Valeria Castro
Roles
Singer-songwriter · Singer · Composer
Genres
Singer-songwriter music · Pop · Roots pop · Contemporary Canarian music
Instruments
Voice · Piano · Guitar
Activity
2015

Music career

The sources place her in childhood piano studies and at the La Palma Island Music School. In 2015 she began posting covers on social networks; in 2021 Chiquita appeared as her first EP; in 2023 Con cariño y con cuidado arrived as her first long-form album; and in 2025 the discographic project moved on to el cuerpo después de todo. Public press and her official site present her as an artist in full activity, with touring and wide critical reception.

Contribution

Her importance lies in turning a voice closely tied to La Palma into a reference point for contemporary Canarian authorial pop. She has projected a recognisable island sensibility into Spanish and Latin American circuits without losing the link to the island, family and volcanic memory.

Style

The sources describe her with a sweet, close voice supported by piano and guitar, and with writing that crosses intimacy, island memory and Canarian and Latin American root rhythms. Con cariño y con cuidado and el cuerpo después de todo consolidate an emotional pop approach that does not separate itself from social commentary or from references to La Palma.

Repertoire

The documented repertory here focuses on Chiquita, La raíz, Con cariño y con cuidado, Debe ser and el cuerpo después de todo. It does not attempt to close a complete songbook, only to fix the works that the sources already place clearly in her trajectory.

Legacy

Her legacy is still being formed, but it already points to a clear idea: a singer from La Palma capable of bringing the emotion of a small island to a wide audience without turning it into a postcard. That combination of closeness, vocal discipline and family memory is now one of her most recognisable traits.

Canary Islands connection

The Canarian connection is found in her birth in Los Llanos de Aridane, in the La Palma music school, in lyrics tied to the island and in the way her discography turns La Palma experience into universal material.

Works and recordings

2023

La raíz

Canción asociada al primer álbum y a la memoria de La Palma tras el volcán, citada por RTVE como una de las piezas clave del repertorio.

2024

El amor de Andrea

Colaboración con Vetusta Morla que le valió una nominación a los Goya, según RTVE y la cobertura oficial de su perfil.

2025

El borde del mundo

Tema asociado a su segunda etapa discográfica y a otra nominación a los Goya, documentado por RTVE.

Timeline

  1. Nacimiento

    Nace en Los Llanos de Aridane, La Palma.

  2. Versiones en redes

    Comienza a publicar covers en Instagram y YouTube, según la prensa pública y regional.

  3. Chiquita

    Publica su primer EP, después de consolidar su presencia en redes.

  4. Con cariño y con cuidado

    Edita su primer disco largo, asociado a la memoria del volcán y a una gira de presentación.

  5. Medalla de Oro de Canarias

    El Boletín Oficial de Canarias publica su concesión de la Medalla de Oro de Canarias.

  6. el cuerpo después de todo

    Presenta su segundo álbum de larga duración como continuidad de su trayectoria discográfica.

Sources