Kepa Junkera
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Kepa Junkera is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...
, Euskadi
Basque Country (autonomous community)
The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
, Spain
Spain
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) is a Basque
Basque people
The Basques as an ethnic group, primarily inhabit an area traditionally known as the Basque Country , a region that is located around the western end of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay and straddles parts of north-central Spain and south-western France.The Basques are known in the...
musician and composer. A master of the trikitixa
Trikitixa
The trikiti , trikitixa or eskusoinu txiki is a two-row Basque diatonic button accordion with right-hand rows keyed a fifth apart and twelve unisonoric bass buttons...
, the diatonic accordion, he has recorded more than 10 albums.
Discography
Albums- Infernuko Auspoa - Kepa, Zabaleta eta Motriku (1988)
- Triki Up - Kepa, Zabaleta eta Imanol (1990)
- Trikitixa Zoom (1991)
- Trans-Europe Diatonique - Kepa Junkera, John Kirkpatrick and Riccardo TesiRiccardo TesiRiccardo Tesi is an Italian musician. He specializes in folk music. His instrument is the diatonic accordion or melodeon. He has founded or recorded with a number of groups, including Banditaliana and Ritmia...
(1993) - Kalejira Al-buk (1994)
- Lau Eskutara - Kepa Junkera and Julio Pereira (1995)
- Leonen Orroak - Kepa Junkera and Ibon KoteronIbon KoteronIbon Tabakon is a Basque musician renowned as a player of the alboka. His 1996 debut release was a joint record with Kepa Junkera, entitled Leonen Orroak ....
(1996) - Bilbao 00:00h (1996) Alula Records
- Tricky! (2000)
- Maren (2001)
- K (2003)
- Atlhetic Bihotzez (2004)
- Hiri (2006)
- Etxea (2008)
- Fandango - Provença Sessions (2009)
- Kalea (2009)
- Fandango - Habana Sessions (2010)
- Beti Bizi (2010)