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15th June 2024 at Alban Arena (outside), St Albans.

St Albans Folk Festival Day of Dance.

Country: Spain - Galicia (British resident). Style: Traditional Galician Music & Dance.

Lineup: gaitas, singers/pandeireta, drum & dancers.

This troupe of UK based musicians and dancers from Galicia was featured on the festival's Saturday evening concert as well as the daytime dance diplays. I took photos of them at the Rochester Sweeps Festival earlier this year (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/albums/72177720317706382/).
More information: www.facebook.com/p/FaltrUKeiras-100086093282997/.

5th May 2024 at the Eastgate Quarter Stage, Rochester.

Rochester Sweeps Festival (free festival), www.facebook.com/RochesterSweepsFestival/.

Country: Spain - Galicia (British resident). Style: Traditional Galician Music & Dance.

Lineup: gaitas, singers/pandeireta, bombo & dancers.

This community troupe of musicians and dancers was formed in 2022 by members of Baile Galego en Londres, the Banda de Gaitas do Centro Galego from London, the Oxford group Panforreteiras and others. Their name is the combination of "faltriqueira" (a Galician traditional women's costume pouch or bag worn around the waist) and their second home in the UK.
More information: www.facebook.com/p/FaltrUKeiras-100086093282997/.

30th January 2024 at the Royal Concert Hall (Main Auditorium), Glasgow.

Celtic Connections Festival, www.celticconnections.com/.

Country: Spain - Galicia. Style: Traditional music from the Celtic nations.

Lineup: Carlos Núñez (gaita/pastoral pipes/uilleann pipes/tabor pipe/whistle/ocarina), Itsaso Elizagoien (trikitixa/panderoa), Jon Pilatzke (fiddle/step dance), Bleuenn Le Friec (harp), Pancho Álvarez (viola caipira/lyre), Tim Edey (g/button accordion), Xurxo Núñez (bombo/synth) and guests: Karen Matheson (v), Donald Shaw (p/piano accordion), Natalie MacMaster (fiddle/step dance), Mary Frances Leahy (p/fiddle/step dance), Glen Hansard (v/g), Brendan Begley [Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich], (button accordion/v), National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland pipers.

Carlos Núñez was born in 1971 in Vigo, Galicia. He has been a regular collaborator with the Chieftains and others from different musical cultures. The first part of the concert was devoted to his latest album "Celtic Sea" which included tunes from the main Celtic countries as well as his native Galicia. Núñez was accompanied by a band drawn from those who performed on the album. He played a variety of instruments including the Pastoral Pipes (a 18th-century precursor of the Uilleann Pipes). For the second part they were joined by a series of guests from Scotland, Ireland and Canada. These were my first photos of Núñez who I had seen before at Cork Folk Festival in 2005 and Celtic Connections in 1998. Of the band the only one I have photographed before is Tim Edey (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/tags/timedey,-carlosnunez/).
More information: carlos-nunez.com/en/, www.facebook.com/OficialCarlosNunez/.

15th March 2019 at SOAS (Brunei Gallery), London WC1 (Amaraterra gig).

The Galician Gaita has a conical chanter and a bass drone, plus one or two additional drones playing the tonic and dominant notes.

Gaitas are assigned the number 422.112-62 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.1 = Double reed instruments or 7s. There are two lamellae which beat against one another.
422.11 = Single Oboes [as opposed to sets of Oboes].
422.111 = With cylindrical bore.
422.111.2 = With fingerholes.
422.112-62 = With Flexible Air Reservoir.

1st November 2017 at Sands Films Studio (cinema), London SE16.

Part of the Tunedin.London series, tunedin.london/.

Country: Spain - Galicia (British resident). Style: Traditional & Contemporary Galician & other countries.

Lineup: Uxia Senlle (v/pandeireta), Sérgio Tannus (g/viola caipira/pandeiro) and guest: David Carril Castiñeira (gaita).

Uxia from Mos in Galicia was making a rare visit to the UK (I saw her at Bush Hall in 2008 at the sadly no longer with us Atlantic Waves Festival). As well as Galicians songs she performs music from other Atlantic cultures (Portugal. Brazil, Cape Verde) and this time, for the English in the audience, Paul McCartney's "Blackbird".
More information: uxia.net/, www.facebook.com/uxiamusica.

1st November 2017 at Sands Films Studio (cinema), London SE16.

Part of the Tunedin.London series, tunedin.london/.

Country: Spain - Galicia & Brazil (Spanish resident). Style: Traditional & Contemporary Galician & other countries.

Lineup: Uxia Senlle (v/pandeireta), Sérgio Tannus (g/viola caipira/pandeiro) and guest: David Carril Castiñeira (gaita).

Uxia from Mos in Galicia was making a rare visit to the UK (I saw her at Bush Hall in 2008 at the sadly no longer with us Atlantic Waves Festival). As well as Galicians songs she performs music from other Atlantic cultures (Portugal. Brazil, Cape Verde) and this time, for the English in the audience, Paul McCartney's "Blackbird".
More information: uxia.net/, www.facebook.com/uxiamusica.

