Urban Trad is a

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folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

group, consisting of both

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and French 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 ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"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 ...

*Philip Masure: acoustic

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 stri ...

*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

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s (no longer with the band) *Bo Waterschoot: bass *Jill Delien: bass (since 2014) *Nicolas Scalliet:

(since 2014)

Eurovision Song Contest

Urban Trad participated in the

Eurovision Song Contest 2003 The Eurovision Song Contest 2003 was the 48th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Riga, Latvia, following the country's victory at the with the song " I Wanna" by Marie N. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) a ...

, where they ended second with the song "

Sanomi "Sanomi" is a song recorded by Belgian six-piece band Urban Trad, written by Yves Barbieux. It is best known as the entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, held in Riga. Eurovision This was the second time that Belgium finished as the runner ...

", 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 World music groups New-age music groups Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Belgium Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2003