Susana Seivane

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The music of the northwestern Spanish coastal province of Galicia consists of a persistent Celtic strain grafted onto centuries of Portuguese, Spanish, and early music influences. The local mouth-blown bagpipe is called the gaita and was made famous by Carlos Núñez. Susana Seivane is descended from generations of pipers and is also a formidable virtuoso, but she has a subtler, more reedy sound than her charismatic countryman. Her debut album was produced by Rodrigo Romani of the supergroup Milladoiro, the Galician equivalent of the Chieftains. He and other band members sit in as Seivane leads a faultlessly idiomatic team of Gallegos (Galicians) through a program of rumbas, xotas, paso dobles, muñieras (Galician jigs), marches, and alalás (slow airs). Tin whistles and flutes, squeezeboxes, fiddles, mouth harps, plucked strings, and occasional vocals by the talented Sonia Lebedynski add up to a lighthearted journey through a relatively unspoiled and picturesque musical terrain. --Christina Roden

Tracks:

Jotabe
Tarmundi E Alen
Xota De Ninodaguia/Muineira Do Muino De Peizas/Polca Para Erica
Pasacorredoiras De Ponteareas
Alala De Vilalba
Sabelina
Marcha Procesional Dos Mato
Fonsagrada
Xota Dos 28 Puntos
Maneo
A Cotula
O Savinao/Pasodoble De Pousada
Tres Muineiras

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The music of the northwestern Spanish coastal province of Galicia consists of a persistent Celtic strain grafted onto centuries of Portuguese, Spanish, and early music influences. The local mouth-blown bagpipe is called the gaita and was made famous by Carlos Núñez. Susana Seivane is descended from generations of pipers and is also a formidable virtuoso, but she has a subtler, more reedy sound than her charismatic countryman. Her debut album was produced by Rodrigo Romani of the supergroup Milladoiro, the Galician equivalent of the Chieftains. He and other band members sit in as Seivane leads a faultlessly idiomatic team of Gallegos (Galicians) through a program of rumbas, xotas, paso dobles, muñieras (Galician jigs), marches, and alalás (slow airs). Tin whistles and flutes, squeezeboxes, fiddles, mouth harps, plucked strings, and occasional vocals by the talented Sonia Lebedynski add up to a lighthearted journey through a relatively unspoiled and picturesque musical terrain. --Christina Roden

Customer Reviews:

Very pleasing music.......2006-03-11

Susana Seivane has some of the best music I've heard, I'll say.
I especially like the two fast-paced songs that you can download for free. You can get Jotabé, track 1 of this album, from [...] and once upon a time you could get Vai de Polcas, from her other album from there as well; thankfully, you can still get it through archive.org.
Check out these two songs, and if you don't love them . . . I don't know if I can help you:
[...]

And, as for the person who said that her music wasn't spine tingling like Hevia's . . . I really don't know what that person was talking about. Susana Seivane's music has a much richer sound to it; much more substantial in tone; more flavorful--the free tracks, at least, are much more upbeat, as well (at least from what I heard of Hevia by listening online; I don't actually own any of their albums). This music is unique to Western ears. This is Galatian bagpipe music, and although it's Celtic, it's not like the Scottish sort. It sounds more like the Breton sort of Celtic music with some Spanish-Arabian sounds.

Accomplished young Piper.......2002-05-22

Susana is a very good piper. This is a pleasant album; it's not spine tingling like Hevia, but it's well worth a listen. There's not much new from good pipers these days.

she's a great piper!.......2001-04-06

This is masterful piping. Lovers of traditional Irish, Scottish, or Breton music will find this disc a delight.

BTW, the writer of Amazon's review has it completely backwards: centuries of Spanish, Portugues, and other musical influences graft on the the scion, the original stock, Galician! The only older influence hereabouts is Basque.

Susana Seivane.......2001-03-02

Amazing! The music is entrancing. One is drawn to listen, dance, imagine--the bagpipes are so lively, and never crossing into flat rythym--what control! I can't wait for more from this incredible woman. I also was intrigued by references to other Gallician groups and musicians. I will be looking for them from now on. QUE BRAVA!

Rising Star.......2000-12-20

Susana Seivane brings so much music out of her pipes it is difficult to believe your ears. Compared to recordings by other Galician pipers or groups, Susana walks in the clouds. The arrangements are not over done in an attempt to be commercial. The tunes are traditional for the most part, but this is no ethnomusicological study either. Susana plays with incredible technique and style, but she doesn't exploit her abilities to simply show off or play wicked fast. She is quite young, and we will, I hope, be hearing a great deal more of her piping for years to come. If you like Spanish music, if you like piping, or if you like music gets your feet tapping and moves your soul, this CD is a "must have."

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