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Topic: Kepa Junkera


In the News (Thu 16 Feb 12)

  
  Rambles: Kepa Junkera, K   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kepa Junkera is a legend in the Basque country, Euskadi, and with good reason.
Junkera, ably assisted as usual by a host of talented friends from across the Basqueland and around the world, gives us two hours of music that will swell the ranks of his legion of admirers worldwide.
Junkera does not always succeed in his ambitions, but he's not afraid to try.
www.rambles.net /junkera_K03.html   (551 words)

  
 Kepa Junkera
Kepa’s first contact with music came via his aitite (maternal grandfather) who at village dances accompanied Kepa’s mother on tambourine when she started out as dance partner to the famous Txilibrin.
Kepa live is an inexhaustible source of colour and rhythm, adding to the nuances of his music enthusiasm, honesty, genius, versatility and passion.
Their concerts are a constant renewal of material already released by Kepa under his own name or in his many collaborations with other artists, and of unreleased and new material.
www.fatea-records.co.uk /CAMBRID/cam00/kepa.htm   (611 words)

  
 Kepa Junkera em Viana do Castelo
Kepa Junkera é já um músico bem conhecido do público português, tendo pisado os palcos do nosso país em várias ocasiões, integrado alguns dos melhores festivais de músicas do mundo realizados em Portugal.
Há muito que kepa Junkera ganhou notoriedade internacional, sobretudo a partir do disco Bilbao 00:00, um duplo CD recheado de participações de convidados famosos e que venceu definitivamente a barreira atlântica - tendo-se tornado num significativo sucesso, sobretudo no mercado norte-americano.
Kepa Junkera, sozinho ou acompanhado, é por si só um senhor do espectáculo ao vivo - exibindo o seu enorme virtuosismo - aliado, claro está, a um trabalho de composição notável.
attambur.com /Noticias/20024t/kepa_junkera_em_viana_do_castelo.htm   (270 words)

  
 Alula Records
Bilbao 00:00h paints the city of Junkera's youth first with bold, vivid strokes, then with the delicate shadings of nostalgia for times past.
An all-star cast of international musicians join Junkera to present a contemporary vision of Basque music that is as fresh and vibrant as the city of Bilbao itself.
Kepa Junkera was born in Bilbao, a beautiful city in northern Spain on the Bay of Biscay, in 1965.
www.alula.com /ALU31017.htm   (296 words)

  
 RootsWorld: Kepa Junkera: Bilbao 00:00h
This typifies the entire album, where Junkera's high musicianship is always at the center, but where the music is never sacrificed to make him the star.
Most of the tunes are by Kepa; a couple, and the melodies of two of the three songs, are by Ibon Koteron; this is traditional music but the word "herrikoia" (traditional) doesn't appear - it's a living tradition.
You can listen to an "Audio Postcard" from Kepa Junkera produced by Global Village, the CBC radio program devoted to the world's musical events.
www.rootsworld.com /rw/feature/junkera.html   (657 words)

  
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This introduced Junkera to critics, musicians and programmers all over Europe not only to a virtuoso accordionist, but also to one of Europe’s most ancient musical traditions through one of it’s best exponents.
Kepa Junkera is now considered one of folk music’s most enthusiastic and successful collaborators, having recorded and performed with musicians such as La Bottine Souriante, Phil Cunningham, Bela Fleck, Pedro Guerra, Mairtin O’Connor, Liam O’Flynn, The Chieftains, Carlos Nunez, Glen Velez, The Bulgarian Voices and Maria del Mar Bonet amongst others.
Kepa Junkera plays his first Irish performance in the O’Reilly Theatre, May 22nd.
www.visitdublin.com /discus/messages/12/Kepa_Junkera-1424.doc   (205 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Bilbao Oo:Oh: Music: Kepa Junkera   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Junkera acts as a sly provocateur, getting a diverse group of players to highlight the power of his Basque music while freely insinuating their own heritage into the proceedings.
Kepa Junkera is a world-renowned (except in the U.S.) Txalaparta (a kind of accordion) player.
A trip around the world with Kepa Junkera as your host is one way to look at this set, but what's truly significant is the way in which musicians from seemingly unrelated cultures were able to play together without submerging their own unique musical flavors.
www.amazon.com /Bilbao-Oo-Oh-Kepa-Junkera/dp/B00001ZT11   (1650 words)

