Oh, this had to appear sooner in my pages... it is here, now. A powerful band, full of outstanding musicians, which will make you jump, rock, clap, and grieve at times--well, not so, but only because the general ambient will prevent that. His (only, at the moment) record features outstanding Breton musicians Jacky Molard and Soïg Siberil, Basque trikitilari (diatonic accordeon player) Kepa Junkera, and the incredible voice of the Galician Mercedes Peón. The band, on stage, uses to host these and other musicians, such as bass clarinet player Pablo Pascual and the fine violin player José Climent, of La Musgaña fame.
Many of the themes in Budiño's band first CD are composed by him, and the effect is a fresh and powerful sound, which, having roots in the deepest Galician tradition, takes off with a different conception of a Galician band, leaving behind the land-of-sorrow that view Galicia has exported (or, perhaps, that others have imported from it), to open the door to an experience of exposure to the wild.
The core musicians in his band are:
Additionally, Xosé Manuel Budiño will take part as a guest in the performances of Kepa Junkera at the following places and dates:
Xosé Manuel Budiño can be reached at budino@mx3.redestb.es .