Thursday 29 October 2020

Luxembourg

 Now, Luxembourg not being a big country, we are not going to be lingering here for long.  It's a funny old country, famous for... being more European than anybody else, the Schengen Treaty, cheap fags and petrol... and you're through it before you know.  The school system is tri-lingual!  The first year of primary school is conducted in Luxembourgish (a weird mixture of German, French and Dutch), followed by the rest of primary school in German.  For secondary school they switch to French.  Of course English is taught throughout.  I never know which language I should use when paying for my cheap petrol and tobacco whenever I pass through.

Anyway, I only found two notable music acts from Luxembourg.  One of biggest pop acts in the country seems to be a guy called Serge Tonnar and his band Legotrip, who sings in this clip in Luxembourgish about his Granny:  


More traditional are folk band Dullemajik from Hollenfels, a bit north of Luxembourg City.  They formed in 1975 to revive the traditional folk music of the country and also sing in the national language, although a lot of their music is instrumental balfolk using hurdy gurdy, fiddles, flutes, accordion and percussion.  This is from their 1975 album Letzebuerger Volleksmusek, which was only ever released on vinyl, called De Schmatt:

As we have a full moon coming up, here another little dance tune from them, Vollmund Danz (Full Moon Dance) from 1982:


That's it from the tiny country of Luxembourg, next stop Belgium.  As usual you can follow my virtual travels on my tripline map.

  

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