hello chaps. It's a long time since I've stumbled this way, I'm glad to see that it's still the same reassuring shade of mustard.
I'm thinking of taking a trip to Portugal soon - specifically, Lisbon. Can anyone advise me about where to go for music? Any good sessions in Lisbon, or elsewhere? And as for fado - how do you find the really good stuff? Synth-free and as God intended?
Any pointers would be great. In the meantime, hello and hugs to anyone that remembers me...
Xx Nell
Nell.... hmm rings a bell. Anyway the spoon-man just got home from his epic walk to Portugal and back; apparently he found some music in Porto - not a great deal in Lisbon. Seeya soon! Cxx
Oh, I remember you - you play the piano, or something?
I just thought, a bit late - I should have titled this Portugal and Galicia - I have been to Galicia once and would love to go again, I thought it was magical. So, while I'm over there...
Any suggestions for Galicia as well?
Head for La Coruna and you might be lucky to get a few tunes there; otherwise find a festival! They're on all the time. I did tell you about the time a drunk but well-meaning temporary Geordie flatmate once asked me to, and I quote: "Give'us a choon on ya trumpet!"
Tsk!! I think it might require more than alcohol, before you start confusing a piano accordion for a trumpet... You know how it is - this traditional music malarkey - it only leads to crack cocaine.
"I just wanted to learn a few tunes", that's what they all say. But one thing leads to another. First it's set dances, then hornpipes, then it's reels. Then the reels get faster... and faster... next thing you know, you're a crack whore.
Kerry V Mayo. Just thinking - Mayo is Spanish for "May" and by a strange coincidence is also the perfect compliment to.........chips! Full circle in a completely off-topicamundo way.
There are 2 twin brothers called Marco (fiddle) & Bruno (flute)from Portugal who frequent this site (or used to anyhow)... I'm sure they'd be able to tell you the craic about tunes in Portugal.
Alright Conán?
What did you think of the match?
I was a bit dissapointed for Mayo, but it was possibly the most mis-matched All Ireland SFC I've ever seen. Poor Mayo's confidence was gone after they messed up that goal attempt around the 8th minute or so... they should have kept chipping away at points instead of gung-ho goal attempts so early (IMO)...
Ciaran Mc Donald's confidence was gone a bit after that, felt pretty sorry for him too, as he was playing his heart out. The Mayo team and fans just looked devistated!
Nell, I don't know if you'll make it this far through the waffle, but if you do, one good place in Lisbon for fado is Parreirinha de Alfama (sic). The dinner isn't cheap but it's excellent and the music is radically conservative. The lady who owns and runs the place, Argentina Santos, is Empress.
Hey Murrough! yeah I didn't see it live - saw a recording of it. I had a sneaking suspicion the occasion would get to Mayo and so it proved. 34 championships is a bit greedy if you ask me.
Sarge fox! Good to hear from you. Which country (or planet) are you inhabiting these days?
Reedy Grins, I never waffle; there's always a deeper meaning ;)
I was in Lisbon in November and found some excellent fado at one particular restaurant. I posted that in a previous discussion here, which I found searching "fado" and "Lisbon" together.
www.thesession.org/discussions/display/8282/comments#comment177303
Ian
That's the Guitarra - 'Portuguese guitar' in English. It is really a cittern though. Allegedly, it is descended from the 'English guitar', a type of cittern popular in England a few centuries ago.
Hello .
"me gustan mucho las patatas" (spanish)
"gustanme moito as patacas" (galician)
"bacalHao" (portoguese)
You should find some good fado places in the Alfama quarter.
I love Libon, I went there for a week few years ago and I fell in love with it. Specially the alfama and bairro alto I love the old quarters with small houses and narrow streets without cars.
I´m from A Coruña, Galicia. Ask me anything you want about Galicia . There are a lot of places you shoud visit here but if you want to see the best festivals you must wait till the next summer .
I stumbled across a session in A Coruña, purely by chance, in a pub called A Cova das Celtas. It was just a one-off session (I just happened to be walking past on the right day, at the right time), but they were talking about trying to start up a weekly one there. I notice there are no sessions listed for Galicia here.
