Basque folk gigs in Ireland

national | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Friday April 21, 2006 17:54 by Irish Basque Committees irishbasques at hotmail dot com

KORRONTZI Basque traditional folk band on tour in Ireland from the 26th to the 29th of April invited by the Irish Basque Committees.

Korrontzi is a hommage to the Basque Bizkaia province’s old “trikitilari”-s (Basque small diatonic accordeon player), based in old folk tunes, helped with a fifteen minutes english subtitled short film on these old trikitilaris’ life.

Korrontzi was an old trikitilari’s nickname and this performance is based on him and lots others’ life-style. The aim is to show new generations their heritage and remind the elder people of the past.

Korrontzi’s musicians are wellknown in the Basque Country because of their past projects and involment in Basque culture and traditional music.

Although trikitixa (small Basque diatonic acordeon) is the base of the band there are also drums, guitars, mandolins, whistles and other traditional Basque instruments.

Korrontzi’s first album will be launched on march and it will be distributed in Europe, USA and Japan.

Korrontzi’s Irish Tour 2006

26th of April at An Cruiscin Lan, Cork

27th of April at Cobblestone, Dublin

28th of April at Cultúrlann, Belfast

29th of April in South Armagh.