FolkWorld Issue 39 /07/2009

 Truly my uncle is a wonder, and when he dies he shall leave me his guitar and tambourine, and his grace in singing. For years, Mara Aranda has been the voice of Valencian band L'Ham de Foc (FW#14, FW#27, FW#35). After their demise she looked for other playgrounds and eventually came up with her new band Solatge. The band's name comes from the Catalan saying als solatges hi ha la flor (on the sediment grows the flower). This neatly describes Mara's concept: traditional Spanish music from the Pyrenees down to the coastal plains, Valencia, Catalunya, Aragon. Both quiet and more dynamic songs are about peasants' work and romance, fiestas and wakes, dancing round the bonfire and marching religious processions. Even a Sephardic cancionero is included. Mara's singing is quite impressive, the selection of songs shows quite a variety, which both transcends her work with L'ham de Foc. The arrangements are delightful, executed by the line-up of Josep-Maria Ribelles (Celtic harp), Eduard Navarro (pipes, crumhorn), Manolo Lopez (double bass) and Jota Martinez (bouzouki, guitar). "Dèria" will certainly stay near my record player for weeks to come. The CD comes with a nice booklet too, which have translations of the lyrics into English.

                                                          Walkin' T:-)M

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A rtículo íntegro dedicado a Mara Aranda, la cual aparece también

en portada en el número de marzo-abril de 2009 de la revista Sons.

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 Ya  está disponible en la red la entrevista de Mara Aranda y J.Martínez, en representación del grupo Solatge, en el programa de Rádio 3 presentado por José Miguel López, Discópolis.

 

 La entrevista tuvo lugar el 6 de abril de 2009 con motivo del lanzamiento del disco de la formación Mara Aranda&Solatge que lleva por título "Dèria" y cuyo repertorio está dedicado a las músicas tradicionales en los territorios pertenecientes a la antigua Corona Aragonesa.

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Artículo aparecido en la revista digital Tierra Folk con motivo del lanzamiento de "Dèria".

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Artículo aparecido en la revista digital B!ritmos con motivo del lanzamiento de "Dèria".