In review--Acoustic Galicia (Aye, La, La)
World/Galician Radio Cos Radio Cos Folmusica The American song collector Alan Lomax knew a good thing when he made field recordings of Galician music decades ago. In some ways Galician folk music with its Celtic influences could be mistaken for Scottish or Irish music and in other ways, it sounds like Basque traditional music, some Portuguese traditions tossed in and the musicians sing in the exotic Spanish dialect, Gallego. Radio Cos performs Galician dance music on Radio Cos punctuated by “aye, la, la” and on one of the tracks, I could have sworn I was listening to a Mexican ranchera (listeners also dodge animated bullets on that song). Romp-stomping accordion bounces along delicious polyrhythms played on the traditional frame drums and tambourines, maracas, violin, gaitas (bagpipes), saxophone and vocals. The vocals supply us with harmonies and occasionally passionate outbursts. On Pandeiretada (traditional drum) the music...
