Llan de Cubel
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Llan de Cubel are a Celtic folk
Celtic music
Celtic music is a term utilised by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe...

 band from 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
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) which specializes in researching, playing and recording Asturian folk music
Music of Galicia, Cantabria and Asturias
The traditional music of Galicia and Asturias, located along Spain's north-west Atlantic coast, are highly distinctive folk styles that have some similarities with the neighbouring area of Cantabria...

.

Formed in 1984, the seven member group has been part of an overall revival and revitalization of Asturian traditional music. The band is a frequent participant in Celtic music
Celtic music
Celtic music is a term utilised by artists, record companies, music stores and music magazines to describe a broad grouping of musical genres that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe...

 festivals, both inside and outside of Asturias, such as the Festival Interceltique de Lorient
Festival Interceltique de Lorient
The Festival Interceltique de Lorient or Gouelioù Etrekeltiek An Oriant was founded in Lorient, Brittany in 1971 by Polig Montjarret...

. True to their effort to play authentic Asturian music, Llan de Cubel play traditional Asturian instruments, such as bagpipes
Bagpipes
Bagpipes are a class of musical instrument, aerophones, using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. Though the Scottish Great Highland Bagpipe and Irish uilleann pipes have the greatest international visibility, bagpipes of many different types come from...

(called gaita), and percussion, in addition to fiddles, accordions, bouzouki, flutes and guitars. The band plays traditional Asturian tunes collected through ethnomusicological research. They also write original material in the tradition of folk music of the region.

Llan de Cubel have won several awards for their music.

Members

Current
  • Elías García
  • Fonsu Mielgo
  • Marcos Llope
  • Xel Pereda
  • Simon Bradley
  • Xuan Rodríguez


Former
  • Susi Bello
  • Daniel Lombas
  • Guzmán Marqués
  • Flavio Rodríguez
  • J.M.Cano

Discography

  • ARPA CÉLTICA (compilation) (1985)
  • DEVA (1987)
  • NA LLENDE (1990)
  • L'OTRU LLAU DE LA MAR (1992)
  • IV (1995)
  • FESTIVAL INTERCELTIQUE DE LORIENT 25 ans (compilation) (1995)
  • NACIONES CELTAS -BUSCANDO EL NORTE (compilation) (1997)
  • UN TIEMPU MEYOR (1999)
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