Review: La Musgaña concert (RealAudio)

Subject: Review: La Musgaña concert (RealAudio)
From: ClaireBear
Date: 02 Feb 07 - 10:27 AM

I have long been a fan of this wonderful instrumental group from Castilla in Spain, and they are playing near my house next week on the last stop of a U.S. tour -- lucky me! But for those of you who don't know them or aren't so geographically fortunate, I've just discovered that the Kennedy Center archives performances in RealAudio. This one's an hour long, and it's wonderful.

The current La Musgaña lineup features cittern/hurdy gurdy, flute/tabor & pipe/gaita, fiddle, and accordian. The performers play traditional music, medieval to modern, from various parts of Spain. Founding member Quique Almendros, a tabor and pipe god, suffered a tragic stroke in 2004 and has not recovered, but the two remaining 20+-year members Jaime Muñoz and Carlos Beceiro, joined by new fiddle and accordion-playing members, keep the spirit of the band -- and the music -- alive.

Here's a link to the Kennedy Center site: blicky. Do a search for La Musgaña (be sure to include the tilde) to get to the concert, which took place on January 24, 2007.

Enjoy!

Claire

Subject: RE: Review: La Musgaña concert (RealAudio)
From: ClaireBear
Date: 02 Feb 07 - 10:59 AM

I should've said RealPlayer -- it's a video concert.

Subject: RE: Review: La Musgaña concert (RealAudio)
From: Folkiedave
Date: 02 Feb 07 - 12:40 PM

Thanks for that Claire, I usually try to remember to check this at least once a month, there is often some great stuff on.

Subject: RE: Review: La Musgaña concert (RealAudio)
From: Mick Tems
Date: 04 Feb 07 - 05:26 AM

I saw this wonderful group in the Four Bars Inn in Cardiff years ago. No time to post, so I'll pick up the thread later today.

Subject: RE: Review: La Musgaña concert (RealAudio)
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 04 Feb 07 - 01:30 PM

Excellent. They've been through Tucson twice, although not for a long time. On one of the trips some of them stayed at my house... we had a nice day at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum.

~ Becky in Tucson