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20/05 : Merritt Basque Festival
June 5th and 6th 2009
at Nicola Ranch, Merritt, BC
Friday: Pot Luck Dinner
Saturday: Breakfast & Dinner
Cost: $25.00 for Members
$35.00 for Non Members
Contact: bcbascque@bcbasque.com
08/09 : Maddi Ohienart in Concert
Maddi Ohienart October 11th, 2008 , 8:00 pm
3214 W 10th Ave, Vancouver, BC
$15.00
Write-up from Synorama website [http://www.syntorama.com/eng/artists/maddi_oihenart/]
There is no doubt that Maddi Oihenart is one of the most fascinating, precious and genuine voices that has ever been heard in Basque popular music.
Nobody like Maddi represents and enriches the singing style of Zuberoa, a region in the French side of the Basque Country that has been wise enough to keep alive the local shepherd’s songs, a rural tradition they feel so proud of, they respect and love so much.
Maddi Oihenart’s way of singing cannot be ruled by genders or stylistic bounds: it is based upon “a capella” singing that poures out of the soul of the people that, like herself, live and feel in the mountains. She can only follow the measure of the wind, she will keep no other rhythm than the one leadered by nature, feeling, intuition. And her voice, pure deepness and sensibility, can only be attached to the magic of a mythic land, that alike her, appears as Basque as universal.
Of course, Maddi Oihenart has been an essential part in many recordings of popular music from Zuberoa. But her interest goes furhter: with “Ihargi Min” (Metak, 2003), signed by Maddi Oihenart and Josetxo Goia-Aribe, she doesn´t leave popular music but decides to step forward into the language of jazz, a world that is not exactly strange to her. A nice surprise.
That was the beginning of a singular way in which she keeps walking and enjoying herself, and where she introduces now her most personal and determined proposal: “Hari biru”: Maddi Oihenart, free as ever, sings together with a contemporary band and invites us to join her world, a calm, absorbing, real, non-contaminated land, where she lives together with poetry and renewed folk. Life looks different from Zuberoa. So sounds Maddi’s voice.
Until recently, Maddi Oihenart was best known for her work in conjunction with other singers and musicians in a wide range of projects. “Hari biru”, her first solo album and live show, brings together her country's essence, its peace of mind and eternal reminiscences, all woven together by her splendid, privileged voice, always fine, warm and exuberant, in original compositions based on modern Basque poetry. The arrangements by Juantxo Zeberio, as musical director and also composer of some of the songs, wrap Maddi's musical sentiments in gentleness and simplicity.
Both naked and refined, human and heavenly, “Hari biru” captivates and leads us by the hand through the ins and outs of our dreams, then awakens us, smiling tranquilly, in the cradle of Maddi Oihenart's amazing voice.
"Hari Biru" LIVE":
03/07 : San Fermín
San Fermín Picnic July 6th 2008 at Hume Park (Columbia & Braid) in New Westminster
Time: 2pm to dusk, rain or shine
Food: Marmitako, Chorizo de Pamplona in a bun, Tortilla de patatas
Fun for all. Bring the family & friends
Lots of activities in the park: Swimming, Tennis, Spray Pool, Games for the kids
18/06 : Merritt Basque Festival
June 27th and 28th at Nicola Ranch, Merritt
Cost: $25 for members
$35 for non members
Children under 12 no charge
For more information: bcbasque@bcbasque.com
26/03 : Aberri Eguna
[b]come and celebrate the Day of our Basque Homeland [b]
Saturday April 5th at 2pm at Mayview Circle, Burnaby,BC
Menu:
Appetizers
Cod Bizcaia Style
Rolls, Wine
Cakes, Coffee
Members $20.00 Guests $25.00
Reply by March 31st at bcbasque @bcbasque.com
26/08 : Traditional Basque Music Concert
JUAN MARI BELTRAN Traditional Basque Music Concert
September 14th, 2007 at 8.00pm
St. James Hall, 3214 W 10th Ave
$15.00
Helped by a number of musicians, Beltran weaves tradition with contemporary atitude, starting with the ancient txalaparta (wood-planks), alboka, txistu-ttunttuna (flute), trikitixa (accordion), panderoa and tamboril (drums), adding fiddle, accordion and other more contemporary instruments, wrapped with voices in solo and dramatic ensemble settings. Juan Mari Beltran is a kind of Luthier of basque instruments and a very good player of Txalaparta.
Like a hip-hop alchemist, Juan Mari Beltran works with various Basque instruments, old melodies and dances and borrowed poems and lyrics to create something that, although being based in the past, is still potently contemporary. Like a traditional vernacular musician, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of the heritage and has apprenticed with the old masters, which allows him to mix and match and create sounds that are both modern and perpetual....Juan Mari Beltran is an essential name in the field of popular music and instruments. Besides showing his high level of knowledge and wisdom, he will present us an ethnic and contemporary, beautiful, strong and musical performance with all his heart and strength
Juan Mari Beltran shows how alive and how rich and beautiful the Basque traditional music is.
For tickets send an email to bcbasque@bcbasque.com
or at the door on concert's day
15/02 : Welcome to Zazpiak Bat
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