Olatz Zugasti – Orion Zuzenean (Kantaita Enea, 2019) Orion Zuzene is a double album recorded live by Spanish-Basque harp player and vocalist Olatz Zugasti. Her…
Evocative Basque Harp
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Artist Profiles: Catrin Finch
Welsh harpist and composer Catrin Ana Finch was born in Llanon, Ceredigion, UK in 1960. She started learning the harp at six. By nine, she…
Irish harping Added to the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Irish harping has been added to UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The harp is Ireland’s national symbol and has been played…
Glamorous recital from Canadian Singer and Harper Loreena McKennitt in San Sebastian
The “Lost Souls Tour”, an extensive tour of Europe, also ended up in Spain (Valencia, Murcia, Granada, Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza, and finally in San Sebastian).…
Artist Profiles: Harriet Earis
Harriet Earis was classically trained on concert pedal harp, but now specializes in the Celtic harp. She was the ‘Harper of All Britain’ in 2000…
Artist Profiles: Rodrigo Romaní
Rodrigo Romero, better known as Rodrigo Romaní, was born in Noia, Spain in 1957. He was involved in the Galician folk song movement in the…
Artist Profiles: Emilio Cao
Emilio Cao is one of the central figures of the Galician Folk music scene. He recovered the use of the harp in Spanish folk music…
Artist Profiles: Laoise Kelly
One of the new generation of Irish traditional musicians, harpist Laoise Kelly was born in 1973 in the town of Westport in County Mayo on…
Artist Profiles: Emer Kenny
Emer Kenny started playing harp at the age of nine. While still in her teens, she won an Alfred Byte Scholarship to study composition and…
Artist Profiles: Derek Bell
A native of Belfast (born October 21, 1935), Derek Bell was The Chieftains‘ virtuoso harpist who originally performed with the Belfast Symphony Orchestra. He also…