Manolo García Essentials

After cutting his teeth in ‘80s rock bands like Los Rápidos and Los Burros, Manolo García swapped his rock ‘n' roll swagger for alternative pop as the frontman of El Ultimo De La Fila. When he went solo in the late ‘90s, the Spanish singer/composer secured his status as a surrealist lyricist and genre-hopping musician. His uncompromising mestizo fusions unwound slithering Arab melodies on 1998's Arena en los Bolsillos and wove silken flamenco rhythms on 2014's Todo Es Ahora, making García one of Spanish pop-rock's most versatile artists.