y moderna (2008)
• Vayatrés! (2009), with José Antonio Labordeta and La Bullonera
• Una tarde con Labordeta (2013), with Eduardo Paz
• 1 vida & 19 canciones (2014)
• El carbón y la rosa (2017)
• Los 3 Norteamericanos. Live in Cariñena (2018)
• Carbonell 50 años (2020)

Books

Joaquín Carbonell also wrote several books, including poems and novels:

• Misas separadas (poems, 1987)
• Laderas del ternero (poems, 1994)
• La mejor tarde de Goyo Letrinas (novel, 1995)
• Las estrellas no beben agua del grifo (novel, 2000)
• El pastor de Andorra, 90 años de Jota (biography of José Iranzo Bielsa, 2005)

See also

In Spanish: Joaquín Carbonell para niños