Eliseo Parra García, born on November 27, 1949 in Sardón de Duero, Valladolid, Spain, is a singer known for his work as a popularizer and renovator of traditional Spanish music. Parra began his musical career in the 1960s as a drummer and singer in rock groups. In 1971, he studied solfège and harmony at the Conservatorio Municipal de Barcelona while performing with Mi Generación. He then joined groups like Blay Tritono and Al Tall and collaborated with Maria del Mar Bonet on Saba de Terrer (1979). Parra moved to Madrid in 1983 and founded the group Mosaico, releasing two albums focused on traditional Castilian music. His solo career began in 1990 with Arraigo (1994), followed by notable works like Tribus hispanas (1998), which won the Villa de Madrid contest, and Viva quien sabe querer (2002). Subsequent albums include Diez (2009) and Cantar y batir (2020).
