Pedro Manuel Guerra Mansito (2 June 1966 in Güímar, Teneriffe) is a singer and songwriter of the spanish Canary Islands.
Biography
He is the son of Pedro Guerra Cabrera, the first president of the canarian parliament.
He studied the guitar at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Tenerife.
With 16 years he started to play at several events on the island. With 18 year he moved to the university city San Cristóbal de La Laguna where he met singers and songwriters Andrés Molina, Rogelio Botanz, and Marisa Delgado with whom he formed Taller Canario de Canción in 1985. Marisa left the group the following year.
Pedro Guerras' style is based on canarian folklore as well as modern music, Latin American, and North African music.
In 1993 he moved to Madrid and started a solo carreer. As a musician and composer he worked together with Ana Belén, Víctor Manuel, Joaquín Sabina, Javier Álvarez, Paloma San Basilio, Amistades Peligrosas and the group Cómplices.
In 1995 he released his first solo album Golosinas. For his album Mararía (1998) he was nominated by the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España and won as Mejor Banda Sonora de Obra Cinematográfica de los Premios de la Música which is yearly awarded by the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (S.G.A.E.) and the Sociedad de Artistas, Intérpretes o Ejecutantes (A.I.E.).
For the election of the European Parliament in 2005 he supported the campaign of Izquierda Unida.
Discography
- Nueva Canción Canaria (1985)
Taller Canario
- Trapera (1987)
- Identidad (1988)
- A por todas (1989)
- Rap a duras penas (1991)
Solo album
- Golosinas (1995)
- Tan cerca de mí (1997)
- Mararía (1998)
- Raíz (1999)
- Ofrenda (2001)
- Hijas de Eva (2002)
- La Palabra en el aire (2003)
- Bolsillos (2004)