Urban Trad is a Belgian folk music group, consisting of both Flemish and French speaking people and a close connection with Galicia.
Members
- Yves Barbieux: flutes and Galician bagpipe
- Veronica Codesal: vocals
- Soetkin Collier: vocals
- Sophie Cavez (replaced Didier Laloy): diatonic accordion
- Philip Masure: acoustic guitar
- Michel Morvan: drums (died 3 July 2010)
- Dirk Naessens: violin
- Marie-Sophie Talbot: vocals, piano and percussions (no longer with the band)
- Bo Waterschoot: bass
- Jill Delien: bass (since 2014)
- Nicolas Scalliet: drums (since 2014)
Eurovision Song Contest
Urban Trad participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, where they ended second with the song "Sanomi", a modern folk song with vocals in an imaginary language. A few months before the contest, the selectors dropped singer Soetkin Collier on the advice of the Belgian security services, who claimed that she'd had extreme right sympathies in the past.[1] Collier vigorously denied the claims, and later that year after an investigation it was concluded that the accusations were exaggerated and based on outdated information.
As a result of this, two versions of the song exist on record. One was the standard album version (4:08) and another version was released on single and on the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 collaboration album. Often known as the Eurovision edit, it cut down to 3:01 and it had Soetkin Collier's vocals removed.
Discography
- One o Four (2001)
- 1. Subway Call
- 2. Avreel
- 3. La Belle Jig
- 4. Vodka Time
- 5. Waltzing Dranouter
- 6. Basement Scotch
- 7. Baline
- 8. Brass Corto
- 9. Bamboo
- 10. Free Wheel
- 11. Rap A Doo
- 12. Mecanix (Who'S Who) (after Waltzing Dranouter)
- Kerua (2003)
- 1. Mecanix Remix
- 2. Kerua
- 3. Sanomi
- 4. Il Est Bien Temps
- 5. Lampang
- 6. Berim Dance
- 7. Quimper - Moscou
- 8. Get Reel
- 9. The Roses
- 10. Medina
- 11. Leina Street
- 12. Alto
- 13. Sanomi (Eurovision Edit)
- 14. Galicia
- Elem (2004)
- 1. Rodgrod Med Flode
- 2. De Luz, Amor Y Nada
- 3. Vigo
- 4. Jorden/Terra
- 5. Bourrée d'Erasme
- 6. De L'Air
- 7. Valse
- 8. Two Hornpipes
- 9. Zout
- 10. Mind the Gap
- 11. V.T. Intro
- 12. Vodka Time (Mass'Mix)
- 13. Bonus : Lampang/Mideau Rhemila (live)
- Erbalunga (2007)
- 1. Sans garde-fou
- 2. Hedningarden
- 3. Oh la belle
- 4. Le serpent
- 5. Erbalunga
- 6. Fields of Deeley
- 7. L'olivier
- 8. Bourrée Tappen
- 9. Accovi / Onderweg
- 10. Polaire
- 11. Noite Longa
- 12. Scottiche de la tête
- 13. Asturiana
- 14. A Terra
- 15. Diama Den (bonus)
References
- ^ "Belgium bans 'neo-Nazi' Eurovision singer", 21 February 2003, The Telegraph
External links
Media related to Urban Trad at Wikimedia Commons
