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Resistencia
Please note!
Most of our CDs have been imported from Europe or Asia. They are not all shrink-wrapped, and I am not going to con you by wrapping them here just to make you think they have been sterilized in America. I guarantee that the CDs and the contents are all brand new and in perfect condition. Whenever I can, I use recycled shipping materials. They may not look as pretty on the outside, but they save money and keep the trash dumps a little bit emptier.
Thanks- Cliff, cdRoots
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Ediciones Resistencia, Spain
Abrecaminos - Maria Salgado
$11.99
(cdRoots# res-salgado07)
María Salgado returns to her Castillian roots, mixing them with Eastern and Sephardic elements and new compositions in a splendid work of delicate turns and elegant musical arrangements, embossed with the peacefulness of Bierzo.
Outra Vida - Joao Afonso
$11.99
(cdRoots# res-afonso06)
Portuguese-via-Mozambique artist João Afonso's 2006 release is as warm and occasionally quirky as what I have come to expect from this songwriter and singer. This one has some more Afro-pop inferences than previously, and it is rhythmically solid while still holding on to the subtle and sweet tone that is Afonso's trademark. Comes in a a small hard-cover book, with charming drawings, and lyrics in Portuguese, with Spanish translation.
Missangas - Joao Afonso
$14.99
(cdRoots# res-afonso-miss)
Born in 1965 in Mozambique of a Portuguese family, Afonso early on began to make new connections between the music of east African and his traditional homeland of Portugal, and his music has always reflected his dual cultural citizenship. This is his first solo album, created in 1997 under the production of Julio Periera, and it shows the magnificent range of musical tones he is capable of, as a musician and as a composer.
Awen Magic Land - Awen Magic Land
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-awen)
Carlos Soto (formerly of Celtas Cortos) and Maria Desbordes bring their flutes, whistles, reeds, accordions, bagpipes, and other traditional instruments to the edge of the machine age with a broad use of samplers, electrionics and studio recording to create a Celtic/Spanish music that never becomes mechanized.
Oihan - Bidaia
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-bidaia)
An innovative, all-acoustic ensemble from Basque Spain offers a unique and creative vision for both their local roots and the greater world beyond. It's a highly modal experience, driven primarily by vpoices and traditional Basque instruments - alboka, ttun-ttun (an instrument similar to a zither, but played with a stick as a percuussive effect), combined with acoustic guitar, piano, hurdy-gurdy, Moroccan darbouka and Andalusian cajon.
Bilbao 00:00h (Spanish import edition) - Kepa Junkera
$29.99
(cdRoots# res-bilbao)
This is the Ediciones Resistencia version, imported from Spain.
Baile de libelulas - La Bruja Gata
$12.99
(cdRoots# res-bruja)
The Dragonfly Dance this band does moves carefully through a compositional bent a la Maria Kalaniemi (who accordionist Javier Palancar can compete with on every level of expertise!), the spirited energy of Kepa Junkera, touches of eastern European darkness and an overarching sense of sheer ebullience. The accordion dominates in this unique Spanish band, driven by percussion, bass and mandola, colored by zanfona, flutes, dulzaina, violin, clarinet and bass clarinet.
Habelas Hailas - Camerata Meiga
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-camerata)
spain, espana galicia bagpipes accordion europe
Alminares Mediterraneos - Caravasar
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-caravas06)
Alminares Mediterráneos is the second recording by the Spanish ensemble of strings (ud, violins, guitar, bouzouki), percussion (frame drums, riq, daf, darbuka, etc), winds (ney, flute, clarinet, etc) and keyboards (accordion, piano). They present a decidely modern, all-acoustic approach to new music, bordering on jazz (lots of improvisation) but clearly 'from the tradition,' whatever that tradition might be (Andalusia, Balkan, Magrebi, Turkish . It's east meets west with no pretense or apology.
Cruce de Caminos (jazz viene del sur) - Gerardo Nunez and Perico Sambeat
$13.99
(cdRoots# res-cruce)
New jazz-flamenco routes, without the usual new-agey nonesense... solid musicianship and great vocals.
Effecto - Faltriqueira
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-falt06)
The Galician band's second release (2006) presents another interesting take on traditional sources, and on this one they expand beyond their home to other parts of Spain and the rest of Europe.
Agardando Que Pase Algo - Fia Na Roca
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-fia)
Using traditional Galician instruments like the gaita (bagpipe), tambourines and pandera as their centerpiece, Fía na Roca adds tin whistle, saxophone, bouzouki, fiddle, Indian percussion and piano to the mix to create a Euro-Celtic sound that is completely original.
Suenos Sencillos - Pablo Guerrero
$12.99
(cdRoots# res-guerrero)
"Guerrero's thirteenth Spanish release. Some listeners may recognize his inimitable, understated baritone from A Maria Teresa Vera (Intuition, 1999), the superb tribute to the grand Cuban singer-songwriter. The accompaniment is sparse (acoustic guitar, bass and backing female voices), putting his pensive lyricism up front, a masterful illustration of the artistic virtues of less-is-more. Guerrero is a musician who has made a conscious choice to live at the margins of a music industry whose modus operandi is to homogenize everything in its grasp. Spanish speakers will appreciate the inclusion of the original lyrics. They emanate from the soul of a poet deeply concerned with the relations of power that deform community life on the planet. Guerrero's unassuming philosophical reflections upon mundane experience acknowledge the precious, fleeting character of human existence, the delight to be taken in everyday social relations, and the healing powers of love and a famously unfettered imagination. In the Spanish double-pun on his name, this singer continues to pablar y guerrear, to testify and to fight for dreams whose simplicity speaks the language of freedom." - RootsWorld
el latido de memoria - Various Spanish Artists
$19.99
(cdRoots# res-latido)
compilation of roots music from Spain includes Kepa Junkera, Na Nua, Susana Seivane, la Musgana, Atlantica, Manuel Luna, Tejador. 2 CDs, 24 songs from all over the country
Hayata Dair - Sobre La Vida - Livaneli
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-livan07)
As a writer, composer, film director, philosopher, activist and humanitarian, Turkish artist Omer Zülfü Livaneli is a true Renaisance man. This album of peoms set to music is his life's story told through a fiction called music. Recorded in Athens and Istambul with musicians of both countries. A bonus disc includes a video documentary with interviews and fragments of performances, with guests like Al DiMeola, María Farandouri, Maria del Mar Bonet, Joan Baez, Yorgos Dalaras y la Orquesta Sinfónica de Londres.