Portugal
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hello chaps. It's a long time since I've stumbled this way, I'm glad to see that it's still the same reassuring shade of mustard.
I'm thinking of taking a trip to Portugal soon - specifically, Lisbon. Can anyone advise me about where to go for music? Any good sessions in Lisbon, or elsewhere? And as for fado - how do you find the really good stuff? Synth-free and as God intended?
Any pointers would be great. In the meantime, hello and hugs to anyone that remembers me...
Xx Nell
# Posted on September 18th 2006 by Nell
Re: Portugal
Nell.... hmm rings a bell. Anyway the spoon-man just got home from his epic walk to Portugal and back; apparently he found some music in Porto - not a great deal in Lisbon. Seeya soon! Cxx
# Posted on September 18th 2006 by Conán McDonnell
Re: Portugal & Galicia
Oh, I remember you - you play the piano, or something?
I just thought, a bit late - I should have titled this Portugal and Galicia - I have been to Galicia once and would love to go again, I thought it was magical. So, while I'm over there...
Any suggestions for Galicia as well?
# Posted on September 18th 2006 by Nell
Re: Portugal
Head for La Coruna and you might be lucky to get a few tunes there; otherwise find a festival! They're on all the time. I did tell you about the time a drunk but well-meaning temporary Geordie flatmate once asked me to, and I quote: "Give'us a choon on ya trumpet!"
# Posted on September 18th 2006 by Conán McDonnell
Re: Portugal
HAHAHA!!!!
Trumpet must mean something else altogether in Geordie! Are you sure it wasn't a proposition?
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by Nell
Re: Portugal
I hope not! Poor guy was a bit confused with the beer. I suppose some of us have been there before .....
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by Conán McDonnell
Re: Portugal
Tsk!! I think it might require more than alcohol, before you start confusing a piano accordion for a trumpet... You know how it is - this traditional music malarkey - it only leads to crack cocaine.
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by Nell
Re: Portugal
"I just wanted to learn a few tunes", that's what they all say. But one thing leads to another. First it's set dances, then hornpipes, then it's reels. Then the reels get faster... and faster... next thing you know, you're a crack whore.
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by Nell
Re: Portugal
And there was me thinking that funny smell in your kitchen was beetroot soup!
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by Conán McDonnell
Re: Portugal
I've heard they got it bad in Glencolumbkille. JD and Coke - John Doherty and a £20 note
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by Conán McDonnell
Re: Portugal
Are you dissing my borshcht?!!!
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by Nell
Re: Portugal
God, this is getting WAY off topic. Not borshcht! Gambas! Pulpo! A la Gallega!! Albarino, Vino Joven! Come on - focus!
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by Nell
Re: Portugal
Sorry, and Vinho Verde! Bacalao!! Lulas!
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by Nell
Re: Portugal
MMMmmm octopus!
And chips.
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by Conán McDonnell
Re: Portugal
Errr "me gusto mucho los chips!"
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by Conán McDonnell
Re: Portugal
or is that "me gustA"?
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by Conán McDonnell
Re: Portugal
Anyone see the match yesterday?
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by Conán McDonnell
Re: Portugal
Um? Which match? 'gusto' I think. I do know Porto are playing Arsenal next week.
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by Nell
Re: Portugal
Kerry V Mayo. Just thinking - Mayo is Spanish for "May" and by a strange coincidence is also the perfect compliment to.........chips! Full circle in a completely off-topicamundo way.
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by Conán McDonnell
Re: Portugal
There are 2 twin brothers called Marco (fiddle) & Bruno (flute)from Portugal who frequent this site (or used to anyhow)... I'm sure they'd be able to tell you the craic about tunes in Portugal.
Alright Conán?
What did you think of the match?
I was a bit dissapointed for Mayo, but it was possibly the most mis-matched All Ireland SFC I've ever seen. Poor Mayo's confidence was gone after they messed up that goal attempt around the 8th minute or so... they should have kept chipping away at points instead of gung-ho goal attempts so early (IMO)...
