If you don’t know Naragonia, you haven’t danced in Belgium.
September 19, 2011 in dance, original music by Christie
That’s not exactly true, because the couple at the core of Naragonia, Toon and Pascale, are arriving to a party that had already gotten started by the folk dance bands that came before in Flanders… But with the way people talk about Naragonia in the traditional music circles around Belgium, you’d think it was the capital city or something. They write their own tunes, they show up at every festival, they play very well with others, and they arrange their tunes with such exciting finesse that even just to sit and listen really means you’re dancing in your seat. Speaking of seats, this is what I saw yesterday when I looked over at the passenger seat of my car– my brand new Naragonia sitting on top of Eddie Vedder’s “Ukulele Songs” cd, and I noticed how they both sport the underwater theme. Nice color coordination there fellas! (Naragonia still gets my vote, though, sorry Eddie!)