ZAHARREGIA, TXIKIEGIA AGIAN one of the best poetry CDs of the year

ACCORDING TO THE BOWERY POETRY CLUB OF NEW YORK.

Zaharregia,txikiegia agian, one of the best poetry CDs of the year. The CD recorded by the Basque artists Mikel Urdangarin, Rafa Rueda, Bingen Mendizabal and Kirmen Uribe, and produced by Gaztelupeko Hotsak, has been chosen among the best ten poetry & music recordings of 2004 by the prestigious literature critics Bob Holman, member of the Bowery Poetry Club in New York, and Margery Snyder, famous poetess from San Francisco. “Casting our eyes back across 2004 in the poetry world,” they have written, “we’ve chosen the best poetry & spoken word recordings, the ones you’ll want to remember from the past year”. www.poetry.about.com.

Zaharregia, txikiegia agian was sixth in that list, along with artists like Allen Ginsberg, Leonard Cohen, Youssou N’Dour and Lou Reed. The title translates “Too Old, Too Small, Maybe”. It’s a book in a CD package of the poetry by Kirmen Uribe, sung by Mikel Urdangarin, and played by Urdangarin, Rueda and Mendizabal. In his early 30s, Uribe is already thought of by many as the Basque National Poet. With a brilliant 4-piece band and the marvelous translations of Elizabeth Macklin, this poetry CD is listenable, danceable, and after you’ve read Kirmen’s simple, devastating poems, unforgettable.

ZAHARREGIA, TXIKIEGIA AGIAN – TOO OLD, TOO SMALL, MAYBE

Top 6 Poetry Picks: The Best CDs of 2004
Guide PicksFrom Bob Holman & Margery Snyder,Your Guide to Poetry.

Casting our eyes back across 2004 in the poetry world, we¹ve chosen the best poetry & spoken word recordings, the ones you¹ll want to remember from the past year.

2) Zaharregia, txikiegia agian, by Kirmen Uribe
(Paper Hotsak, 2003) This (the title translates ³Too Old, Too Small, Maybe²) is a book in a CD package of the poetry of Kirmen Uribe, who in his early 30s is already thought of by many as the Basque National Poet (well, if Basque were a nation). With a brilliant 4-piece band and accompanied by readings by Kirmen and the marvelous translations of Elizabeth Macklin, this poetry CD is listenable, danceable, and after you¹ve read Kirman¹s simple, devastating poems, unforgettable.