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Basque vs. Occitan (sw pyrenees) = both in Pyrenees, but langs completely different. Basque = not related to any other lang, except some borrowed word influences. Example: "Aran" means valley in Basque. Hence Val d'Aran. Valley of the Valley - Aragon, Basque, Madrid, Valencia = where she performs USA - Performs w/ a bassist & drummer who has different effects but here she is alone Legend of Jonathan song (described story then performed) pirate Diatonic accordion - audience participation song. Audience yells "hey" and stamps feet Musical influences = reggae, hip hop, bossa nova, soul. African rumba catalana also plays piano and bifré (sp?) smaller than normal flute, made of wood. Alidesans.com, FB, Insta, YouTube, Spotify, I-tunes, Google pPay 2 CDs 1st CD = Alide Sans 2nd Cd = Henerecla = crack (came out in April, 2018) Sings/writes all original songs - Vowel sound introduction & teaching audience with word use examples. & "How good is this song, very good! Positive vibes are more important than age, race, skin color, etc "Que boon que ya so", "que ven" Song Set: as performed in prior sessions [[left margin]] Aran = Basque [[/left margin]] [[left margin]] In all Occitania, 16 million occ people, but speakers = 650,000-3 million [[/left margin]]