Raimundo Lanas Muru was born in Murillo el Fruto, Navarra, on 23-1908. He was a pastor and herrador who began singing at a young age in his native town. He moved to Pamplona and joined 'Los Amigos del Arte' and 'Orfeón Pamplonés', where its director, Remigio Múgica, encouraged him. In Pamplona, he met the guitarist Miguel Cenoz from Ostiz, who was his companion and friend.
It was Miguel who invited him to Barcelona, where he recorded his first jotas. Raimundo achieved great success in Cuba and Mexico. When he arrived in Mexico, he was received by the industrialist Navarro Martín Oyamburu Arce, owner of La Modelo and Goodrich Euzkadi, who lent his brewery facilities for concerts and funded his performances in Bellas Artes.
Luis Gil Gómez described his voice as 'timbrada y fuerte' (rich and powerful), serving 'without baroque stylistic ornaments' to the 'lyrics of popular singers'. He died in Fuendejalón, Zaragoza, on 31-1939, at the age of 31.
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Written by Nik Frost
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