Editing Manu Chao (section)

==Early life==
Chao's mother, Felisa Ortega, is from [[Bilbao]], [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]], and his father, writer and journalist [[Ramón Chao]], is from [[Vilalba]], [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]]. They emigrated to Paris to avoid [[Francisco Franco]]'s dictatorship—Manu's grandfather had been sentenced to death.<ref name=beater>{{cite news |title=World beater |url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2123852,00.html |work=[[The Observer|Observer Music Monthly]] |date=July 15, 2007 |access-date=2008-03-14 | location=London | first=Peter | last=Culshaw}}</ref> Shortly after Manu's birth, the Chao family moved to the outskirts of Paris, and Manu spent most of his childhood in [[Boulogne-Billancourt]] and [[Sèvres]]. As he grew up he was surrounded by many artists and intellectuals, most of whom were acquaintances of his father.<ref name=rfi>{{cite web |url=http://www.rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6191.asp |title=Manu Chao |access-date=2008-03-14 |date=October 2007 |work=[[Radio France Internationale]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311215430/http://www.rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6191.asp |archive-date=March 11, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Chao cites much of his childhood experience as inspiration for some songs.<ref>{{cite news |first=Pete |last=Paphides |title=Manu Chao takes on the world |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2497808.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517053939/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article2497808.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 17, 2011 |work=[[The Times]] |date=September 21, 2007 |access-date=2008-03-14 | location=London}}</ref> As a child, he was a big fan of Cuban singer-pianist [[Bola de Nieve]].<ref name="AltLatino_20110908" />