🔥 Updates

After launching Lume 2 almost a year and a half ago, a new major version of Lume is here!

This version is dedicated to all Galician cantareiras and pandereteiras—women who sing and play the tambourine (or pandeireta), one of the most important instruments in Galician traditional music. One of these cantareiras was Adolfina Casás Rama (1912-2009), an ancestor of my friend Miriam Casás. She worked in agriculture, where she often sang. She was known for her wit and the variety of styles employed.

Thanks to the recollidas, where musicians and musicologists recorded these traditional songs sung by anonymous women, we can now enjoy this musical heritage performed by contemporary musicians with innovative arrangements.

Some examples include Xabier Díaz & Adufeiras de Salitre, Xosé Lois Romero & Aliboria, and Berrogüetto (apologies for the video quality, but I really love that song).

For more disruptive artists, check out Tanxugueiras or Baiuca.

Feliz aninovo 🎄!

New year and new Lume version! This time, I'd like to dedicate it to Pedro Días and Muño Vandilaz, who married on April 16, 1061, almost a thousand years ago. This is the first same-sex marriage documented in Galicia (and the rest of Spain).

The wedding took place in a small Catholic chapel. It's surprising to see how homophobic prejudices have changed since then. If you want to read more about this event take a look at this Qnews article (English) or gCiencia post (Galician).

Ola 👋!

This new version of Lume is dedicated to Maruja Mallo, an extraordinary surrealist painter born in Galicia in 1902 who gained international fame. Learn more about Maruja.