Romper El Baile - Manuel Luna y La Cuadrilla Maquisera
$11.99
(cdRoots# res-luna)
Cantabrian singer and folk arranger.. click and listen!
Papeleria Rocio (objetos de escritorio) - Manuel Luna y Brena la Musica
$11.99
(cdRoots# res-luna04)
Roc and iacute;o's Stationary Shop (writing materials) is sort of a reissue of Luna's Los galles de Londres, with re-mixed and remastered tracks from the original LP recording, plus many newly recorded versions of other songs made in 2004. Luna explores his childhood memories and does some musical experimentation on the traditions of Cantabria in Spain with an acoustic ensemble of gaita, panderadulzaina, hurdy-gurdy, fiddle, percussion, bass, accordion and more, as well as an imaginative, light touch with electronics and recorded effects.
Abenduak 29 - Jabier Muguruza
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-mug29)
The 2005 release by this Basque songwriter and singer offers fragile vocals, a gentle, almost disappearing accompaniment on guitar, accordion and other small instruments. Muguruza has been described as 'a cantautor of infinite gentleness,' 'a tenuous voice that modulates with subtlety... lyrics fly with the fine irony of the mundane" and 'an ironic, subtle and intensely poetic vision.' This is gentle, simple pop music in the mold of Gil and Veloso.
En Concierto - La Musgana
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-musgana-concert)
Live recording from the seminal Spanish folk ensemble La Musgaña
Lubican - La Musgana
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-musgana-lubican)
The original release of this classic Spanish recording
El Corazon Tiene Tres Puertas - Dulce Pontes
$22.99
(cdRoots# res-pontes07)
El Corazón Tiene Tres Puertas is the 2007 recording by the sensational young Portuguese singer, stunning live concert performances on 2 CDs and a free DVD (Pal format) of a different concert in Istanbul plus some special features. Her mixture of fado, folk songs and creative new music makes her one of the most interesting performers on the scene today.
Portugales - Various Portuguese Artists
$11.99
(cdRoots# res-portugal)
An excellent 2 CD collection of roots music from Portugal, compiled by the equally excellent Resistencia label in Madrid, from the early roots-rock of Jose Afonso's band Ritual Tejos to the contemporary folk music of Dulce Pontes. 27 tracks from well know traditional musicians, unknown and innovative adventurers, jazz and Brasilian influenced dance music and everything in between. Artists include Sergio Godhinho, Rui Veloso, Setima Legiao, Amelia Muge, Vai De Roda, Julio Pereira, Fausto, GNR, Jose Afonso and Radio Macau.
Enegarren postala - Jabier Muguruza
$14.99
(cdRoots# res-postale)
This pop recording from Basque Spain sits on the border between folk-ballad and schmaltz, I know, but this is just such a great voice that I am willing to forgive the sometimes overly-lush production just a bit. Muguruza has been described as 'a cantautor of infinite gentleness' by El Periódico. El País de las Tentaciones says he has a tenuous voice that modulates with subtlety and the lyrics fly with the fine irony of the mundane. And El Pais says 'it is an ironic, subtle and intensely poetic vision.'
Taxidoscopio - Kristi Stassinopoulou and Stathis Kalyviotis
$18.99
(cdRoots# res-stassi07)
These Greek artists are producing global pop without peer, mixing local roots with international sounds and modern technology to create, over the course of the last few years, a completely unique aural pallette that relates to almost no one else. fRoots says: '…a completely unique, utterly recognisable and forward-looking style of their own. And in that distillation, it seems to have become more distinctly Greek - a strange, other-worldly Greekness, for sure, but a 21st century Greekness that's modern within its own culture, out there, ahead and rooted rather than just banging off some local language version of what the globised industry dictates. No predictable Greek rock, Europop or hip-hop here then.'
Taxidoscopio - Kristi Stassinopoulou and Stathis Kalyviotis
$19.99
(cdRoots# res-stassi07)
These Greek artists are producing global pop without peer, mixing local roots with international sounds and modern technology to create, over the course of the last few years, a completely unique aural pallette that relates to almost no one else. fRoots says: '…a completely unique, utterly recognisable and forward-looking style of their own. And in that distillation, it seems to have become more distinctly Greek - a strange, other-worldly Greekness, for sure, but a 21st century Greekness that's modern within its own culture, out there, ahead and rooted rather than just banging off some local language version of what the globised industry dictates. No predictable Greek rock, Europop or hip-hop here then.'
Umbele - Jabu Khanyile
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-umbele)
The South African vocalist's 2001 release features a mix of roots and township jazz.
Zanzibar - Joao Afonso
$17.99
(cdRoots# res-zanzibar)
A prime mover in the new folk scene in Portugal, this singer with east African heritage mixes worldly roots with a world-wise lyricism.
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