Ailá” is a Galician band who are working to recover the traditional folk music of their homeland in order to share Galician culture and language to a new generation. They want to inspire people to enjoy traditional music again and encourage them to dance and sing to folk music. Because of this belief, their concerts are full of joy and energy, mixing singing and dancing to the sounds of traditional instruments (such as the Galician bagpipe and tambourine) resulting in a big celebration.

While this is their first time playing for a Liverpool audience, they have taken part in musical festivals all over Galicia and in Scotland (Celtic Connection 2020). Their first album “Ailá” (2021) is inspired by well-known songs that are seldom recorded and by discoveries in the historic archives of Galician orally-transmitted songs and poems, which have been silent through centuries. Ailá has brought these lyrics back to life, as well as giving new life to those songs Galician people know by heart because they are sung in local festivities, but not well-documented. Join them to celebrate the essence of the music created by the people and for the people and bring life to collective music.

And who are they?

The name of the band comes from the typical chorus of traditional galician songs: “Ailalelo Ailalá”

Abel Gañete (flugelhorn and trumpet) Ángela Carou (singer and tambourine) Manuele Pardo (singer, percussion and bagpipes) Xan Pampín (accordion and bass drum)

A little taster...

“Muñeira de Frades”

Muñeira found at the “Arquivo do Patrimonio Oral da Identidade” (National Oral Identity Heritage Archive) at the Galician People’s Museum (Santiago de Compostela).

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