29th (or rather early hours of 30th) January 2017 at Art School, Glasgow.

Festival Club, Celtic Connections Festival, www.celticconnections.com/.

Country: Spain - Galicia. Style: Traditional Galician & Scottish.

Lineup: Anxo Lorenzo (gaita/low whistle), Pablo Lafuente (g) and guests: Edelmiro Fernandez (gaita), Ross Ainslie (cittern/highland bagpipes), name not known (drum) If anyone can tell me the name of this musician seen in photo #06, I would be most grateful.

Anxo Lorenzo is from Pontevedra on the west coast of Galicia. He performed at the festival with his trio and (for the first time) Pablo Lafuente, who was born in Spain and raised in Scotland, I took photos of Lafunete at the Festival Club a few days before with Josie Duncan, see: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/albums/72157676718741944/. I have photographed Ross Ainslie, who was one of Lorenzo's guests, with numerous bands over the years, see: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/tags/rossainslie,-anxol....
More information: www.anxolorenzo.com/, www.facebook.com/AnxoLorenzoSpiritu/

29th (or rather early hours of 30th) January 2017 at Art School, Glasgow.

Festival Club, Celtic Connections Festival, www.celticconnections.com/.

Country: Spain - Galicia. Style: Traditional Galician & Scottish.

Lineup: Anxo Lorenzo (gaita/low whistle), Pablo Lafuente (g) and guests: Edelmiro Fernandez (gaita), Ross Ainslie (cittern/highland bagpipes), name not known (drum) If anyone can tell me the name of this musician seen in photo #06, I would be most grateful.

Anxo Lorenzo is from Pontevedra on the west coast of Galicia. He performed at the festival with his trio and (for the first time) Pablo Lafuente, who was born in Spain and raised in Scotland, I took photos of Lafunete at the Festival Club a few days before with Josie Duncan, see: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/albums/72157676718741944/. I have photographed Ross Ainslie, who was one of Lorenzo's guests, with numerous bands over the years, see: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/tags/rossainslie,-anxol....
More information: www.anxolorenzo.com/, www.facebook.com/AnxoLorenzoSpiritu/

7th March 2014 at SOAS (Brunei Gallery), London WC1.

Part of SOAS Concert Series (free event), in collaboration with Second International Bagpipe Conference.

Country: Spain - Galicia. Style: Traditional Galician.

Lineup: Sandra Tamayo (piano acc/gaita/pandeiro), Patricia Gamallo (gaita/pandeiro), Jara Ortiz (v/bombo/pandeireta), Arantzan Alfaia (tamboril) and guest: Cassandre Balosso-Bardin (gaita).

Formed in 1996, the band takes it name from a well known Galican saying, thereby associating them with witches. From Compostela they combine traditional music with modern rhythms.
More information: www.facebook.com/habelas.hainas.96.

7th March 2014 at SOAS (Brunei Gallery), London WC1.

Part of SOAS Concert Series (free event), in collaboration with Second International Bagpipe Conference.

Country: Spain - Galicia. Style: Traditional Galician.

Lineup: Sandra Tamayo (piano acc/gaita/pandeiro), Patricia Gamallo (gaita/pandeiro), Jara Ortiz (v/bombo/pandeireta), Arantzan Alfaia (tamboril) and guest: Cassandre Balosso-Bardin (gaita).

Formed in 1996, the band takes it name from a well known Galican saying, thereby associating them with witches. From Compostela they combine traditional music with modern rhythms.
More information: www.facebook.com/habelas.hainas.96.

7th March 2014 at SOAS (Brunei Gallery), London WC1.

Part of SOAS Concert Series (free event), in collaboration with Second International Bagpipe Conference.

Country: Spain - Galicia. Style: Traditional Galician.

Lineup: Sandra Tamayo (piano acc/gaita/pandeiro), Patricia Gamallo (gaita/pandeiro), Jara Ortiz (v/bombo/pandeireta), Arantzan Alfaia (tamboril) and guest: Cassandre Balosso-Bardin (gaita).

Formed in 1996, the band takes it name from a well known Galican saying, thereby associating them with witches. From Compostela they combine traditional music with modern rhythms.
More information: www.facebook.com/habelas.hainas.96.

23rd January 2014 at the ABC, Glasgow.

Celtic Connections Festival, www.celticconnections.com/.

Country: Spain - Galicia. Style: Traditional Galician.

Lineup: Xosé Manuel Budiño (gaita/recorders/whistles), Alfonso Merino (violin), Pedro Lamas (soprano sax/d/percussion), Fernando Barroso (bouzouki), Xosé Lois Romero (d/percussion) and guest: Xabier Díaz (v/percussion).

Xosé Manuel Budiño is one of the leading Galician gaita players, and has been releasing albums since 1997. I saw him at this Festival in 2008. I took photosof the guest vocalist Xabier Díaz last year with Berrogüetto (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157632687595454/).
More information: www.xosemanuelbudino.com/, gl-es.facebook.com/xosemanuelbudino.

23rd January 2014 at the ABC, Glasgow.

