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Written in fRoots issue 331/332, 2011
 

SONDESEU ORQUESTRA FOLK
Barlovento
Boa/Do Fol FS00210 (2010)

Big, strong traditional Galician tunes played and sung with fullblooded gusto by the Vigo folk orchestra, Galicia’s first such ensemble, in mighty rich, tune-enhancing arrangements, mostly by ex-Milladoiro Rodrigo Romaní with a couple by Berrogüetto’s Anxo Pintos, that really communicate the variety and alegría that makes this music so attractive and involving.
     One might think that with such a big band – from a count of the booklet photos five gaiteiros, thirteen pandeireteiras (female singer/tambourinists), seven fiddlers, seven harpists, seven hurdy-gurdyists, three flautists, four percussionists on pandeiros, pandeiretas, caixa and bombo, plus on one track guest vocalist Rosa Cedrón – things would get mushy and muddled, but they don’t; it’s beautifully put together, a jubilant, refreshing, singing, dancing, enlarged version of the thrill of a trio de gaitas or spirited bunch of pandeireteiras.

www.sondeseu.org, www.folmusica.com


© 2010 Andrew Cronshaw
 

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