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Carlos Núñez - Brotherhood of Stars (1996)MP3 CBR 320Kbps / 122 Mb | 12 tracks | CoversCeltic / Galician Folk | RCA VICTOR/BMG 74321 453752 | Time: 41:43“ This is the first major release of Galician (the strongly Celtic area of northern Spain) gaita by Galician bagpipes player Carlos Nunez... On this disc he uses a wide assortment of players in every type of configuration the imagination can conceive of: Paddy Moloney, with and without the rest of the Chieftains, Ry Cooder, Luz Casal, and his own band, Diego Bouzon (Spanish guitar), Pancho Alvarez (bouzouki, mandolin, acoustic guitar), Fernando Fraga (accordion, piano, keyboards), Marcos Vasquez (bodhran, drum, tympani, percussion), Enrique Iglesias (violin), and Carlos Nunez himself (gaita, recorder, whistle, ocarina, Jews harp).This is the first major release of Galician (the strongly Celtic area of northern Spain) gaita by Galician bagpipes player Carlos Nunez. This is a stunning effort showing the strong influences of traditional Celtic music, Spanish flamenco, and Latin American rhythms. Nunez has become closely associated with the Chieftains since he first performed with them in 1989 and has since become the seventh member of the group, continually performing with them throughout the world.On this disc he uses a wide assortment of players in every type of configuration the imagination can conceive of: Paddy Moloney, with and without the rest of the Chieftains, Ry Cooder, Luz Casal, and his own band, Diego Bouzon (Spanish guitar), Pancho Alvarez (bouzouki, mandolin, acoustic guitar), Fernando Fraga (accordion, piano, keyboards), Marcos Vasquez (bodhran, drum, tympani, percussion), Enrique Iglesias (violin), and Carlos Nunez himself (gaita, recorder, whistle, ocarina, Jews harp). The playing is stellar, also showing the guiding influence of Paddy Moloney's careful production. The music unfolds like a carefully orchestrated whole, starting with the beautiful opening of "Dawn," going through all the changes and blending of his myriad influences, and ending with the upbeat and driving rhythms of "Para Vigo Me Voy."~ Bob Gottlieb, AllMusicCarlos Nuñez is the poster boy of Galician music, but it's a title he has earned by both talent and hard work. With chops like Hendrix on the local bagpipes (called gaita), but a penchant for researching the tradition and its origins, he has become one of Spain's most recognizable musicians and a major force behind the reconstruction of the Galician musical tradition. Northern Spain has always been as much a part of the Celtic world as a Romance country, with strong ties to both Ireland and Scotland, and it was those Nuñez has explored, as well as other strands which have taken his music through flamenco and even into North Africa and the Middle East. Under the dictatorial Franco regime, regional music in Spain was suppressed, with flamenco -- actually an import -- becoming the national sound. As a student of Baroque music at the Madrid Conservatory, Nuñez helped investigate and revitalize a great deal of what had been lost. But even before that, he'd become something of a musical force, having begun learning the pipes at age eight and performing soon after, actually having his first international date when he was 13 at the Lorient Celtic Festival in France, where he met Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains and suggested the band make an album of Galician music. At 15, he recorded for the first time, and three years later he was guesting with the Chieftains on the soundtrack Treasure Island, one of the first discs to mix Irish and Galician music. From there he seemed to become an extra Chieftain, touring with them around the world and recording, before undertaking his solo debut, Brotherhood of Stars. Given the number of guests, the record was very aptly named -- over 50 artists lent their talents to the project, including the Chieftains, Sinead O'Connor, Cuba's Vieja Trova Santiguera, and Ry Cooder. The album was a major breakthrough for Galician music, bringing it into the national spotlight, and becoming the first Celtic album ever to go platinum in Spain. After touring in support of the record, Nuñez took time off to research the connections between his native Galicia and the music of the south and east, which led to Os Amores Libres in 2000, another star-studded disc -- over 80 guests this time around, from Jackson Browne to Waterboy Mike Scott, and inevitably, the odd Chieftain -- which took his sound in an entirely new direction, opening up fresh landscapes for Galician music and keeping him ahead of a pack which was growing behind him, while showing that he was more than just a remarkable instrumentalist, but also a serious scholar of the genre. ~ Chris Nickson, AllMusicTracklist:1. Dawn (4:37)2. Brotherhood of Stars (4:12)3. Two Shores (4:03)4. Black Shadow (5:27)5. The Moonlight Piper (3:27)6. Cantigueiras (4:11)7. Galician Carol (3:11)8. Dancing with Rosiña (2:14)9. Lela (3:53)10. The Flight of the Earls (2:32)11. The Rainmaker's Air (1:19)12. Para Vigo me voy (2:38) [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]