Since becoming somewhat obsessed with clawhammer banjo, I’ve been posting mostly what we call “Old Time” music on this blog. Some readers will remember it wasn’t always that way around this joint.

I’d like to feature some Basque music tonight, and in particular music made on the Alboka. It’s a very unique instrument….check it out:

Here’s another Alboka piece, this time with tambourine.

Two-row diatonic button accordion was added to the tradition later on, and I think that instrument and the tambourine became the more dominant instrumentation.

http://youtu.be/dq6bKBMgTvM