Mares de tempo is an album by Galician

Galician people

The Galicians are an ethnic group, a nationality whose historical homeland is Galicia in north-western Spain. Most Galicians are bilingual, speaking both their historic language, Galician, and Castilian Spanish.-Political and administrative divisions:...

 gaita

Gaita

Gaita may refer to:Musical instruments*Various types of bagpipes common to Spain and Portugal such as:** Gaita asturiana, a bagpipe used in the Spanish provinces of Asturias, northern León and western Cantabria...

 (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...

) player Susana Seivane

Susana Seivane

Susana Seivane Hoyo is a Galician gaita player. She was born in Barcelona, Spain, into a family of well-known Galician luthiers and musicians, the Seivane family, whose workshop is the Obradoiro de Gaitas Seivane. She started her musical career at the age of three...

, released in 2004.

History

Seivane's third record, in which some well-known Galician musicians participated, is supplemented by a DVD that contains footage of her on stage and off. Mares de tempo is a title that has been taken from the work of the Galician poet Celso Emilio Ferreiro

Celso Emilio Ferreiro

Celso Emilio Ferreiro Mínguez , born in Celanova, Galicia, was a Galicianist activist, writer, and political journalist.-Early years:...

: "Longa noite de pedra". It is a reflection on the passage of time and its effects.

The song, "Muneira de Alen", is one that Seivane had recorded on her previous album, This time it is given a heavier treatment. Almost all the tracks can be described as folk-rock and for the first time there is no acoustic guitar. The tunes and songs mostly come from Gallician Spain.

Track listing

1. "Retrato de Fiona" (Xurxo Iglesias)
2. "Androrina Marineira" (Henrique Otero)
3. "Segrado" (Sabela Orgueira, Seivane)
4. "Olla Como se Peneira" (Xose Lois Romero Cajigal)
5. "Comeco do Verao - Polca do Ulla" (Heleno dos Oito Baixos)
6. "Muneira de Alen" (Traditional)
7. "Xota de Vilabol" (Traditional)
8. "Xota de Linares" (Traditional)
9. "Mazurca de Comptor" (Guadi Galego, Christian Desnos)
10. "Doce Dias" (Ivan Laxe)
11. "Mina Virxe, Meu Amor" (Guille, Seivane)
12. "Namorandome" (Roberto Grandal, Seivane)

Personnel

• Susana Seivane – bagpipes, percussion, vocals
• Brais Maceiras – diatonic accordion
• Carlos Freire – drum, darbuka, shaker
• Ivan Laxe – elecric bass
• Teresa Sayas – drums
• Xurxo Iglesias – bouzouki
• Rodrigo Romani – harp

External references

• Review by CD Roots
• Review by The Living Tradition