micklpkl
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Folk & Roots: Continental Europe and the Mediterranean
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Sep 18 06:03 UTC 2001 |
I've been going back and forth on this with Ken, and we decided to separate
out the roots music of the folk of Continental Europe from the broader "folk"
genre. As a general guideline, this means to me: any of the traditional music
or modern music inspired by the cultures of non-English speaking Europe and
the Mediterranean, with the exception of Scandinavia (which should have its
own busy item).
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micklpkl
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response 1 of 11:
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Sep 18 06:10 UTC 2001 |
I spent some time this evening translating a short blurb from the liner notes
of Susana Seivane's second CD, just released in Spain. Any grammatical errors
are all mine, a result of my rusty Spanish.
From the Commentary - Boa Music presents ALMA DE BUXO, the anticipated new
disc of gaitera Susana Seivane, in which the traditional is joined with the
contemporary, and which confirms her solidity and talent as one of the stars
of international folk. The title of of this album, ALMA DE BUXO, translates
to
"Core/Soul of boxwood", the material which the punteiros [literally,
"chiselers"] of the gaitas put through a slow and prolonged process of drying,
in the factory that Seivane family runs in Cambre (A Coruna), a process that
can take up to several years and that begins with the cutting of this shrub
in
certain definite lunar phases. In a similar manner, Susana Seivane also has
taken her time in the processing of the compositions that conform her new
disc. The previous and only producer of her first recording, Rodrigo Romanm,
one of the founders of Milladoiro, collaborates again, although the new
development is that his own instrumentalist has become totally involved in
this second production, with the aid of Brais Maceiras and Xurxo Churches,
components of the band that accompanies to the gaitera all over Europe.
Altogether six musicians support this beautiful Gallega in this second
delivery: Beto Niebla (percussion), Brais Maceiras (accordeon), Carlos Freire
(percussion), Ivan Laxe (electric bass), Xavier Gastaqaduy
(acoustic guitar) y Xurxo Iglesias (bouzouki).
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micklpkl
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response 2 of 11:
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Sep 28 02:51 UTC 2001 |
Here's another interesting announcement about Susana Seivane, this one from
the folks at discosbits.com ....
From this Friday, 28th September until 12 October, will we be broadcasting
the new disc from Susana Seivane (ALMA DE BUXO), in honour of its release.
This series of netcasts will be at 19:00, Spanish time. [12:00 CDT, 1pm
Eastern]
The playlist will be the following:
From 18:30 to 19:00 -- several tracks from Na Lua's new CD [12:30EDT/11:30CDT]
Starting at 19:00 --- the new CD from Susana Seivane will play *two* times,
consecutively, heard in this order:
1. Vai de polcas (3:48)
2. A farandula (2:53)
3. Samnza-Riofrmo (4:06)
4. Roseiras de Abril (4:01)
5. Xoaniqa (3:00)
6. Rumba para Susi (3:00)
7. Vals Bretsn.-Muiqeira picada (4:51)
8. Na terra de Trasancos (3:22)
9. Muiqeira de Alin (2:31)
10. Ti e mais eu (3:14)
11. Chao Curuxeiras.- Xosi Manuel Seivane (3:06)
12. Chao Curuxeiras.-Susana Seivane (3:25)
13. Marcha procesional dos Cinco de Galicia (4:34)
[oops. ascii doesn't do those diacritical marks, and I'm not correcting]
To listen to these songs, you will need software compatible with internet
radio transmission protocol (winamp, Windows Media player, realaudio,
quicktime) The program will be broadcast at the address
http://64.152.82.191:20588
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They go on to say that since this is the first time they've ever tried this,
don't expect everything to be perfect. I might try to remember to tune in to
find out how her sophomore effort sounds.
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