Tejedor is a folk music group from
Avilés,
Asturias
Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous community in northwest Spain.
It is coextensiv ...
, Spain, consisting originally of three siblings (Jose, Javier and Eva Tejedor). Eva left the band in 2010, being replaced by Silvia Quesada on vocals. Tejedor's members play
traditional Asturian styles of music using traditional instruments such as
bagpipes,
flutes,
accordions and
guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...
s.
Tejedor has become known on the international
Celtic music scene, the two brothers of the group winning on several occasions the McCallan bagpipe awards at the
Inter Celtic Music Festival in
Lorient
Lorient (; ) is a town ('' commune'') and seaport in the Morbihan department of Brittany in western France.
History
Prehistory and classical antiquity
Beginning around 3000 BC, settlements in the area of Lorient are attested by the presen ...
, France.
Their first album, ''Texedores De Suaños'', was produced by
Phil Cunningham and features musicians like Michael McGoldrick, Duncan Chisholm, James McKintosh and Kepa Junkera.
Discography
* Texedores de Suaños (1999)
* Llunáticos (Aris Música/Resistencia, 2003)
* Música Na Maleta (2007)
* Positivu (2011)
The discography comes from "World Music Central" (see below).
External links
Official PageNational Geographic listingWorld Music Central listingTejedor in Celtic Connections 2007 (BBC Scotland)
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Music of Asturias
Music of Spain