Tejedor

Tejedor is made up of three siblings from Avilés, a town in the northernmost Spanish region of Asturias. The group members have devoted their lives to Asturian traditional music. They are José Manuel (Asturian bagpipes, low whistle and flutes), his brother Javier (button accordion, bagpipe, percussion and flutes) and their sister Eva Tejedor (traditional percussion and vocals).

Both brothers won MacCallan bagpipe awards at the Inter Celtic Festival in Lorient. José Manuel, who won this award three times, played pipes with Spanish rock band Revólver in their unplugged 1998 tour. The brothers have also won all Asturian prizes as a bagpipe-and-drum partnership. Eva, for her part, is an exceptional singer and percussionist. José Manuel is the most elegant and virtuosic piper in the Spanish folk scene.

Their creative potential, instrumental skill and youth spell a breakthrough for them both in Spain and abroad.

Free from preconceptions and ties, they are converging with the most talented people in the folk world. They are convinced that their music has enough quality and commercial viability to compete anywhere in the world, and so they sought the collaboration of several of the best musicians in the international, Spanish and Asturian scenes. These collaborations include James Mackintosh (Shooglenifty, Afro Celt Sound System), Duncan Chisholm (Wolfstone), Michael McGoldrick (Capercaillie, Afro Celt Sound System) and more. —Courtesy Calabash Music