''Susana Seivane'' is the eponymous debut album by Galician gaita (

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) 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 1999.

History

The album has a wide diversity of time-signatures. The arrangements are done by Rodrigo Romani of

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, Brais Maceiras and Seivane. This is her most traditional album till now, with no rock elements, and many traditional songs. Seivane sang two songs (tracks 5 and 12) the first solo, the second with Sonia Lebedynski, sung in Galician. The liner notes contain a photograph of her playing bagpipes in a procession in folk costume at the age of three. From a technical point of view "Xota dos 28 puntos" has the most complex playing technique. The liner notes are in Spanish and

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Reception

Music critic Peggy Latkovich wrote in her

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review "... her playing is confident with a fine rhythmic sweep. The simple arrangements, though a bit dry at times, keep the spotlight on her performance. Since the nasal moan of Galician pipes is an acquired taste for many, this can be seen as a plus or a minus... There's a good variety of tune types, from traditional jotas (dance tunes) to newly composed waltzes and rumbas... Seivane shows a lot of promise. It will be interesting to watch her develop as an artist."

Track listing

#"Jotabe" (Melo Suarez) #"Taramundi/ Alen" (Traditional, Suarez) #"Xota de Ninodaguia/Muineira do Muino de Peizas/Polca para Erica" (Beito Romero, Raul #Galego, Anton Varela) #"Pasacorredoiras de Ponteareas" (Traditional) #"Alala de Vilalba" (Lyrics: Traditional/Music: Rodrigo Romani) #"Sabelina" (Seivane) #"Marcha procesional dos Mato" (Unknown) #"Fonsagrada" (Traditional) #"Xota dos 28 puntos" (Traditional) #"Maneo (song)" (Unknown) #"A cotula" (Unknown) #"Savinao/Pasodoble de Pousada" (Traditional) #"3 Muineiras (do Vello Rilo/de Manuel do Pazo/de Ambite)" (Traditional)

Personnel

*Susana Seivane – bagpipes in B, bagpipes in C, djembe, drum, tambourine, darbuka, vocals *Brais Maceiras – diatonic accordion, tin whistle *Rodrigo Romani – bouzouki, acoustic guitar, zither, ocarina, keyboards, marinba *Kim Garcia – bass guitar, double bass *Beto Niebla – drum *Anxo Pintos – zanfona/hurdy-gurdy *Laura Quintilan – violin *Xose Luz – traverse flute *Xose Ferreiros – oboe, bodhran, rattles *Sonia Lebedynski – vocals

References

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