Kepa Junkera & Sorginak
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2016 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 5: Special Events / 5.3: Audio
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content: 1 Sound recording (digital audio file)
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content: 2016 June 29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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content: CFCH.SFF.2016, Item SFF2016_0629_Ralph_Rinzler_Concert_Stage_0001
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content: Archival materials
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Listening copies available
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content: Eduardo Diaz (presenter); Xabi Paya; Irati Anda; Kepa Junhera; Eueritz Aulestia; Maria Lasa; Garazi Otaegil; Amets Ormaetxea; Irati Gutierrez; Alaitz Esludero (participants) Join us on the opening day of the Festival to see Kepa Junkera, a well-known Basque trikitixa (accordion) player. He currently tours with the Sorginak, an all-women group whose name translates as "witches." Their music promotes the use of traditional Basque instrumentation while exploring new fusions of rhythm and sound. In 2004, Kepa won a Latin GRAMMY for Best Folk Album for his 2003 release, K. Starting off the concert, bertsolariak Irati Anda, Xabier Paya, and Martin Goicoechea will present their uniquely Basque art form of improvised sung poetry. These singers make up rhyming verses on the spot, working from topics presented by a presenter or the audience.