Tejedor
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Tejedor is a folk music group from Avilés
, Asturias
, Spain
, consisting of three siblings (Jose, Javier and Eva Tejedor). Tejedor's members play traditional Asturian styles of music using traditional instruments such as bagpipes, flutes, accordions and guitars.
Tejedor has become known on the international "Celtic" music scene, the two brothers of the group winning on several occasions the McCallan bagpipe awards at the Inter Celtic Music Festival
in Lorient
, France
. They have also appeared a number of times in the William Kennedy International Piping Festival
in Ireland
.
Their first album, Texedores De Suaños, was produced by Phil Cunningham
.
The discography comes from "World Music Central" (see below).
Avilés
Avilés is a city in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main towns in the Principality of Asturias.The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, in a land that belonged to the sea, surrounded by small promontories, all of them having an altitude of less than...
, Asturias
Asturias
The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, consisting of three siblings (Jose, Javier and Eva Tejedor). Tejedor's members play traditional Asturian styles of music using traditional instruments such as bagpipes, flutes, accordions and guitars.
Tejedor has become known on the international "Celtic" music scene, the two brothers of the group winning on several occasions the McCallan bagpipe awards at the Inter Celtic Music Festival
Festival Interceltique de Lorient
The Festival Interceltique de Lorient or Gouelioù Etrekeltiek An Oriant was founded in Lorient, Brittany in 1971 by Polig Montjarret...
in Lorient
Lorient
Lorient, or L'Orient, is a commune and a seaport in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.-History:At the beginning of the 17th century, merchants who were trading with India had established warehouses in Port-Louis...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. They have also appeared a number of times in the William Kennedy International Piping Festival
William Kennedy International Piping Festival
The William Kennedy International Piping Festival is an annual music festival held since 1993 in Armagh, in the north of Ireland. It usually takes place in November and has attracted players of all variants of bagpipes from many parts of Europe, North America and North Africa. The festival includes...
in Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
.
Their first album, Texedores De Suaños, was produced by Phil Cunningham
Phil Cunningham (folk musician)
Phil Cunningham, MBE, born 1960 in Edinburgh, Scotland is a Scottish folk musician and composer.-Biography:Phil played accordion and violin from a very young age. He attended school in Portobello, and was raised Mormon, attending church regularly and playing organ...
.
Discography
- Texedores de Suaños (1999)
- Llunáticos (Aris Música/Resistencia, 2003)
- Música Na Maleta (2007)
The discography comes from "World Music Central" (see below).