Tag: Basque music
Zorionak eta Urte Berri On. With Basque carols from Cambridge, and...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
2016 is coming to an end, and it seems like 2017 might be a bit better. We don’t...
What music are we Basques listening to? Not the same music...
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Spotify is a streaming music service that has revolutionized the market, and the primary means of accessing music...
Elai-Alai and Eresoinka: A People’s Culture against the Barbarism of Fascism
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We’re in a time of commemorations. As you might expect, we’re referring to the 80th anniversary of those...
The Basque-Irish connection. The Navarrese who sing to Northern Ireland from...
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About a year ago we (once again) broke our rules and wrote about a Navarrese group named. Puro...
When the music of the “Basque barbarians” was heard in the...
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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...
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Basque group Kalakan is starting a tour on November 7th that will take them to a part of...
The Mundaka Festival is back! Are you going to miss it?
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A year ago (how time flies), we announced the start of a very special festival in Mundaka. Back...
A tribute to Maurice Ravel, “a Basque hidden from the view...
This post could have also been entitled: Maurice Ravel: the Basque composer who believed in his country
Maurice Ravel, one of the greatest composers of...
Today, the Basques go out to sing to Saint Agatha, and...
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This time every year, on the eve of St. Agatha’s Day, all around the Land of the Basques,...
Basques only need two minutes to say who they are (video)
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A reader of our blog has made us aware of this two-minute video that shows everyone how Basques...