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{{Infobox musical artist | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
Name = Dalla |
Img_capt = From left to right [[Stephen Burley|Steve]], [[Floren MacDonald|Floren]] and [[Philip Burley|Philip]]
|Background = group_or_band
| Origin = {{flagicon|Cornwall}} [[Treggajorran]], [[Cornwall]] |
| Genre = [[Folk]]<br>[[World Music]]
| Years_active = 2001–present|
| Label = [[Dalla Records]]<br>
| Current_members = [[Hilary Coleman]]<br />[[Neil Davey]]
| Past_members = [[Simon Lockley]]<br />|
|URL = http://www.dalla.co.uk |
}}
'''Dalla''' is a dance band in [[Cornwall]] known for providing music for [[Noze looan]] dances.
Members play the clarinet, [[bouzouki]], fiddle, guitar, accordion and percussion. They sing in both [[Cornish language|Cornish]] and English <ref>[http://www.dalla.co.uk/ Band website]</ref>.
Various members of Dalla formerly played in Bucca <ref>A Cornish band named for the supernatural sea deities called [[Bucca]].</ref>, Sowena <ref>Sowenna=Success, prosperity: [http://www.kesson.com/preview/ArtistDetail.asp?artist=46 Kesson website]:
:A group now sadly defunct, the music of Sowena was solidly rooted in Cornwall's traditions of the land and the sea. Whilst the band retained something vitally Cornish, their individual influences and musical backgrounds were as eclectic as they were outward looking. Formerly the 'Jack & Jenny Band', they often performed with the dance band with display team Otta Nye Moaze. Their only CD, 'A Month of Sundays' was a big hit, and is now a treasured find on the second hand market.</ref>, and other bands. The music displays influences from these previous sounds. Dalla often appear with many additional instruments, which vary from event to event.
==Influences on Dalla==
Dalla's Myspace profile cites their influences as:<ref>[http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=156068165 Dalla's Myspace profile]</ref>:
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*[[Planxty]]
*[[Bleizi Ruz]] <ref>[http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~teachnet/bretonsup/bretonsup4.html Stephen D. Winick "Breton Folk Music, Breton Identity, And Alan Stivell's Again" originally in ''Journal of American Folklore'', Vol. 108 No. 429, Summer 1995.]
:Bleizi Ruz, whose name is Breton for Red Wolves, is a noteworthy band on the stylistic border between bal breton dance music and folk-rock. 1991 was their eighteenth year, and they celebrated by releasing a live album. The result, Bleizi Ruz En Concert [Escalibur CD 836 (1991)], is quite an energetic album showcasing Bleizi Ruz's great skill as musicians and as entertainers. They do not stick to Breton material, but incorporate Romanian, Bulgarian and American traditional music, while their original compositions show Cajun and Gypsy influences. On the other hand, gavottes, cercles circassiens, and songs are taken from the rich Breton tradition, and many of the original compositions are clearly in Breton styles as well. The most exciting Breton track is the set of cercles circassiens (the Breton adaptation of Irish jigs), which sound like Irish musician Manus Lunny's offbeat compositions.</ref>
*[[Groupa]]<ref>[http://www.groupa.se/ Groupa website]</ref>
*[[Bothy Band]]
*[[Ti Jazz]]<ref>Ti Jazz: a jazz influenced Breton band.</ref>
*[[Skara Brae (music)|Triona Ni Dhomnaill]]
*[[Battlefield Band]]
*[[Tannahill Weavers]]
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*[[Chieftains]]
*[[Jan Garbarek]]
*[[Brenda Wootton]]
*[[Alan Stivell]]
*[[AbDeli]]
*[[Gwerz]]<ref>Gwertz: A Breton narrative song ''see'' [[:fr:Gwerz|French Wikipedia article]]</ref>
*[[Lunassa]]<ref>[http://www.lunasa.ie/home.php Lunassa: website of Irish band.] </ref>
*[[Fela Kuti]]
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*[[Kate Rusby]]
*[[Altan]]
*[[La Bottine Souriante]]
*[[Ayub Ogada]]
*[[Skolvan]]<ref>[http://www.skolvan.com/eng/ website of Breton band - Skolvan]</ref>
*[[Bundu Boys]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/documentary_archive/7017825.stm Bundu Boys: BBC News website on this Zimbabwean band]</ref>
*[[Sidney Bechet]]
*[[Ali Farka Toure]]
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*[[I Suonatori]]<ref>I Suanatori: Dance music of Northern Italy ''see'' [[:it:Danze_delle_quattro_province|Italian Wikipedia article]]</ref>
*[[Kevin Burke]]
*[[Andy Irvine]]
*[[Stella Chiweshe|Stella (Rambisai) Chiweshe]]
*[[Boys of the Lough]]
*[[Silly Sisters]]
*[[Filarfolket]]<ref>[http://www.roots-world.com/rw/feature/moller2.html Filarfolket link]</ref>
*[[Värttinä]]
* and millions more…
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==Influence of Dalla==
Dalla has greatly influenced [[Music of Cornwall|Cornish music]], encouraging the formation of '[[Noze looan]]' bands, particularly by younger people and influencing bands such as [[The Red Army (band)]], [[Pentorr]]<ref>[http://www.myspace.com/pentorr myspace.com/pentorr]</ref> and [[Tezen Koynt]]<ref>[http://www.kesson.com/kesson/ArtistDetail.asp?artist=50 Kesson: <blockquote>"Tezen Koynt feature three of Cornwall's finest young musicians: fiddlers Steph Doble and Faith Coles, and guitarist Tim du Feu. Between them they have performed at festivals in Wales, Brittany, the Isle of Man, Ireland and the USA. Although trying their hand at some Irish material, their material is predominently rooted in the Cornish tradition, in which the group are exponents of the Kerno-Breton 'Noz Looan' school."</blockquote>]</ref>. They have been involved in numerous Cornish music projects, run by [[Cumpas Ltd.|Cumpas]] such as 'kick up your heels' in which young people from across Cornwall played in a large underground concert at [[Carnglaze Caverns]], or the 'crowders and horners' project, to encourage processional cornish music and dance.
[[Just Cornish]] <ref>[http://www.justcornish.co.uk/ Just Cornish online shop.]</ref> described Dalla as "possibly the most popular contemporary Cornish music group ever."
== Members ==
*[[Hilary Coleman]]
*[[Neil Davey]]
(Note that though Dalla has a 'core' of two to three members they rarely perform without additional musicians, and on such occasions when there are only two they are usually referred to as the 'dalla duo'.)
=== Former members ===
*[[Simon Lockley]]
== Origins==
Dalla started out as a more traditional folk band in the early 1990s called 'The Jack and Jenny Band', to little critical or commercial acclaim. In 1999 they became Sowena, a more professional sounding band with a sturdier core and greatly increased promotion. Two years later, the band underwent a second transformation as remaining additional members left and Neil Davey joined to complete the classic Dalla sound.
==Discography==
===Albums===
*[[A Richer Vein]] (2001) <ref>*[http://www.tnt-audio.com/topics/dalla_e.html Review Of 'A Richer Vein']</ref>
*[[More Salt/Hollan Mouy]] (2004) <ref>[http://www.justcornish.com/new_store/catalog/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=983 Just Cornish (Online shop) promotional message for "More salt"]
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*[[Rooz (Cornish music collection)|Rooz]] (2007)
== References ==
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[[Category:Cornish music]]
[[Category:Cornish culture]]
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