Ialma

六位源自西班牙加利西亚(Garlicia)文化的女子，手持铃鼓，齐唱女性歌谣，扬起裙摆，鞋跟随歌节奏，是怎样的风景？大约只有西班牙民歌La Tarara中描写的仙子摇曳下山的丰姿可比拟。女性群歌，唤起灵魂深处的共鸣，雅玛(lama;灵魂)因而得其名。这群有着血源关系的加利西亚女性，居于比利时，却在古老的克尔特民歌文化里寻根寻认同。
不同于西班牙其它地域的男性歌谣文化，加利西亚有许多女性独享的歌谣，共通着世界各地传统女歌的内涵：女性的渴望、情欲、伤心、闲话。
“雅玛”的合唱，不同于美声演唱，她们尖拔起嗓子，边歌边舞边摇铃鼓(panderireta)，带出纯粹的加利西亚民歌传统美学。加利西亚风笛(gaita)与手风琴只引领简洁的旋律线条，没有缀饰的花边，直线进行的加利西亚女歌传统，是我们遗忘已久朴拙乐声之美。雅玛歌乐中摇摆起的女性美丽身段，如沃土中自然生长、伸展姿态的花，无可压抑地绽开。
ialma is a group of 5 young women settled in Brussels. These singers have been gathering traditional songs of their ancestors from Galicia (Spain) for quite a few years. After they released their first a capella cd « Palabras darei », their second one « Marmuladas », where Galician melodies blend with arrangements of Belgian musicians, Ialma carries on with passing on its songs in a style of its own, varying from authentic to modern styles which create some seductive and festive modern music .
Conducted by Ad Cominotto, Ialma innovates in its third album covering a song of the « Red Hot Chili Peppers » band in the purest Galician traditions thanks to the collaboration of former female singers in this song entitled « Lévame ». An amazing initiative for a « Nova era », a new generation of the Galician tradition.