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A fundamental album for understanding the new Iberian folk movement, in which, armed only with violin, accordion, and voice, they become one of the key forces behind the revival of Galician, Celtic, and Iberian folk music.
Alan Queipo - Raso Estudio
'Creators with a great popular imagination and with undoubted instrumental skill and mastery of melody.'
Maria Ivanova - Sonograma Magazine
'They are a breath of fresh air within the music scene of Galicia.'
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Sabela Caamaño (chromatic accordion) and Antía Ameixeiras (violin and voice) form Caamaño&Ameixeiras, a Galician duo rooted in traditional music and dance. Since their inception in 2018, the duo has developed an extensive national and international career. Building on tradition as a starting point, they have created a distinctive musical language through lively, personal compositions and arrangements that interact organically with traditional forms, preserving the essence of popular music while incorporating contemporary elements. Their work is also distinguished by technical mastery and expressive depth, the result of a thorough and extensive musical education, placing emotion and expression at the center and asserting traditional music as a space for creation, risk, and freedom.
Following the success of their debut album, Aire! (Segell Microscopi, 2021), produced by Diego Galaz, the duo established themselves as one of the most singular projects in the current musical landscape. The album was awarded the Martín Códax da Música 2021 (Folk), 1st Prize at Folkez Blai 2021 (Ermua, Basque Country), and the Opinión da Música de Raíz Album of the Year Award 2021, featuring collaborations with artists such as Sílvia Pérez Cruz and Fetén Fetén.
In October 2023, they released their second album, Quitar o aire (Raso Estudio, 2023), produced by Hevi(Malandrómeda). In this work, Caamaño&Ameixeiras reinterpret and update the codes of traditional music, elevating mysticism and depth, and taking Galician and Iberian traditional sounds to more daring and experimental planes, exploring new sonic textures and pushing the limits of the genre. Inspired by Galician popular ritual practices and grounded in deep anthropological research, the album received the Martín Códax da Música 2024 (Folk) award.
In recent years, the duo has continued expanding their creative universe through new releases and collaborations with prominent Galician and Spanish artists, including Catro cousas with Rodrigo Cuevas (2024), Arderse with Fillas de Cassandra (2025), and Ghatiña mansa with Tanxugueiras (2025). In June 2025, they received the Best Song in Galician Award at the II Edition of the Spanish Music Academy Awards, further consolidating their international presence. They are currently working on their next album, scheduled for early 2027, and developing their artistic project in the United States and Canada.
Sabela Caamaño
Antía Ameixeiras
Sabela Caamaño (Oza dos Ríos, 1990) began her accordion studies at the age of seven. From her very first steps, her musical career has been deeply rooted in Galician traditional and popular music, a creative territory she complements with a strong academic background. She holds higher degrees in Accordion, Music Language Pedagogy and Piano. After combining her artistic activity with teaching at the Professional Conservatory of Music of A Coruña for several years, she now devotes herself fully to musical creation and performance.
As a pianist, she took part in the recording of the soundtrack for the film Elisa and Marcela (2018), directed by Isabel Coixet. As an accordionist, she has received awards in several national and international competitions, including 2nd Prize at the IV International Folk Instrument Festival Competition (Saint Petersburg, Russia), 1st Prize in the Junior Varieté category at the 50th National Accordion Competition, and 1st Prize in the Junior Varieté category at the IV Iberian Accordion Trophy. Throughout her training, she has also attended courses and masterclasses with renowned performers such as Oleg Sharov, Anne Landa, Ángel Huidobro, Iñaki Alberdi, Aníbal Freire, Ángel Luis Castaño, Esteban Algora, Volodymyr Runchak and Mika Väyrynen.
Caamaño&Ameixeiras is her main and most personal artistic project. In parallel, she maintains an active collaborative practice with other musical projects, including those led by multi-instrumentalist Abraham Cupeiro, the band Ingrávidaled by Mercedes Peón, and the Santiago-based rap group Malandrómeda.
At the age of five, Antía Ameixeiras first came into contact with traditional music in Baio (Costa da Morte), her hometown, where she began training in dance and pandeireta (Galician frame drum). At the same time, she started studying violin at the Conservatory of Carballo and, after graduating, moved to Santiago de Compostela — where she studied Audiovisual Communication — and redirected her path towards traditional violin through her time at aCentral Folque.
Throughout her career, she has trained with leading figures such as Gutier Álvarez, Quim Farinha, Sofia Hogstadious, Michalis Kouloumis, and Kate Young, whom she met during her stay in Prague, a city where she also connected with a wide range of European musical traditions. She further completed her training through several musical residencies in Bulgaria, deepening her knowledge of Balkan folk music, and expanded her artistic language through the study of modern music and improvisation at institutions such as Escuela Estudio (Santiago), Mydriase Improvisation Stage (France), Taller de Músics (Barcelona), and the Galician Higher Conservatory of Music.
In 2015, she was awarded the Afundación Galician Artistic Excellence Grant, which took her on tour across the United States alongside Carlos Núñez, marking a turning point in her professional career. One year later, she joined the historic Galician band Luar na Lubre as a violinist, recording the albums XXX Aniversario de Luar na Lubre and Ribeira Sacra, and developing an intense concert activity both nationally and internationally. In parallel, she has been part of projects such as Samarúas, Maricarme, and Oîma (Ala!, 2019).
She currently focuses her artistic work primarily on Caamaño&Ameixeiras, while also collaborating as a violinist and singer on a variety of projects, including Barullo by Baiuca, De Ronda by Mondra, and Ingrávida, the band led by Mercedes Peón.