The musical roots of the band Camaxe lie in the Galician tradition. Miguel Allo, founder of the band, has a passion for folk music and…
Artist Profiles: Camaxe
Tag: Galician music
Xabier Díaz & Adufeiras de Salitre Release Music Video with First Single from Upcoming album
O baile de Noró is the title of the new single by Spanish vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Xabier Díaz and Adufeiras de Salitre. The group performs…
Artist profiles: Susana Seivane
Susana Seivane Hoyo was born August 25, 1976, in Barcelona, Spain. She is the legitimate heir of a lineage of Galician bagpipe craftsmen: the Seivanes.…
Artist Profiles: Muxicas
Muxicas was one of the great innovators in Galician folk music. The group was formed in 1978 with the intention of developing and updating Galician…
Artist Profiles: Milladoiro
Combining Celtic melodies, medieval music jazz and contemporary music, Milladoiro modernized traditional Galician folk music and started a revival movement among young musicians. They…
Artist Profiles: Mercedes Peón
Mercedes Peón who was born in La Coruña (Galicia, Spain) in 1967 has dedicated many years to recovering traditional music in her native Galicia and…
Artist Profiles: Matto Congrio
Matto Congrio was one of the most important modern Celtic bands in Galicia (Spain) in the early 1990s. Its only album Matto Congrio released in…
Artist Profiles: Xosé Manuel Budiño
Piper Xosé Manuel Budiño was born in Moaña, Spain. He is the son of a fisherman, a common profession in Spain’s northwestern reion of Galicia.…
Opposing Extinction
SES – Opoñerse Á Extinción (Fol Musica, 2016) Opoñerse Á Extinción is the fourth album by Spanish singer-songwriter Maria Xosé Silvar, who uses the artistic…
From Brussels to Santiago
Ialma – Camiño de Bruxelas a Santiago (Home Records, 2016) Ialma has evolved into of the finest exponents of contemporary Galician folk music. The core…