Milladoiro (English: "billionaire") is a traditional
Celtic
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Galician music
The musical traditions of the Northwest Iberian Peninsula include those of Galicia, Asturias, and Cantabria. The music of Galicia and Asturias is characterized by the use of bagpipes, with some similarities to the music of Cantabria.
History
It ...
group that records and performs music with roots in
Galicia,
Spain
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. Members of the group have also composed and recorded their own pieces, in the style of Galician music. Often compared to
The Chieftains
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of
Ireland
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—with whom they have shared the stage and recording studio—, Milladoiro is among the world's top Celtic music groups, and is one of the most successful traditional/folk groups to come out of the
Iberian Peninsula
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, as a whole.
Biography
In 1978, Rodrigo Romaní and Antón Seoane released an album named "Milladoiro", on which they were joined by Xosé V. Ferreirós, then credited as a guest artist. The album received a critic's award the same year.
Ferreirós, along with Nando Casal and Moncho García Rei, from his group Faíscas do Xiabre, invited Romaní and Seoane as guests in their next album.
The fusion of the two groups, with the addition of the
flautist
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Xosé A. Méndez and the violinist Laura Quintillán, constituted the foundation of Milladoiro, which swept the
Galician musical scene of the 20th century.
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the band, a compilation album, ''XXV'', was released in 2005.
In 2006,
Chris Thile
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covered their song "O Santo De Polvora" on his album ''
How to Grow a Woman from the Ground''.
Line-up
Actual members
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Xosé Ferreirós:
bagpipes
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,
mandolin
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,
tin whistle
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,
bouzouki
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,
percussion
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(since 1978)
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Nando Casal: bagpipes,
clarinet
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Clarinets comprise a Family (musical instruments), family of instrume ...
, tin whistle, bagpipes (since 1978)
*
Moncho García Rei
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:
bodhrán
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, percussion (since 1978)
* Harry.c : violin (since 1998)
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Manú Conde: guitars, bouzouki (since 2000)
* Manuel Riveiro: keyboards, accordion (since 2013)
Discography
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1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
''
A Galicia de Maeloc
Milladoiro (English: "billionaire") is a traditional Celtic-Galician music group that records and performs music with roots in Galicia, Spain. Members of the group have also composed and recorded their own pieces, in the style of Galician music. ...
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1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...
''
O Berro Seco
''O Berro Seco'' ''(The Dry Shriek)'' is the second album by Milladoiro, released in 1980. Like the group's first album, it includes an inscription on the inside cover in the Galician language:
:Saturnino Cuiñas foi figura moi importante dent ...
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1982
Events
January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...
''
Milladoiro 3
Milladoiro (English: "billionaire") is a traditional Celtic-Galician music group that records and performs music with roots in Galicia, Spain. Members of the group have also composed and recorded their own pieces, in the style of Galician music. ...
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1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
''
Solfafria
Milladoiro (English: "billionaire") is a traditional Celtic-Galician music group that records and performs music with roots in Galicia, Spain. Members of the group have also composed and recorded their own pieces, in the style of Galician music. ...
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1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
** Spain and Portugal en ...
''
Galicia no país das Maravillas''
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1987
Events January
* January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency.
* January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade.
* January 3 – Afghan leader ...
''
Divinas palabras''
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1989
1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...
''
Castellum Honesti''
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1991
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''
Galicia No Tempo
Milladoiro (English: "billionaire") is a traditional Celtic music, Celtic-Traditional music of Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias, Galician music group that records and performs music with roots in Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain. Members of the grou ...
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1993
The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as:
* International Year for the World's Indigenous People
The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...
''A Via Láctea''
*1993 ''A Xeometría da Alma''
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1994
The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations.
In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
''Iacobus Magnus''
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1995
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
''Gallaecia Fulget''
*1995 ''As fadas de estraño nome''
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1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
''No confín dos verdes castros''
*1999 ''Auga de Maio''
*1999 ''
Cabana de Bergantiños
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Main sights
* Castro de Borneiro: an Iron Age hillfort.
* Dolm ...
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2002
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''O niño do sol''
*2002 ''Adobrica Suite''
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2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
''Milladoiro album''
*2006 ''Unha estrela por guîa''
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2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
''
A quinta das lágrimas''
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2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
''Milladoiro en Ortigueira (CD+DVD)''
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2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
''Atlántico''
*2022 Cantiga(s) de Amigos
See also
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Galician traditional music
The musical traditions of the Northwest Iberian Peninsula include those of Galicia, Asturias, and Cantabria. The music of Galicia and Asturias is characterized by the use of bagpipes, with some similarities to the music of Cantabria.
History
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References
External links
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First recorded fansite
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