The duo formed by Irene Atienza and Yoel Molina is set to perform a concert on 29 October at 19:00, with free admission. The Fernando Ateca cultural centre will host Casapalma, a musical project that has made the recovery and reinterpretation of Cantabrian folklore one of the most unique proposals in the current music scene.
Noemí Méndez, the Councillor for Culture, highlighted the project's deep connection to local roots while simultaneously bringing them into new languages and making them accessible to diverse audiences. "Casapalma demonstrates that our musical heritage is a living entity that can engage with contemporary creation without losing its identity. Irene and Yoel are doing fascinating work in recovering, researching, and updating traditional music from Cantabria," Méndez stated.
Casapalma consists of the Santander-based composer and singer Irene Atienza, who provides vocals and plays the pandereta (a type of tambourine), and Yoel Molina, a guitarist, composer, and producer who incorporates guitar, keyboards, and electronic resources. The project draws from the popular songbook of Cantabria and oral traditions to construct a contemporary sound that blends montañesa songs, alternative pop, and experimental electronics.
As the group explains, Casapalma works on recovering montañesa songs and advocating for some of the most iconic verses of Cantabrian folklore, navigating between the past and the future to update this musical heritage without losing its essence. Their debut album, 'Montañesas', released by Raso Estudio, marked the consolidation of this artistic direction. The work received recognition both in Spain and internationally, being selected among the ten best albums of 2024 by the Lista Ibérica de Músicas de Raíz and among the top one hundred of the year by the Transglobal World Music Chart.
Following this, the duo continued to delve into the intersection of tradition and experimentation with 'JOTAS', their second album released in 2025. In this work, Casapalma explores the rhythms and forms of traditional dance "a lo suelto" and connects them with contemporary production techniques and sounds. The Councillor emphasised the trajectory that Casapalma has been developing, as they have taken their music to various stages and festivals in recent years, and in 2026, they continue to present their proposal both within and outside Cantabria.
