The veteran Celtic music gathering Festival Internacional do Mundo Celta de Ortigueira will return in 2022 with what will be its longest edition. Wolfstone and Luar na Lubre have been added to the festival that will take place from July 10 to 17, 2022 in Ortigueira, northwestern Spain.
With the main objective of continuing to support and spread Galician culture, festival organizers have once invited the iconic band Luar na Lubre from A Coruña in northwestern Spain. Luar na Lubre plays contemporary folk festival rooted in Galician and other Celtic music traditions.
Additionally, the festival will feature Scottish band Wolfstone, one of the most loved live acts by Celtic music fans. Wolfstone mixes traditional Scottish folk with rock music.
Additional scheduled to perform include Talisk, one of Scotland’s most popular folk groups. The Scots will be performing at Ortigueira for the first time with their explosively energetic yet artfully woven sound. The trio includes Mohsen Amini, Benedict Morris and Graeme Armstrong. They will present their third album, “Dawn” on the main stage on Thursday, July 14.
Renowned Spanish piper Susana Seivane will return to the Ortigueira Festival with her project that mixes traditional music with innovative sounds. Sesana Seivane will play her characteristic bagpipe along with a cast of five top-level musicians. She will present her latest work “Fa” on Friday, July 15.
Covagueira, the group born within the Escola de Gaitas de Ortigueira (Bagpipe School), will premiere at the Festival on Thursday, July 14. The group formed in 2015 evolved in various formats until reaching the current lineup in 2019, with new instruments and sounds, but maintaining the characteristic essence of Covagueira.
French group Digresk will present its unmistakable mix between electronica and rock, which they themselves call “Trad Électro Rock” on Saturday, July 16.
Os D’Abaixo are set to return to Ortigueira and will perform at #OMáisLongoDaHistoria. The Spanish band from Galicia will present its festive sound on Sunday, July 17.
On Sunday, July 17, rising folk group Dequenvessendo from Galicia will present its latest work, Canto das Xacias, based on popular Galician imagery and full of Celtic and Atlantic sounds.
Three addiitonal artists from the Galicia region if spain are set to perform. Fransy, Davide and Cibrán combine traditional Galician music with modern airs. Members include Fransy González and Davide Salvado on percussion and vocals, and Cibrán Seixo on processed violin and Moog.
Fiandola will perform on Monday, July 11. After more than 25 years of experience, the group from Compostela continues to provide a harmonic and timbre vision of traditional Galician music, creating a particular repertoire with its own stamp and maintaining deep traditional roots, in which dance has an outstanding role.
Caamaño & Ameixeiras is a duo linked to music and roots dance, formed by Sabela Caamaño (chromatic accordion) and Antía Ameixeiras (violin and vocals). Mainly instrumental in nature, it takes tradition as its starting point, understood as something alive and in constant change, to later create its own language. The duo will perform on the main stage on Friday, July 15.
More information at festivaldeortigueira.com
Author: World Music Central News Room
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