Celtic Connections Festival, www.celticconnections.com/.

Country: Spain - Galicia. Style: Traditional Galician.

Lineup: Xosé Manuel Budiño (gaita/recorders/whistles), Alfonso Merino (violin), Pedro Lamas (soprano sax/d/percussion), Fernando Barroso (bouzouki), Xosé Lois Romero (d/percussion) and guest: Xabier Díaz (v/percussion).

Xosé Manuel Budiño is one of the leading Galician gaita players, and has been releasing albums since 1997. I saw him at this Festival in 2008. I took photosof the guest vocalist Xabier Díaz last year with Berrogüetto (www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157632687595454/).
More information: www.xosemanuelbudino.com/, gl-es.facebook.com/xosemanuelbudino.

26th (and early hours of 27th) January 2013 at Walkabout, Glasgow.

Festvial Club, Celtic Connections Festival, www.celticconnections.com/.

Country: Spain - Galicia. Style: Traditional Galician.

Lineup: Xabier Diaz (v/gaita/pandeira), Anxo Pintos (hurdy-gurdy/gaita), Quim Farinha (violin), Santiago Cribeiro (piano accordion), Guillermo Fernández (g), Quico Comesaña (bouzouki), Isaac Palacín (percussion).

The band was formed in 1995, three of the members having previously played in Matto Congrio with Carlos Núñez. This is the third time I’ve seen the band - at Celtic Connections in 2007 and at the (much missed) Atlantic Waves Festival in London in 2008. I took photos of Santiago Cribeiro and Quim Farinha as part of Banda das Crechas at the Festival Club two years ago: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157625966934834/.
More information: www.berroguetto.com/.

26th (and early hours of 27th) January 2013 at Walkabout, Glasgow.

Festvial Club, Celtic Connections Festival, www.celticconnections.com/.

Country: Spain - Galicia. Style: Traditional Galician.

Lineup: Xabier Diaz (v/gaita/pandeira), Anxo Pintos (hurdy-gurdy/gaita), Quim Farinha (violin), Santiago Cribeiro (piano accordion), Guillermo Fernández (g), Quico Comesaña (bouzouki), Isaac Palacín (percussion).

The band was formed in 1995, three of the members having previously played in Matto Congrio with Carlos Núñez. This is the third time I’ve seen the band - at Celtic Connections in 2007 and at the (much missed) Atlantic Waves Festival in London in 2008. I took photos of Santiago Cribeiro and Quim Farinha as part of Banda das Crechas at the Festival Club two years ago: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157625966934834/.
More information: www.berroguetto.com/.

26th January 2013 at the Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow.

Celtic Connections Festival, www.celticconnections.com/.

Country: Spain - Galicia. Style: Traditional Galician.

Lineup: Xabier Diaz (v/gaita/pandeira), Anxo Pintos (hurdy-gurdy/gaita/violin/soprano sax), Quim Farinha (violin), Santiago Cribeiro (piano accordion), Guillermo Fernández (g), Quico Comesaña (bouzouki), Isaac Palacín (percussion).

The band was formed in 1995, three of the members having previously played in Matto Congrio with Carlos Núñez. This is the third time I’ve seen the band - at Celtic Connections in 2007 and at the (much missed) Atlantic Waves Festival in London in 2008. I took photos of Santiago Cribeiro and Quim Farinha as part of Banda das Crechas at the Festival Club two years ago: www.flickr.com/photos/kmlivemusic/sets/72157625966934834/.
More information: www.berroguetto.com/.

7th March 2014 at SOAS (Brunei Gallery), London WC1 (Habelas Hainas at "Bagpipes of the World" event).

The Galician Gaita has a conical chanter and a bass drone, plus one or two additional drones playing the tonic and dominant notes.

Gaitas are assigned the number 422.112-62 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.1 = Double reed instruments or 7s. There are two lamellae which beat against one another.
422.11 = Single Oboes [as opposed to sets of Oboes].
422.112 = With conical bore.
422.112-62 = With Flexible Air Reservoir.

21st (or rather early hours of 22nd) January 2011 at Art School, Glasgow.

Festival Club, Celtic Connections Festival, www.celticconnections.com/.

Country: Spain - Galicia. Style: Traditional Galician.

Lineup: Manuel Amigo (gaita), Quim Farinha (violin), Antón Guillen (yiolin), Roi Vázquez (flute), Santiago Cribeiro (piano accordion), Paul Dalama (soprano sax), Chick Macauley (g), Pedro Pasqual (mandola), Chus Bello (banjo), Davide Salvado (v/pandeireta), Pepe Yañez (v/pandeireta), Carlos Farere (percussion), Xan Pampin (bass drum).

This band came together in the weekly Wednesday session at the Casa das Crechas (The House of the Ripples) in Santiago de Compostela. They play traditional songs from Galicia, other parts of Spain and around Europe. Two of the band - Santiago Cribeiro and Quim Farinha - are members of the band Berrogüetto (who I saw at the 2007 Celtic Connections).
More information: www.facebook.com/pages/Banda-das-Crechas/48595252613.