{"id":173,"date":"2013-06-17T12:14:29","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T12:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euskoguide.com\/blog\/?p=173"},"modified":"2018-09-04T19:17:50","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T19:17:50","slug":"the-kalakan-trio-is-on-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euskoguide.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/17\/the-kalakan-trio-is-on-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kalakan Trio is on Tour!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Here at Eusko Guide, we are really big fans of the Basque band Kalakan. Their music includes many traditional Basque songs that are reinterpreted and given a new contemporary life. The trio, made up of Thierry, Xan and Jamixel, serve up a heavy dose of chanting, singing and percussion that creates a very raw and tribal-like sound.<\/div>\r\n\r\n

Kalakan is something uniquely Basque, and to an outsider, is probably unlike anything you have heard before. This is in many ways due to the heavy use of Basque instruments that can be heard in all of their songs. The most notable of which is the txalaparta, which more closely resembles a picnic table than a real instrument. At some point, we will add more information about the txalaparta on our site, but until then, you can read more about it on Wikipedia<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Kalakan recently kicked off their 2013\/2014 tour and are currently playing throughout the Basque Country, with the addition of Amsterdam and Gent this summer. On their website<\/a> you can listen to their album in it\u2019s entirety and also get a list of their tour dates.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n

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