Basque culture and the webUnpublished recordings by Basque singers and musicians between 1947 and 2000 released on CD"Frémeaux & Associés" recently released a compilation of French traditional music under the direction of Guillaume Veillet. A CD is dedicated to the South-West with recordings from between 1939 and 2006. Amongst the extracts proposed four are from the Northern Basque Country and three are unpublished: the improvisers Mattin and Meltxor in Garazi in 1947 (already released), the young singers Mathieu and Arnaud Etxahun - also recorded in 1947 - ("Adios izar ederra"), an extract from the Souletin mascarade and finally the singer Ganizon Bergara recorded in Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle in 2000 ("Sortu naiz Iparrean"). Further information : "Sud-Ouest - 1939 - 2006 ; une anthologie des musiques traditionnelles" Badok.info, Basque song and music portal websiteThe daily newspaper "Berria" has put the website www.badok.info online, a true portal website for Basque song and music: consult over 160 biographies, a database for over 1000 CD's and DVD's, the lyrics of around 270 CD's compiled with their covers, hundreds of photos, over 300 songs to listen to, a presentation of Basque record labels, a bibliography, videos and press articles ... The website is in Basque only and is certainly worth consulting especially for its iconography and to listen to songs. Basque musicians and the InternetThe TestMedia consultancy from the Southern Basque Country has analysed 146 groups and singers from across the Basque Country to find out about their relationship with the Internet. A simple virtual store front or a true advertising tool? Consult the result here (in Spanish). Maialen Lujanbio winner of the Basque Country improvisationMaialen Lujanbio has entered the history books by becoming the first woman to win the Basque Country improvisation championship. Further details: See the photo album of the final Photo album in honour of IratzederOn 10 October 2009 at Abbadia chapel in Hendaye young singers from Baigorri, the group Oskarbi as well as Xalbat Berterretche and Mikel Erramouspé sang hymns written by Father Xavier Diharce Iratzeder, former Abbot at the Abbey of Belloc (Urt), who sadly passed away in October 2008. He wrote many hymns and translated psalms into Basque. Basque painting seen through the eyes of an enthusiastMichel de Jaureguiberry has just published with Pimientos his second work dedicated to Basque painting under the heading "Basque painting, selected works from public and private collections". He gives his impressions within the framework of an exclusive interview carried out for the Basque cultural website's sound library. "Auñamendi", Jean-Michel Bedaxagar's new albumThe Souletin singer Jean-Michel Bedaxagar has just released a new album with Elkar. Mixel Arotze, Amaren alabak, Erramun Martikorena and his own son Johañe Bedaxagar are just some of the guest singers on this album. Jean-Mixel Bedaxagar has chosen traditional Basque songs with the greatest meaning and symbols - "founding" songs - to make up this album. "Ametsaren lana": back from San FranciscoThe young Souletins' journey to California from 19 to 31 August 2009 was successful. They visited San Francisco and the surrounding area before taking part in the Basque Culture Center's Festival on 29 and 30 August where they performed Mixel Etxecopar's "Euskamerikan Artzain" pastorale. Further details: Read the travelogue (PDF) and consult photos online. Euskal Herria, the Basque CountryThis is an educational handbook issued by the Basque Council on Culture (Consejo Vasco de la Cultura) for the purpose of providing background information on the Basque Country. The Basque Plan for Culture proposed the creation of an educational handbook containing the most important aspects of our culture, and to translate it into the principal languages of our immigrants, the diaspora and tourism. Further details: Euskal Herria, the Basque Country Photographs of life in the 1950's for Basque shepherds in Utah (USA)The Basque diaspora's website www.euskalkultura.com has revealed the existence of a collection of photographs from the 1950's on the life of Basque shepherds in the American state of Utah. This black and white report was carried out on the request of Life magazine by the photographer Carl Mydans. A precious heritage that is available for consultation online. 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