Hearing about the trikitixa, the txalaparta or the alboka may be a completely unknown language for many. But hearing the music produced by these instruments in the hands of a good musician means moving to another world whose roots are deep in the tradition of the Basque Country. If, in addition, the person playing one of these devices is Kepa Junkera, the listener will be able to immerse themselves in a world of new sounds that arise from the fusion between these ancestral instruments and those that everyone knows, such as the bass, the guitar or the drums. This is what the Basque musician defines as "the union of the standard and particular worlds of each zone".
The particular instrumental confluence with which Kepa Junkera works sounded last night at the VIII Festival de la Seguidilla Víctor Fernández Gopar. During the performance he shared the stage with the Janubio band, which performed the seguidillas, and the well-known Canarian group Los Sabandeños. A few hours before the performance, Kepa Junkera, together with the mayor of Yaiza, José Francisco Reyes, offered a press conference in which he assured that he would like to have the presence of Benito Cabrera "in some song and we will add the timple to our repertoire of instruments", commented the Basque musician.
However, this would not be the first time that Kepa Junkera's music would sound with the traditional Canarian instrument, since he had the opportunity to play in Jameos del Agua with José Antonio Ramos.
Possibilities
For the musical creator, one of the most beautiful aspects of the music that he himself and other artists of the style compose is the fact that it allows instruments, cultures and fans to come together on stage. In this way, Kepa Junkera pointed out the possibility that he would like people to want to know Bilbao, his place of origin, and vice versa, through his music. On this aspect, the musician highlighted: "I think that's the beautiful thing about the music of the world that invites you to travel, to get to know yourself and discover many things".
