''Mares de tempo'' is an album by Galician gaita (

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, No ...

) player

Susana Seivane Susana Seivane (born 25 August 1976) is a Galician musician. She was born in Barcelona, Spain, into a family of well-known Galician luthiers and musicians, the Seivane family, whose workshop is the Obradoiro de Gaitas Seivane. She is influence ...

, released in 2004.

History

Seivane's third record, in which some well-known Galician musicians participated, is supplemented by a DVD that contains footage of her on stage and off. ''Mares de tempo'' is a title that has been taken from the work of the Galician poet

Celso Emilio Ferreiro Celso Emilio Ferreiro Míguez (1912–1979) was a Galicianist activist, writer, poet, and political journalist. Early years Ferreiro was born in Celanova, into a well-off Galicianist family. In 1932, at the age of twenty, he created the ''Moced ...

: "Longa noite de pedra". It is a reflection on the passage of time and its effects. The song, "Muneira de Alen", is one that Seivane had recorded on her previous album, This time it is given a heavier treatment. Almost all the tracks can be described as folk-rock and for the first time there is no acoustic guitar. The tunes and songs mostly come from Gallician Spain.

Track listing

#"Retrato de Fiona" (Xurxo Iglesias) #"Androrina Marineira" (Henrique Otero) #"Segrado" (Sabela Orgueira, Seivane) #"Olla Como se Peneira" (Xose Lois Romero Cajigal) #"Comeco do Verao - Polca do Ulla" (Heleno dos Oito Baixos) #"Muneira de Alen" (Traditional) #"Xota de Vilabol" (Traditional) #"Xota de Linares" (Traditional) #"Mazurca de Comptor" (Guadi Galego, Christian Desnos) #"Doce Dias" (Ivan Laxe) #"Mina Virxe, Meu Amor" (Guille, Seivane) #"Namorandome" (Roberto Grandal, Seivane)

Personnel

*Susana Seivane – bagpipes, percussion, vocals *Brais Maceiras – diatonic accordion *Carlos Freire – drum, darbuka, shaker *Ivan Laxe – electric bass *Teresa Sayas – drums *Xurxo Iglesias – bouzouki *Rodrigo Romani – harp

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Review by CD Roots

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