Berrogüetto was a
folk
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band from
Galicia, formed in the spring of 1995. They were signed to
BOA records and released their first album ''
Navicularia'' in 1996, going on to receive various awards.
The name Berrogüetto was born when the components of this artistic project met in
Vigo
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to form and give a name to the new grouping. The name is a neologism, that has a triple origin "Berro" meaning "scream" or "shout" in Galician, "Güeto" from the word "
ghetto
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" and, finally, "
Soweto
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", the South African district where the fight against apartheid started. The amalgamation of these three names, of these three semantic ideas, is the word Berrogüetto, that would come to mean the shout of the ghetto - the oppressed ones. The group was disbanded in February 2014.
Members
*
Anxo Pinto -
Hurdy-gurdy
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,
violin
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,
saxophone
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,
flute,
piano
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,
bagpipes
*
Isaac Palacín -
Percussion
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*
Quico Comesaña -
Bouzouki
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and
harp
*
Quin Farinha -
Violin
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*
Santiago Cribeiro -
Accordion and
piano
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*
Guillermo Fernandez -
Guitar
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and
bass
*
Guadi Galego - Vocals and
bagpipes
Discography
Albums
* 1996: ''
Navicularia''
* 1998: ''
La Música Con El Sol'' (unpublished)
* 1999: ''
Viaxe por Urticaria''
* 2001: ''
Hepta''
* 2006: ''
10.0''
* 2010: ''
Kosmogonías''
See also
*
Galician traditional music
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References
External links
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Galician musical groups
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