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brigante

Date joined: 17 years, 1 month ago
Last login: 1 year, 5 months ago
WE PLAY EVERY 2ND AND 4TH FRIDAY OF THE MONTH @ 9PM @SPIDERHOUSE http://spiderhousecafe.com with other assorted pre-show happenings starting around 8PM. These shows are FREE unless otherwise noted.<br><br>We are open to collaboration and participation... calling all dancers, musers, folkers... you know who you are! Oh, and bring your shotglasses traditional percussion.Brigante is Italian slang for bandit, outlaw, rebel. Look it up: we're no experts on Italian history so please correct us if we're wrong.We took the name from a song originating from a time when the south of Italy was populated with farmers and their families, the north was becoming increasingly industrialized/militarized, and Italy as a unified country did not exist. The forces from the north came to the south to find the farming men and demanded, "You will come with us to the north to work in our factories and be in our army." The farmers responded, "We won't do that. We want to be with our families and our fields!" Since the forces from the north had guns, the farming southerners picked up guns as well and fled to the mountains, thus becoming outlaw rebel bandits fighting for thier own land and liberty.Brigante the band is comprised of three players living in Austin Tejas, a region of the USA with similar history "Napolean of the West", indeed. We perform traditional Italian folk music and a very Turkish-influenced Greek style of blues called Rebetico--which also has quite a unique history--not to mention an assortment of gypsy jazz songs from the likes of Django, as well eclectic surprises and fusions of traditional and original material.IF YOU WANT A CD OR TWO of what we have recorded please contact us: [email protected].