Biography
Aljibe is a Spanish folk band from southern Madrid. Aranjuez, their own, is famous for the beauty of its royal palace and gardens, built along a fertile valley of the Tajo river.
The folk band Aljibe has been on the scene of the Castillean folk music since 1985. Their music is based on the traditional tunes from the whole country, including Andalusian flamenco, Portuguese fado, Celtic music…
But their work on the preservation of the tradition even goes beyond the music itself. They have recovered, composed and published in their CDs several collections of: old traditional children songs, songs about forgotten traditions of the Tajo valley workers, and songs illustrating historical episodes of their city of Aranjuez. They also organize folk music festivals in cities and villages of the province of Madrid.
In their seventh CD named "Penas y Alegrias", the members of Aljibe present one of their most elaborated works and they show their talent playing all kinds of instruments:
Juan Rodríguez : accordion, drum, tambourine, Galician gaita bagpipe, sax, voice, typewriter (as percussion instrument)
Luis Ramón Martín : guitars (acoustic, Spanish), bandurria, guitarro manchego
Domingo Martínez : guitars (acoustic, Spanish, electric), santur, cistro
José Manuel Rodríguez : tambourine, lute, clapping hands, bass, cortina, darbouka, cajón, bongos, banjo
Manuel Marcos : santur, drum, guitar, clapping hands, keyboard, voice, Spanish guitar, shakers
Luis Miguel Novas : flutes, clarinet, whistles, shakers, Castilean whistle
Teresa García : violin, voice, clapping hands, shakers Teodomiro Rodríguez : bass, acoustic guitar
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