Llan de Cubel are a
Celtic folk band from
Asturias
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(
Spain
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) which specializes in researching, playing and recording
Asturian folk music.
Formed in 1984, group has been part of an overall revival and revitalization of Asturian traditional music. The band is a frequent participant in
Celtic music
Celtic music is a broad grouping of music genres that evolved out of the folk music traditions of the Celts (modern), Celtic people of Northwestern Europe (the modern Celtic nations). It refers to both orally-transmitted traditional music and ...
festivals, both inside and outside of Asturias, such as the
Festival Interceltique de Lorient
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The (French), Emvod Ar Gelted An Oriant (Breton) or Inter-Celtic Festival of Lorient in English, is an annual Celts (modern), Celtic festival, located in the city of Lorient, Brittany, France. It was founded in 1971 by .
This annual ...
. True to their effort to play authentic Asturian music, Llan de Cubel play traditional Asturian instruments, such as
bagpipes
Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, N ...
(called ''gaita''), and percussion, in addition to fiddles, accordions, bouzouki, flutes and guitars. The band plays traditional Asturian tunes collected through ethnomusicological research. They also write original material in the tradition of folk music of the region.
Llan de Cubel have won several awards for their music.
Llan de Cubel's Official Homepage
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Members
''Current''
*Fonsu Mielgo
*Xel Pereda
*Simon Bradley
*Xuan Rodríguez
*Borja Baragaño
*Julio Rodríguez
''Former''
*Elías García
*Marcos Llope
*Susi Bello
*Daniel Lombas
*Guzmán Marqués
*Flavio Rodríguez
*J.M.Cano
Discography
*ARPA CÉLTICA ''(compilation)'' (1985)
*DEVA (1987)
*NA LLENDE (1990)
*L'OTRU LLAU DE LA MAR (1992)
*IV (1995)
*FESTIVAL INTERCELTIQUE DE LORIENT 25 ans ''(compilation)'' (1995)
*NACIONES CELTAS -BUSCANDO EL NORTE ''(compilation)'' (1997)
*UN TIEMPU MEYOR (1999)
*LA LLUZ ENCESA (2019)
References
Music of Asturias
Musical groups established in 1984
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