Tako, unplugged at the Veruela Monastery

Lorenzo Cortés at the piano during Tako's concert at the Veruela Monastery

The Veruela Monastery hosted an acoustic concert by Tako on 26 July, with me on piano and keyboards. Playing inside the monastery nave, with that stone and that reverberation, is unlike any other stage: the stripped-down format of the band fits the room in a way that is hard to explain until you hear it.

The nave of the Veruela Monastery packed during Tako's acoustic concert — The monastery nave, packed, during the concert

It was a bare-bones version of the repertoire, with the arrangements rewritten for the acoustic format. What pushes hard when plugged in gets room to breathe here.

Tako performing unplugged on the stage of the Veruela Monastery — Tako, unplugged

The full band during the acoustic concert at the Veruela Monastery — The full band

Photographs: Francisco Lajusticia.