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Kadril and Alumea
La Paloma Negra (Wild Boar)
$18.99 - 2 CD set
Two ensembles, from Belgium and Spain, join forces in a musical trans-European express ride. The mix of Flemish and Galician is musically logical, and the skill of the musicians pulls it all together beautifully. La Paloma Negra (“the black pigeon”) refers to a Flemish inn in Santiago de Compostela, and this is a mythical pilgrimage to that hotel, to sing and dance the music that might have crossed through this region from one place to the other.
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Listen:
Danza de Touton
Couragie
De Spanjaard in Gent
| ... we hear a musical match made in heaven and this double album stands... Alumea features three fine singers from the Palomo family, Noelia, Noemi and Sonia, and there are other family members amongst the musicians. Although the group was formed in Brussels, their repertoire is all Celtic, mainly from Galicia. Their vocal approaches vary with each song, but at times their attacking, hard-edged singing makes an easy comparison with Värttinä. Some of the tracks are quite stunning: Rozemarijn, Maneo e Muiñeira de Silvan and particularly Canto de Abril de Lourido, all from the first CD, but a remarkable standard is maintained throughout. - fROOTS |
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Musicians:
KADRIL:
Eva De Roovere (vocal, clarinet), Bart De Cock (bagpipes and nyckelharpa), Hans Quaghebeur (accordeon, keyboards), Harlind Libbrecht (dulcimer, mandolin), Peter Libbrecht (violin), Erwin Libbrecht (guitar, bouzouki), Dirk Verhegge (elec. guitar), Koen Dewaele (bass), Ron Reuman (drums)
ALUMEA
Sonja Palomo, Noëlla Palomo, Miguel Palomo (percussion) & Santiago Palomo (bagpipes)
About the band (from their press):
The boys and one girl of Kadril have in the meantime grown to become trendsetters par
excellence, but they have laid a long path. In times when folk in Flanders was still
associated with all sorts of clichés, they gradually fused elements of style from other
genres with the traditions of our musical history. Abroad this was met with a seal of
approval and even received a name: folk rock. In our country people considered it
sacrilege in the beginning, until they began to realise that it was more than just a wild
way of mixing different worlds. Particularly the release of 'Nooit met Krijt' caused folk
rock to nationally come to maturity. It was at once the starting shot for a yet still growing
interest in this genre. The group looked upon a future without any worry, until singer
Patrick Riguelle sought out new horizons.
But what everyone had feared, did not happen. Once again, the group chose for a
radical step by attracting Eva De Roovere as singer. This young lady gradually grew up
to become a 'big lady'. With this step Kadril proved its perseverance: typifying for a band
that is constantly singing about folk heroes and headstrong figures. Moreover, with Eva
added to the ranks the erotic connotations in the songs get a greater value. - (Georges Tonla Briquet, Brussel deze week).
Folk rock, evident in other countries since the sixties, but in Belgium only represented
worthily since Kadril. Worthily here means that we must not make too many
comparisons. They are not our Fairport, our Alan Stivell, our Nitty Gritty Dirt Band or our
Waterboys, but they essentially are and remain themselves, even after their unequalled
facelift. Patrick Riguelle exchanged his existence as a singer for a more solid job. None
of his potential replacements seemed equally as adept at pouring out a Duvel, nor will
you ever again find another five o'clock shadow within the entire Flemish show
business. "So what if we changed our tack," suggested the remaining Kadril members
contemporaneously. Bewildered by so much unanimity they ditched all the foreman
profiles and promptly engaged an unknown young lady; and, as if to deny fate, they
even called their latest album after her. Eva stood up wonderfully well, and more than
that, she could not sit still amidst so many hurdy-gurdy trances.
And with her the many folk DJ's that had shoot up. You would not have thought it of her,
but Eva De Roovere does have a way with words: where Patrick Riguelle spent his time
at the playground of Louise, she actually licks the candlestick. - Arnold Rypens, Radio1
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