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What music are we Basques listening to?  Not the same music...

Spotify Cities nos muestra lo que se oye en ese servicio de música on-line en numerosas ciudades a lo largo del mundo
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Spotify is a streaming music service that has revolutionized the market, and the primary means of accessing music...

The story of a sorgina written in the US, drawn by...

Una imagen de Firebrand la serie en comic que habla de las aventuras en Seattle de una sorgina educada en el País Vasco
This article was translated by John R. Bopp This is a fluke that could win a world championship.  We found out thanks to a report in...

Miguel Zugaza is back at the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum: the...

This article was translated by John R. Bopp Today, the world of (Basque, Spanish, and international) culture was surprised by the announcement made by the current...

The Beautiful Story of the Church of Antezana de Foronda Goes...

This article was translated by John R. Bopp Antezana de Foronda is a small town in Alava just a few miles from the capital Vitoria-Gasteiz that...

In Great Britain, an award for an English-language guide to the...

Guia del "País Vasco y Navarra" de Bradt Guides
This article was translated by John R. Bopp The British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW) held its annual awards event at the beginning of November, and...

Elai-Alai and Eresoinka: A People’s Culture against the Barbarism of Fascism

This article was translated by John R. Bopp We’re in a time of commemorations.  As you might expect, we’re referring to the 80th anniversary of those...

A excellent collection of “Basque fonts” and more information on Basque...

Iconos que reproducen imágenes que aparecen en las "kutxas" contenidos en alguna de las tipografías "Euskara"
This article was translated by John R. Bopp At the very beginning of this blog’s history, we wrote about Basque fonts that you could download for...

When the music of the “Basque barbarians” was heard in the...

This article was translated by John R. Bopp For generations, we Basques have been raised with the idea that our culture, and its manifestations, were basic,...

Basque group Kalakan visits Argentina and Uruguay to bring them their...

Kalakan's music spans three part chants, folk and dance music, to purely percussive interludes, mainly with roots in traditional Basque music, while borrowing rhythms and ideas from other cultures such as Brazil. -- PHOTO: THE ESPLANADE
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Basque group Kalakan is starting a tour on November 7th that will take them to a part of...

The Basque Language, Basque Culture, Havana University, the ETA, and the...

Facahda principal de la Universidad de la Habana
This article was translated by John R. Bopp We just discovered, thanks to the CiberCuba website, that Basque author Joseba Sarrionandia is going to take over...