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Galicia No Tempo

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The music of Galicia has a great deal in common with those of its cousins in Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Man. There have been periods of immigration and emigration to and from these Celtic homelands for over 2,500 years, and this disc perfectly shows the musical links developed over two milleniums.

An excellent example to show the rest of the world that Spanish music is not just Flamenco and castanets, but bagpipes and harps as well!

This release covers music for an exhibition in Galicia.

THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST KIND OF CELTIC MUSIC I HAVE HEARD IN A LONG TIME. WARM, BREATHTAKING, IT CATCHES THAT KIND OF PAST THAT IS UNKNOWN TO MOST OF US YET COVETED BY US ALL.

This was the musical score to a exposition that took place 1990/91, a historical journey into Galician History from the Celts to the late Suabian invaders of the sixth century. Milladoiro were the first experts in Galician traditional music that made a big deal for the folk music heritage of the Galician country after centuries of Spanish-Castilian political domain during which the cultural roots of Galicia were strongly oppressed or even denied by the establishment. Going from traditional songs through self-composed melodies, Milladoiro prove that they are masters that do know their craft well and never failed tempted by commercial trends, hence their music remains as truly and essencial traditional until today. The trucks setted in this cd are Celtic music at its best with Gregorian influences from the Middle Age. The Way of St. James brought musical influences from abroad through the Atlantic litoral path, mainly from France and the lyrical tradition of Provence that were added to the native traditional instruments such as the bagpipe and other percusion and string ones which were passed on over generations. For the ones that hadn't the chance to view the exposition then remains the awesome soundtrack to over two thousand years of musical heritage maybe also linking to the rediscovery of an unjustly unknown trait that's fighting against oblivion.

Milladoiro is the best representative of the Celtic rooths of North Western Spain. It perfectly descrives Galicia!!!

The Galician roots band Milladoiro was founded in the late Seventies, but they really came to international attention in 1992 when they were signed to Green Linnet during the Celtic music fad of that time. To an extent, Milladoiro fit in well with Irish and Scottish bands, as the folk music of northwestern Spain has vague parallels with the islands. However, the label "Celtic music from Spain" is an unfair pigeonhole and their music has a lot of fine unique traits. I enjoyed their first Green Linnet release Castellum Honesti. Unfortunately, their follow-up GALICIA NO TEMPO isn't half as memorable.

GALICIA NO TEMPO ("Galicia through the Ages") is a four-movement instrumental suite written for a cultural exposition in 1990/91 that displayed the changing face of this region from the Celts through the Romans and Visigoths and finally modern Spain. It has the sounds Milladoiro is known for, such as bagpipes and gentle harps, and some zesty rhythms. However, in casting all the music into a single work, the band has created something that feels a bit too "light music". Even the most ambitious passages seem fluff in comparison to classical music. While it's entertaining enough played in the background to other activities, GALICIA NO TEMPO is hard for me to recommend.