Ciaran Mc Donald's confidence was gone a bit after that, felt pretty sorry for him too, as he was playing his heart out. The Mayo team and fans just looked devistated!
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by Murrough
Re: Portugal
Nell, I don't know if you'll make it this far through the waffle, but if you do, one good place in Lisbon for fado is Parreirinha de Alfama (sic). The dinner isn't cheap but it's excellent and the music is radically conservative. The lady who owns and runs the place, Argentina Santos, is Empress.
Cheers
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by reedy grins
Re: Portugal
Hi Nell and Conan, nothing of note to say beyond 'Good morning' and 'long time no see, no hear'.
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by sergeant fox
Re: Portugal
Hey Murrough! yeah I didn't see it live - saw a recording of it. I had a sneaking suspicion the occasion would get to Mayo and so it proved. 34 championships is a bit greedy if you ask me.
Sarge fox! Good to hear from you. Which country (or planet) are you inhabiting these days?
Reedy Grins, I never waffle; there's always a deeper meaning ;)
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by Conán McDonnell
Re: Portugal
I was in Lisbon in November and found some excellent fado at one particular restaurant. I posted that in a previous discussion here, which I found searching "fado" and "Lisbon" together.
www.thesession.org/discussions/display/8282/comments#comment177303
Ian
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by ian clark
Re: Portugal
Love those big cittern-y guitars they play.
# Posted on September 19th 2006 by Guernsey Pete
Re: Portugal
Hello Helen and Conan! Glad you are both still around
I've never been to Portugal (only Madeira) so I'm no help whatsoever.
I should be at the Herschel next week if you're around
# Posted on September 20th 2006 by Geoff Pollitt
Re: Portugal
"those big cittern-y guitars"
That's the Guitarra - 'Portuguese guitar' in English. It is really a cittern though. Allegedly, it is descended from the 'English guitar', a type of cittern popular in England a few centuries ago.
# Posted on September 20th 2006 by granama
Re: Portugal
Hello .
"me gustan mucho las patatas" (spanish)
"gustanme moito as patacas" (galician)
"bacalHao" (portoguese)
You should find some good fado places in the Alfama quarter.
I love Libon, I went there for a week few years ago and I fell in love with it. Specially the alfama and bairro alto I love the old quarters with small houses and narrow streets without cars.
I´m from A Coruña, Galicia. Ask me anything you want about Galicia . There are a lot of places you shoud visit here but if you want to see the best festivals you must wait till the next summer .
festival de ortigueira
http://www.festivaldeortigueira.com/
festival da carballeira de zas (no english version)
http://festadacarballeira.com/
festival de pardiñas (no english version)
http://www.xermolos.org/
some pictures i took at ortigueira festival
http://www.fotolog.com/adrianix/?photo_id=17124659
http://www.fotolog.com/adrianix/?photo_id=17149286
http://www.fotolog.com/adrianix/?photo_id=18097667
http://www.fotolog.com/adrianix/?photo_id=18070307
http://www.fotolog.com/adrianix/?photo_id=18126587
http://www.fotolog.com/adrianix/?photo_id=18153816
other pictures in cabo ortegal (near ortigueira)
http://www.fotolog.com/adrianix/?photo_id=16976650
http://www.fotolog.com/adrianix/?pid=18173233
at coruña
http://www.fotolog.com/adrianix/?pid=18364557
A repichoca Traditional music pub in A Coruña
Rúa Orillamar, Número 13, A Coruña
# Posted on September 20th 2006 by adrianix
Re: Portugal
a bunch of beautiful places in Galicia:
Cabo ortegal
Cabo finisterre
Ribeira sacra
Santiago (of course)
# Posted on September 20th 2006 by adrianix
Re: A Coruña
I stumbled across a session in A Coruña, purely by chance, in a pub called A Cova das Celtas. It was just a one-off session (I just happened to be walking past on the right day, at the right time), but they were talking about trying to start up a weekly one there. I notice there are no sessions listed for Galicia here.
# Posted on September 21st 2006 by granama