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A tribute to Maurice Ravel, “a Basque hidden from the view...

Maurice Ravel compositor vasco nacido en Ciboure (Lapurdi)
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...

Celebración Santa Águeda 2016
  This article was translated by John R. Bopp 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)

This article was translated by John R. Bopp A reader of our blog has made us aware of this two-minute video that shows everyone how Basques...

Mundaka Festival 2015. Will you be one of the 4,000 lucky...

Mundaka Festival. Santa Katalina. El epicentro
  This summer, for the first time, a special event comprised of three basic elements of the Basque culture will take place in a town...

The sounds of “early Basque music” (video)

Euskel Antiqua. Legacy of the Land of Basque.
This article was tranlated by Iustrans     We met Enrique Solinís Jr. many years after meeting his father, Enrique Solinís. Well, we finally physically met him,...

“Harry Bird and the Rubber Wellies” bring euskera to London

Harry Bird & The Rubber Wellies
A couple of years ago we wrote about a group of folk that lives between Dublin and Bilbao, and which was a great discovery...

Argentine cedar from the “Jesuit missions” for a txalaparta. Oreka TX...

This entry could be considered a second part to the entry we wrote yesterday to report on a concert put on by Basque txalaparta...

The Basque melody that has become an “unofficial” anthem of Israel

This article was translated by John R. Bopp Today, May 14, is the day when Israel celebrates their Declaration of Independence. It was on May...

Two Basque carols interpreted by the Cambridge Choir of King’s College...

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge
  This article was translated by John R. Bopp Birjina gaztetto bat zegoen is a popular Basque carol that was discussed in 1887 by Charles Bordes in...

Zorionak eta Urte Berri On (with a gem recorded 60 years...

This article was translated by John R. Bopp People need Hope.  We needed it a year ago, when we were about to face what could be...