![]() ![]() Many people dare to climb it, especially in the June 22 and they light a bonfire they watch all night. This mountain is situated in the Pyrenees, more precisely in Pyrénées-Orientales, south of Prades and north of Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste (in the South of France) where stands his impressive summit (reaching 2,784 meters). You need to pay a special attention to the Canigou mountain if you want to know how the festival of Sant Joan begins. If you want to enjoy all the activities and not miss anything of the prepared program, keep focused One of the particularities of the Saint John festival, is that the night of June 23 is the shortest of the year and one of the most magical that can you can live in Barcelona. San Juan is celebrated in many parts of Europe, but is particularly settled in countries such as Spain, Portugal (Fogueiras de São João), or Norway for example. The album brims with excitement and individual character from start to finish.The Bonfires of San Juan (Víspera de San Juan) or “verbena” (open-air dance) of San Juan (Sant Joan in Catalan) is a Christian festival in which are usually light bonfires or campfires, linked with celebrations in which the arrival of the summer solstice is celebrated (on June 21 in the northern hemisphere, whose main ritual is to light a fire). ![]() Week End ( BCN Edit) is a riotous celebration of the time to party, where grooving guitars, lovely strings and looped vocals play their part. Zodiac is a jumping jazz effort, with sprightly sax, pushy trombones and kicking drums. Le Chanson Douce (Soul Long Edit) is a playful ditty featuring a twanging plastic guitar, reliable percussion and sweet vocals from Dumas’s 4-year-old daughter Lou. There are a number of highlights on this remarkable album. On paper, this musical mix sounds hard to stomach, but the various flavours work together wonderfully. It explores various musical horizons, melding together gutsy rhythms from various dance genres with improvisational ideals from jazz, raw funk power and ancestral Catalonian sounds. ![]() The title refers to the classic Ode To Billie Joe song and is a tribute to Tanguy Jo and his secret band. The first LP from Raph Dumas & the Primaveras entitled Ode to Tanguy Jo is a unique album. La Cobla Catalana Mil.Lenaria gives the group a big band set up in live environments. On occasions, the band is joined by La Cobla Catalana Mil.Lenaria, a Catalan instrumental ensemble that accompanies the traditional Catalonian La Sardana dance. The other members of Primaveras are Patrick Félicès (bass), Thierry Lopez (Guitar), Sébastien Sanz (Keyboards), Vincent Vidalou (Tible and Tenora – traditional Catalonian woodwind instruments), Frédéric Guisset (Flute and Flaviol – Flaviol is a Catalonian flute) and Georges Vaills (Trombone). Augé supplies amazing brass arrangements, which are very important to this project. ![]() Another important role is played by French Saxophone hero Alex Augé, who has worked with the likes of The Wailers and Regg’lys. Dumas provides cool samples and smart scratches to this project, whilst the band provides considerable musical muscle. The Primaveras project is a modern interpretation of band’s music in its glory days, with the same desire to fuse the heritage of Catalonia with modern musical ideas. ![]()
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