Artist Profiles: Chouteira

Chouteira

Chouteira performed Galician tradititonal music sucjh as pasodobles, muiñeiras and waltzes with new arrangements and featured the beautiful voice of Uxía Pedreira. The group incorporated brass to Galician trad music.

The band: Uxía Pedreira vocals, tambourine; Olga Fernández accordion; Olimpio Giraldez Galician pipes, requintas, percussion; Anxo Graga Galician pipes, sax, Galician hurdy gurdy; Alfredo Moldes drums, spoons, castanets, frame drum; Francisco Estevez drums, spoons, castanets; David Rodríguez trumpet, Galician bagpipe; Lolo Martínez tuba.

Discography:

Chouteira ‎(Do Fol, 1995)
Ghuaue! ‎(Do Fol, 1997)
Folla de lata (2004)

Author: Angel Romero

Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
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