Euskal kantaria eta musikagilea izan zen.Hainbat adituen ustez XX.mendeko euskal abeslari esperimentatzaile eta ezagunenetarioa izan da.Bere oihartzuna gure mugetatik kanpora ere zabaldu zuen.
Bernardo Atxaga idazlearen ustez tradizioa eta abanguardia uztartu zituen Mikel Laboak.
Hiru zutabe osatzen dute Mikel Laboaren kantagintza:
1-Kantu tradizionalaren berreskuratzeak
2.Poeta garaikideen hitzen musikatzeak
3."Lekeitioak" deituriko kantuen esperimentazioak
Mikelen lanek euskal herritarren artean errespetua eta miresmen itzela dute.Txotia txori kanta eusko ereserkia bihurtu dela dirudi.
Mikel Laboa considered the patriarch of the Basque music, his music has had an influence on younger generations. His album Bat-hiru ("One-three") was chosen in a reader poll by the local Diario Vasco newspaper as the greatest Basque album in history.
On July 11, 2006 he gave his final performance, opening for Bob Dylan at a "Concert for Peace" held in the city of Donostia-San Sebastian.
Some of his songs have already become popular classics in Basque folk music, especially Txoria txori ("A bird is a bird"), his most famous song, of which Joan Baez did an interpretation using the original Basque lyrics.
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