  
 Kepa Junkera, Maren   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
I had never heard of Kepa Junkera until a recent visit to the Basque Country of Spain.
Kepa is from Bilbao, the largest city in Euskadi, an autonomous Basque region within Spain.
Kepa, born in 1965, now has about a dozen recordings, from Basque folk roots to jazz to classical, and has recorded with the big names of world music.
www.rambles.net /junkera_maren01.html   (477 words)

  
 Basque squeeze-box player's innovative style wins over traditionalists
What happened in Spain with Kepa Junkera has happened with countless other musicians around the world, including Miles Davis and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Junkera took a traditional music and modernized it for an audience that preferred more pulse -- then was barraged by critics who said the changes amounted to sacrilege.
Junkera still refers to trikitixa music as a "tradition," even though he has altered that tradition in ways he also couldn't have imagined all those years ago.
Kepa Junkera: The musician and his ensemble perform at 8 p.m.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/01/13/DDGTI47FTO1.DTL   (862 words)

  
 Reviews of Kepa Junkera | Bilbao 00:00h, Faze Action | Moving Cities, and Gideon Freudmann | Hologram Crackers
Kepa Junkera, Bilbao 00:00h (Alula Records 1999) - Basque accordion player, Kepa Junkera has released an engaging world music set in the double disk, Bilbao 00:00h.
Now age 34, Junkera developed a unique style of playing the Basque diatonic accordion known as the "trikitixa." Kepa is well known in both the Spanish and international folk scene, and has helped promote Basque culture.
In describing the city of his birth, Kepa says "My city is a door to the sea; it is framed in iron and its streets are bordered by concrete blocks, carved stones and uncovered bricks.
www.cdshakedown.com /021800.htm   (663 words)

  
 FolkWorld Live Review: The Spanish Connections
Kepa Junkera played three official concerts at Celtic Connections, including one in the Main Auditorium as support of Maire Brennan.
His vital performance in the Sunday Times Suite was honoured by standing ovations (seldom seen at Celtic Connections!); and he thanked the audience with another of these ear-wigs which actually seemed to be never-ending, with some audience participation (the audience had to blow to let the accordeon play again...).
Carlos Núñez; Kepa Junkera's Booklet; Kepa Junkera at Celtic Connections; Xose Manuel Budino in the Fruitmarket; Mercedes Peón at the Fruitmarket.
www.folkworld.de /8/cc-spain.html   (1268 words)

  
 KEPA JUNKERA en BuscaMusica.org
Desde muy joven, Kepa, mostrará un gran interés por el acordeón diatónico, tanto es así, que basándose en su experiencia, autodidacta, creará un nuevo método de aprendizaje llegando a desarrollar un estilo muy personal.
Mientras tanto, Kepa Junkera desarrolla su carrera en la escena internacional junto a John Kirkpatrick y Riccardo Tessi con el proyecto Trans-Europe Diatonique.
Si algo caracteriza a Kepa es su capacidad de entregarse a diferentes proyectos con inagotable energía.
www.buscamusica.org /kepajunkera/index.htm   (616 words)

  
 KEPA JUNKERA ACERCA EL FOLK VASCO A LA RIOJA / KEPA JUNKERA BRINGS THE BASQUE FOLK NEAR TO LA RIOJA
El músico vasco Kepa Junkera, un virtuoso del acordeón y de la “trikitixa” (acordeón diatónico) ofrece un concierto gratuito en la plaza del Ayuntamiento.
Junkera, que ganó el Grammy Latino de 2004 el Mejor Álbum de música Folk con su disco “K”, cuenta con once trabajos musicales en sus más de quince años de trayectoria profesional.
Junkera won the Latin Grammy in 2004 to the best Folk Album with his LP “K”.
www.noticiasderioja.com /2005/0508212.html   (286 words)

