Revival Music of Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias

asturian folk dancers

during regime of francisco franco, honest displays of folk life appropriated politicised spectacles of patriotism, causing sharp decline in popularity of traditional styles in favour of modern music. when franco s regime ended in 1975, galician , asturian music experienced strong revival , recordings flourished. establishment of festival internacional mundo celta (1977), helped establish galician bands. aspiring performers began working bands os areeiras, os rosales, os campaneiros , os irmáns garceiras, learning folk styles; others went renowned workshop of antón corral @ universidade popular de vigo. of these musicians formed own bands, milladoiro.

in 1980s , 1990s, galician , asturian performers began win fame within spain , international celtic folk scene. galician musicians of period included uxía, singer band na lúa, 1995 album estou vivindo no ceo , subsequent collaboration sudanese singer rasha, gained international following. appearance of fía na roca, (that means spin in spinning wheel ) undoubtedly 1 of key events of galician musical scene in 90 s. fía na roca name of debut album released in 1993. mixture of tradition , modernity led bbc choose music of album soundtrack of tv program broadcast galician image europe in 1993 xacobeo celebration (santiago de compostela s holy year).

it carlos núñez, however, has done popularize galician traditions. 1996 irmandade das estrelas sold more 100,000 copies , saw major media buzz, partially due collaboration well-known foreign musicians la vieja trova santiaguera, chieftains , ry cooder. follow-up, os amores libres, included more fusions flamenco, celtic music (especially breton) , berber music. album received latin grammy nomination best folk album.

other modern galician bagpipe players include xosé manuel budiño , susana seivane. seivane notable first major female player, paving way many more women in male-dominated field. galicia s popular singers female, including uxía, sonia lebedynski , mercedes peón.

a revival of traditional asturian music occurred during period. artists such popular bagpiper hevia , music groups such llan de cubel , tejedor helped bring attention asturian folk music both within asturias itself, , in wider realm of celtic , world music scenes. musicians asturias have become increasingly prominent @ events such festival interceltique de lorient in france.