Funny, isn`t it? Spain has NEVER in history taken a folk singer to Eurovision, except flamenco, and now it is Belgium who will take there a Galician group.
If you want to listen a sample of traditional music from the NW corner of the Peninsula, stay tuned. I never enjoyed the festival too much, but this year I think I will cheer Belgium...

How about gaitero Carlos Nuñez with the Chieftains Irish Folk group?

A few years ago I watched a group on the Plaza de Compostela (Vigo, Pontevedra) doing folk dances. The leader (dance master?) was 'playing' an instrument like I had never seen before. It was wood, like an inverted cross about 1.75 meters in length and had a crosspiece that slid up and down on the main shaft. To the best of my knowledge it was not a 'stringed' instrument. Can you tell me what that was?

Spain sent they to Eurovision? First notice...

No idea, sir

Eddie, Cristobo,

Which group was taken to Eurovision? Milladoiro?
Carlos Nuñes? Uxia? Hevia?

My in-laws, Scottish people, were surprised when I said that I too was of celtic descent and that my people also used the bag pipe.

It is not commonly known that Galicia and Asturias were centers of celtic culture in Spain. In fact,it's thanks to la musica Gallega, that I came to be. My father and mother met at a Celtic festival in La Habana at the Centro Gallego, married a year later! My dad is a Gallego and my mom an Asturiana! so you can see how much I owe celtic music!

Sorry, BOOKLADY; I don't know which group was taken to Eurovision.

Each year, around this time (early May) there's a bagpipe (gaita Gallega) festival & competitions in Galicia - in Pontevedra, I believe.

Carlos Nuñez, from Vigo (Pontevedra) was the 5th Chieftain: lead bagpiper for that Irish folk group.

If you can ever get your Scottish in-laws to Galicia, take them to Monte Santa Tecla near LaGuardia (Pontevedra) to see a 4th Century B.C. Castreño (Celtic) settlement.

A story has it that Brehogan, a Celtic Chieftain led his people from Galicia to Ireland around the 3rd Century B.C. I haven't been able to ascertain whether it was due to an environmental disaster or what caused them to leave Iberia and make the 700-mile ocean voyage northward.