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Pakolas (Paco Cerdeira)

Paco Cerdeira, or Pakolas, the name by which he introduces himself to children, is a musician and composer, and defines himself as a rocker and guitar player, creating music for all audiences.

Paco Cerdeira has been dedicated to children's music for more than 16 years, with a long career in this professional field. He began his career as a member of Mamá Cabra, and after almost ten years as a member of this band, in 2014 he decided to create a children's band, and thus A Gramola Gominola was born, which already has three book-discs published by Sonárbore (Ed Galaxia), ‘A Gramola Gominola’ (2015), ‘Canciones para desafinar’ (2017) and ‘Bravas. O rexurdir da luz’ (2019).

In 2015 he began to prepare his most personal project and thus was born the proposal of Pakolas in which he continues to work for children with his own lyrics and compositions. His first solo work came out in November 2017, a book-disc published by Editorial Galaxia in its collection Sonárbore, under his name ‘Pakolas’. In 2020, and in the same collection, her second book-disc ‘Ramona Órbita, a Dona do Tempo’ was published. In April 2023 her last musical work ‘A Ramona Pequena vai á Lúa’ (Ed Galaxia) was released. In 2025 he launches ‘Ecoralia, a lambona ecolóxica’ promoted by CRAEGA.

Pakolas' shows have been touring all over Galicia since April 2017, with a formidable public reception. In 2023 he won the XIV Rosalía de Castro Prize of Diputación de A Coruña and was a finalist in the 10th Martín Códax Music Awards in the category of Children's Music.