Pascale Rubens and Toon Van Mierlo are the two members of the band Naragonia.
Pascale plays the diatonic accordeon and the fiddle and teaches at the musicschool of St-Niklaas and Schoten. Toon is a musical centipede: he plays several types of bagpipes, the diatonic accordeon, clarinet, soprano saxophone and the oboe. He teaches also at the musicschool of Schoten.
The duo was formed at the Andanças Festival in Portugal in 2003. Since then they played a lot in Belgium and abroad (France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, Ireland and Germany)
Naragonia recorded 2 CD's: "Tandem" (2006) and "Janneke Tarzan" (2007).
On the first one, Tandem, they are accompanied by Grégory Jolivet on the hurdy-gurdy and Philp Masure on the guitar.
On the second album, Janneke Tarzan, they invited Wouter Vandenabeele (fiddle) and Maarten Decombel (guitar) to join them for some tunes. Wouter and Maarten ar now also members of the Naragonia Quartet.
Both albums received a BRAVO from Trad Magazine.
Info & Booking:
pascalerubens@hotmail.com or 0032(0)477.412.891
Pour la France contactez Sébastien Berthet: myspace ou 0033(0)671671893
On a pas trop eu le temps de vous dire au revoir mais on était bien contentes de vous croiser ce week-end! C'est toujours aussi agréable de vous écouter! Bonne continuation à vous deux et peut-être à bientôt sur les parquets, pourquoi pas pour pianoter quelques notes à 8 mains! Bises, Amélie et Anne.
Mainly Mellow sort son premier CD! Vous pouvez dès maintenant souscrire afin de nous soutenir dans notre projet! L'album sortira courant automne :) Karine, Cyril et Cédric
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN
Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
Minuit Guibolles Sera en concert à -Theatre de la Carrosserie Mesnier à St Amand Montrond le Vendredi 27 fevrier à 21h -Maison des arts et de la musique à Orleans le 13 mars à 20h à Bientôt
