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Muddy Gurdy - Seven cover artwork. A photo of a southern Louisiana landscape.
Album reviews

Muddy Gurdy, Blues and Cajun with hurdy-gurdy

Ryan Emmert August 16, 2024 1 Comment bluesFrench musichurdy gurdyMuddy Gurdyworld fusionworld music

Muddy Gurdy – Seven (Buda Musique, 2024) In this new release, Seven, blues chanteuse and guitarist Tia Gouttebel joins forces with hurdy-gurdy virtuoso Gilles Chabenat…

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Symbio live - Photo Christoffer Paavilainen
Artist Profiles

Symbio: A Swedish Folk & World Music Sensation

Angel Romero June 24, 2023 No Comments hurdy gurdySwedish musicSymbioworld fusionworld music

Symbio stands tall among the vanguard of emerging talents in the vibrant Swedish folk and world music scene. With an electrifying stage presence, captivating original…

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Interview with Tündra, on the Forefront of Innovative Folk from La Rioja

Angel Romero December 20, 2020 No Comments bagpipegaitahurdy gurdySpanish musicTündrazanfona

Tündra is a contemporary folk music band from Logroño in La Rioja, Spain’s famed wine region. The group was known until recently as an instrumental…

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Album reviews

Warm Contemporary Flemish Folk

Angel Romero October 10, 2020 No Comments Flemish musichurdy gurdyTrio Dhoore

Trio Dhoore – August (Trad Records, 2019) Trio Dhoore comes from Flanders in Belgium and their sound is characterized by the interaction between the hurdy…

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Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Harald Bauweraerts

Angel Romero July 28, 2019 No Comments Belgian folk musicBelgiumHarald Bauweraertshurdy gurdy

Harald Bauweraerts grew up in a musical family and therefore had the opportunity to learn to play the hurdy gurdy at the very young age…

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Hurdy Gurdy Wizardry

Angel Romero July 5, 2017 No Comments Germán Diazhurdy gurdyRao Trioworld fusionzanfona

Rao Trio – Sin Titulo (Producciones Efímeras, 2004) Although the zanfona (Spanish hurdy gurdy) is best known as an instrument used in Spanish regional folk…

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Events

Andrey Vinogradov to perform at Hyperion

Daryana Antipova March 3, 2017 No Comments Andrey Vinogradovhurdy gurdyRussiaRussian folk music

Russian composer and arranger Andrey Vinogradov (a former member of the legendary Russian band Arsenal) is set to play on hurdy-gurdy March 30th, 2017 at…

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Bavarian Dancefloor Beats

Angel Romero December 7, 2016 No Comments Bavarian musichurdy gurdySpuimaNovasStefan Straubinger

Stefan Straubinger with SpuimaNovas – Tanzboden Grooves 2016 (Galileo GMV067, 2016) Multi-instrumentalist and composer Stefan Straubinger supported by the SpuimaNovas group, a collective of musicians…

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Avant-Garde Hurdy Gurdy

Angel Romero November 6, 2016 No Comments hurdy gurdySteven KampermanValentin Clastrier

Valentin Clastrier and Steven Kamperman – Fabuloseries (Homerecords, 2016) A collaboration between French hurdy gurdy experimentalist and Dutch clarinetist Steven Kamperman. Although the hurdy is…

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International Highlands Music from Peru’s Festival de Alturas

Angel Romero February 24, 2016 No Comments ArgentinaAustriaBavariaBoliviacharangoColombiaGermanyhighlandshurdy gurdyIndiaPeruquenarababSwitzerlandyodeling

1er Festival Internacional de Alturas – Lima, Perú, noviembre 2014 (Asociación Arte de Alturas, 2015) This album features artists from across the globe who participated…

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