Urban Trad is a Belgian

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group, consisting of both

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and

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speaking people and a close connection with Galicia.

Members

*Yves Barbieux:

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s and Galician

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*Veronica Codesal: vocals *Soetkin Collier: vocals *Sophie Cavez (replaced Didier Laloy): diatonic

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...

*Philip Masure: acoustic

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*Michel Morvan:

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(died 3 July 2010) *Dirk Naessens:

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*Marie-Sophie Talbot: vocals,

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and

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

s (no longer with the band) *Bo Waterschoot:

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*Jill Delien:

(since 2014) *Nicolas Scalliet:

(since 2014)

Eurovision Song Contest

Urban Trad participated in the

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, where they ended second with the song " Sanomi", a modern folk song with vocals in an imaginary language. A few months before the contest, the selectors dropped singer Soetkin Collier on the advice of the Belgian security services, who claimed that she'd had extreme right sympathies in the past."Belgium bans 'neo-Nazi' Eurovision singer"
21 February 2003, ''The Telegraph'' Collier vigorously denied the claims, and later that year after an investigation it was concluded that the accusations were exaggerated and based on outdated information. As a result of this, two versions of the song exist on record. One was the standard album version (4:08) and another version was released on single and on the

collaboration album. Often known as the Eurovision edit, it cut down to 3:01 and it had Soetkin Collier's vocals removed.

Discography

*''One o Four'' (2001) **1. Subway Call **2. Avreel **3. La Belle Jig **4. Vodka Time **5. Waltzing Dranouter **6. Basement Scotch **7. Baline **8. Brass Corto **9. Bamboo **10. Free Wheel **11. Rap A Doo **12. Mecanix (Who'S Who) (after ''Waltzing Dranouter'') *''Kerua'' (2003) **1. Mecanix Remix **2. Kerua **3. Sanomi **4. Il Est Bien Temps **5. Lampang **6. Berim Dance **7. Quimper - Moscou **8. Get Reel **9. The Roses **10. Medina **11. Leina Street **12. Alto **13. Sanomi (Eurovision Edit) **14. Galicia *''Elem'' (2004) **1. Rodgrod Med Flode **2. De Luz, Amor Y Nada **3. Vigo **4. Jorden/Terra **5. Bourrée d'Erasme **6. De L'Air **7. Valse **8. Two Hornpipes **9. Zout **10. Mind the Gap **11. V.T. Intro **12. Vodka Time (Mass'Mix) **13. Bonus : Lampang/Mideau Rhemila (live) *''Erbalunga'' (2007) **1. Sans garde-fou **2. Hedningarden **3. Oh la belle **4. Le serpent **5. Erbalunga **6. Fields of Deeley **7. L'olivier **8. Bourrée Tappen **9. Accovi / Onderweg **10. Polaire **11. Noite Longa **12. Scottiche de la tête **13. Asturiana **14. A Terra **15. Diama Den (bonus)

References

External links

* {{Authority control Belgian folk music groups Belgian world music groups Belgian new-age music groups Eurovision Song Contest entrants