  
 Kepa Junkera / Hiri - CD / cdRoots
Junkera explores a series of audio-impressions of cities around thre world that he has visited.
Hiri also marks Junkera’s second “debut” with ELKAR records, returning to the label on which the musician from Rekalde began his musical career, who says he wants to “work again with the people who know me best”.
Hiri is the confirmation of Kepa Junkera’s place as one of our most important ambassadors, a world-level representative of Basque music and heir to the veteran pioneers.
www.cdroots.com /elk-hiri.html   (505 words)

  
 kepa Junkera: Maren / RootsWorld Recording Review
However, and in spite of being constantly interested in his country's traditions, Junkera returns to his intention of bringing together very distinctive cultures through music, by inviting some groups from eastern Europe such as Bulgarka Junior (from Bulgaria) and Tirana (from Albania).
Those that were already bewitched by Junkera's previous work would probably imagine that he would have a major problem when he embarked on a new musical adventure.
All of Junkera's work maintains a very high standard, but his previous release, Bilbao 00:00, was considered a masterpiece by critics all over the world, not only because of the quality of the songs, but also because of the enviable group of musicians that Junkera brought together on that record.
www.rootsworld.com /reviews/junkera-maren.shtml   (370 words)

  
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Kepa Junkera played havoc with my schedule a couple of years back, when they managed to miss their original flight from the Basque country.
I was in two minds as to which to go for and settled for Kepa.
Not only did it give me a different perspective on the accordion, the whole set introduced me to a totally new sound.
www.fatea-records.co.uk /CAMBRID/cam04/kepa.html   (103 words)

  
 Kepa Junkera | Estacion Tierra Mondomix | Musicas del Mundo
Si algo caracteriza a Kepa Junkera es su capacidad de entregarse a diferentes proyectos con la misma e inagotable energía.
Nacido en la ciudad de Bilbao en 1965, Kepa tuvo sus primeros contactos con la música a partir de su "aitite" (abuelo materno), quien en las romerías acompañaba con la pandereta a su hija mientras ésta daba los primeros pasos de baile como pareja de Txilibrin.
En el '94, Kepa se rodeó de amigos e importantes músicos de música tradicional de Euskadi tales como Ibon Koteron y las pandereteiras de Leilía y juntos grabaron "Kalejira Al-Buk".
www.estaciontierra.com /artistas/artista.php?id=126   (693 words)

  
 Kepa Junkera - AOL Music
music, world music, basque, spain, junkera, accordion, trikitixa, diatonic, france.
KEPA JUNKERA is the Basque country's most notable young musician, having first visited this country in a trio - Trans-Europe Diatonique - with John...
Download, listen and watch Kepa Junkera music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
music.aol.com /artist/kepa-junkera/249849/main   (80 words)

  
 Berhueta by Kepa Junkera: Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kepa Junkera : Albums : Bilbao Oo:Oh : Berhueta : Reviews
This beautiful double album is a tribute to the city of Kepa Junkera's youth, Bilbao.
Mixing traditional and contemporary elements and featuring a truly stellar international cast of musicians (including Bela Fleck, Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains, Fain Dueñas of Radio Tarifa, and Carlos Beciero of La Musgana), Bilbao 00:00h is grounded by Junkera's skillful work on the trikitixa (Basque diatonic accordion).
www.mp3.com /tracks/1986179/reviews.html   (130 words)

  
 Benito Lertxundi - Kepa Junkera - Bilbao 00:00h
Benito Lertxundi - Kepa Junkera - Bilbao 00:00h
BL y Kepa Junkera play together the song Loriak Udan.
Del Hierro a Madagascar (K. Junkera / P. Guerra)
www.euskalnet.net /turibeechevarria/html/en_junkera.htm   (36 words)

  
 Basque Club: Q & A with Kepa
On Friday, January 16th, Kepa Junkera (above left) played to a sold out Dinkelspiel Auditorium on the campus of Stanford University.
Before the performance, Kepa participated in a discussion session, which was moderated by Xabier Berrueta (above right).
I’m very happy as well with these Basque communities abroad that come to see me – a dream come true for me.
www.basqueclub.com /Kepa.htm   (732 words)

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