Galician Folk Trailblazers Tanxugueiras Deliver a Stunning Live Session for KEXP in Bilbao

Tanxugueiras brought their unmistakable Galician folk sound to the stunning Iglesia de la Encarnación in Bilbao, Spain, for a live KEXP session, in partnership with BIME, and the setting could not be more fitting. The trio of Aida Tarrío, Olaia Maneiro, and Sabela Maneiro, joined by Iago Pico on percussion and synths, move through five tracks including “Todo amaina,” “O Querer,” “As que tiñan que estar,” “Quen é a que canta?” and “Pedindo Perdón,” with a vocal power and rhythmic precision that fills the ancient space completely. This is traditional music that doesn’t need to modernize itself to feel urgent, it already is.