From the beginning it is clear that the night will be unforgettable. Ready to make a fool of themselves, the first words of Muguruza have confused graces with denunciations. The mayor of San Sebastián, Eneko Goia, was greeted by the audience. The laureate received applause that could not be silenced. And after offering the award to young people and self-managed spaces, he reminds the mayor of Kortxoenea and asks him to take care of the legendary Le Bukowski, who is in danger of being left without permission. Give me a double round of applause.

The act of rewarding Muguruza’s career couldn’t have been any different: the community party. He had to do it with most of his comrades who have been under the command of the commander, by chance. The most innovative think tank in the Basque Country has dedicated the most important songs of its career, mixing clamor and beauty.

In-communication was the first song. It has been based on new melodies, brass rhythms, crown harmonies and unique winds in the big band directed by David Pastor. To realize that the first collaboration of Sorrun and Oskar Benas, the Queen of the Oasis, has arrived.

Balazala dedicates the song to Laboa, Lertxundi and Ordorika, thanking them for their fight for Basque language and music. The song about the end of the ETA truce of 2007 has linked it to the future with a unique aesthetic tour; remembering that we are in the tenor of Open Doors, Lukrezia emphasizes the need to open new horizons with the song. The song of struggle against neoliberalism with Duti, instead of taking us 20 years back, has put us forward, inviting us to update and continue the struggles we have fought.

Then came the songs curated in New Orleans, Black is Negro, Mess Around or When I die. Death has been present throughout the concert; Ion Arretxe, Hasier Etxeberria, Juanba Berasategi, Amaia Apaolaza, Muguruza’s own father... But he reminds us that death is just a time to celebrate life: “When I die, dance better.”

After shouting “They were, and they will be because we are”, he proclaims the transmission of generations and the future of Basque music. Throughout the walk, Muguruza has had the work and visibility of young musicians present. He risked it too. And also on Wednesday night, he made Odei Barroso and La Basu climb the “Ice Queen” board to rapper a capella. It has been broken with the rhythm and strength of the concert, but not with the aesthetics. Because content and form have converged in the message sent to young musicians: “Do what you need.”

It is also essential to mention the visibility of the women, who have been broken by the mold of the friends of Micaela Chalmeta with the images and masculine attitudes that have become a habit in the concerts; the model that divides the smiles, applause and emotions among the members of the group is what we need on the stage. But above all music. With Yalah Ramallah the strong wind and groove have returned and the solos of each member of the team have offered moments to touch the skins and the entrails. The band’s work has been rewarded with applause by the public, with no one deserving of it, among the most awarded were the chorists Eva del Canto and Saphie Wells, the saxophonist Haizea Mariartu and the drummer Gloria Maurel.

The last song had to come: Niña Coyote and Chico Tornado dance with Rage Against the Machine’s Killing in the name terrible all over the room. With the final note, the fabric and the applause have fallen like rain. But it can't end there. There must be the last trachea. Behind the curtain you can hear noises and a guitar punch or something.

And the Curtain has gone up. And there they are: All the members of the Red Winter team, Inés Osinaga, Jon, Fino and Lonbi, and of course the whole Micaela band. No one has been able to sit still, and everyone has (we have) finished the concert dancing between the butacas. Gora Pueblo and Sarri Sarri have exploded like never before.

The route of Muguruza has been rewarded. But the route of the Muguruza is not only his. Not the musicians I've been with. It is the journey of a whole community. The route of the people who have sung to celebrate and curse life. And the songs yesterday, they took on a new meaning. Because they won't die if we keep singing.