Marzoug combines Arab and African cultures. The musical family settled in the El Alia district of Biskra, in southern Algeria. Marzoug is led by the…
Artist Profiles: Marzoug
Tag: bagpipe
A Beautiful Bagpipe tradition Recovered
Päre – Hausjärvi Beat (Zebo Records ZBR01, 2016) Päre is a Finnish band that has recovered the Finnish bagpipe tradition. On the band’s album Hausjärvi…
Artist Profiles: Cristina Pato
Cristina Pato was one of the youngest bagpipers that came out of the new wave of Spanish bagpipers in the late 1990s. At the age…
Contemporary Bagpipe Masters from Brittany
Pevarlamm – Deltu (Paker Prod, 2015) Pevarlamm showcases the talent of one of the finest bands in the Breton music scene. The band is led…
Breton Energy
Startijenn – “Skeud” (Paker, 2015) “Skeud” (shadow, reflection) is the fifth album by one of the best-known bands from Brittany. The group combines traditional dances…
Radical roots from Galicia
Xose Manuel Budiño – Zume de Terra (Boa, 2004) Xosé Manuel Budiño is yet another young modernizing traditionalist emerging from the corners of Europe’s culturally…
Bagpipe Sensation Susana Seivane Presents Mares de Tempo
Madrid, Spain – Susana Seivane, one of Spain’s finest bagpipers, has a new recording, Mares de Tempo. The album includes a music video and…