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The origins of the band date back to the early 70s, when they decided what their name would be. During their first period, the band performed at disparate venues from Universities to small towns and villages. With a line-up of up to 6 members at times, the band's line-up finally settled to 4 musicians: Pancho Diaz Paniagua (guitar and banjo), Miguel Marco (tenor banjo), Antonio Torres (flute and vocals), and Manolo Garrido (vocals, banjo, six and twelve-string guitars).

After some full active years, the band faded into a long lethargic stage, although actually never completely dissolving. This period came to an end in 2005, when members Manolo, Pancho, and Antonio got back onstage with new member Juan Morales. Soon after, banjo geek Ramon Ramos - from bluegrass band Blue Mountain - joined forces with them, and more recently did Raul (bass, guitar, mandolin), from instrumental band Los Coperoes, alongside with Pepe Montllor on the percussion.

Someone has labelled Nadzhir's music as 'activist folk music' , but label-abhorring band leader Manolo Garrido would rather like to define the band's music as punk-folk...

Band's repertoire:


Spanish Civil War set: Viva la 15 Brigada, Los cuatro generales, Jarama Valley, Si me quieres escribir, etc.

Nature and Environment set: Canto a la Ciguena, Seguidillas del Laurel, Vengo de moler morena, Me gusta el Parque Elysian, KaioWaChiNeh, Ani Kuni, etc.

American roots set: Sail Away Ladies, Worried Man Blues, Shady Grove, Pick a Bale of Cotton, Sowing On the Mountain, etc.

Urban authors set: Well May the World Go, Which Side Are You On?, Who’s to Blame, Ridin' Back Home, etc.

Manolo:


Manolo Garrido (1953) has been interested in traditional music since his early childhood, as an influence from the country women that worked at his parents' house. When he was a child, he got to overhear a Spanish tune sung by The Weavers – which was immediately censored - on the radio, and this definitely had an impact in his latter interest in folk music.
He started playing the guitar with ten. At age twelve, he and a few classmates entered a school band competition and played the top-of-the-pops tunes 'Flamenco' and 'La Casa del Sol Naciente' (Spanish version of 'The House of the Rising Sun' by The Animals). He started a few bands, like La Troika or later Nadzhir, that played the most disparate venues, from Fernando III El Santo College to the Aula Magna at the Faculty of Science, not to forget school graduation parties, bookstores, as well as towns and villages around.
Manolo got his first banjo in the early 70s, and soon afterwards his first 12-string guitar.


In the 70s he collaborated as a folk music specialist for LVGFM radio station, where he hosted a daily one-hour programme which was attended by some renowned Spanish folk musicians like Julia Leon, Elisa Serna, Rosa Leon, Laura de Nuestro Pequeno Mundo and others. During that stage, he kept correspondence with Joaquin Diaz and Pete Seeger among others.

In the late 90s, Manolo makes up his mind to build a long-neck banjo - which will be the first of a series - and starts home recording his music with a PC. He meets and befriends the band Blue Mountain, who he will fly to Nashville with and play the guitar with at the World of Bluegrass Fan Fest in October 2005.
Ever since their coming back, he hasn't stopped making up new songs (Ridin' Back Home, El techo de mi casa, Good Morning, Serrana de la Vera, Como melones, and others). Now, he's working on re-activating the band Nadzhir, with a widened up repertoire and new members. Since 2006 he keeps recording the 'Microfolk' series, consisting of a comment on the latest news or on any current affair plus a tune that is related with the issue. He has released 75 Microfolk episodes so far.

Ramon:


Ramon Ramos started playing in the early 80s. During those years, he recorded a couple of rock albums (Garganta Seca, La Banda del Predicador) and was a guest musician in many others, always moving around in what was called the Sevillian rock music scene, or 'rock sevillano'. In the 90s, he throws himself into banjo and folk music, and so he starts the first bluegrass band in Sevilla, The River String Band. After this first experience, he starts the band Blue Mountain, that release a CD and tour around Europe and the USA. Recently rated among the best banjo players and designated as a bluegrass pioneer in Europe by the Banjo Newsletter magazine, he joined forces with Nadzhir in 2005.

Raul:


Raul Cabezali started playing the guitar at a relatively old age, but soon after he was able to join his first musical adventure, a pop-rock band called Malasombra. They gigged all around the province of Seville, many times as openers for top-40 bands in the 80s (La Guardia, Los Ilegales, La Union, ...). When the band dissolved, guitarists Daniel de Lemus and Raul started a blues band, Canal Blues, where he played the guitar and did some vocals. Work kept him away from the music scene for some years, but he was able to come back with renewed energies as the bass player for the instrumental rock band Los Coperoes. Recently, he has become a member of Nadzhir, again as the bass player, occasionally playing the guitar and/or the mandolin.



Spanish version

Los orígenes de este grupo se remontan a principios de los años setenta, cuando adquirieron su nombre. En aquella primera epoca actuaron en diversos actos de todo tipo, en universidades y pueblos. Aunque a veces pudieran llegar a ser 6 musicos, se estabilizo en 4: Pancho Diaz Paniagua (guitarra y banjo), Miguel Marco (banjo tenor), Antonio Torres (flauta y voces) y Manolo Garrido (voces, banjo y guitarras de seis y doce cuerdas).

Tras unos anos de actividad, el grupo, aunque nunca llegara a disolverse oficialmente, cayo en un largo periodo de letargo que solo se rompio en 2005: Manolo, Pancho y Antonio volvian a las tablas con Juan Morales. Muy pronto se les unio Ramon Ramos, (otro loco del banjo), de Blue Mountain, y mas recientemente Raul (bajo, guitarra, mandolina) procedente de Los Coperoes, y Pepe Montllor , a la percusion.

Alguien quiso catalogar a Nadzhir como grupo de 'folk reivindicativo', pero a Manolo Garrido, que rechaza etiquetas, mas bien le apeteceria definirlo como 'punk-folk'.


Pero nunca se sabe…




Repertorio:


Ciclo de canciones de la Guerra Civil (Viva la 15 Brigada, Los cuatro generales, Jarama Valley, Si me quieres escribir, etc.)


Ciclo de canciones de la Naturaleza y el Medio Ambiente (Canto a la Ciguena, Seguidillas del Laurel, Vengo de moler morena, Me gusta el Parque Elysian, KaioWaChiNeh, Ani Kuni, etc.)


Ciclo de raices de Norteamerica (Sail Away Ladies, Worried Man Blues, Shady Grove, Pick a Bale of Cotton, Sowing On the Mountain, etc.)

Ciclo de autores urbanos (Well May the World Go, Which Side Are You On?, Who's to Blame, Ridin' Back Home, etc.)




Manolo:


Manolo Garrido (1953). Desde la infancia se interesa por las canciones tradicionales influenciado por las mujeres de pueblo que sucesivamente trabajaron en casa de sus padres.


En los sesenta oye por casualidad en la radio una canción española interpretada por los Weavers (fueron prohibidos por la censura inmediatamente) lo que marca definitivamente su inclinacion por la musica folklorica.


Con doce anos se presenta junto con un grupo de companeros al concurso de 'conjuntos' del colegio interpretando Flamenco y La Casa del Sol Naciente.


Funda grupos como La Troika y posteriormente Nadzhir con los que actua en los mas diversos escenarios, desde el Colegio Mayor Fernando III El Santo al Aula Magna de Ciencias pasando por las fiestas de fin de curso de colegios y en distintos pueblos e incluso en librerias.


Empieza a tocar la guitarra a los diez anos y a principios de los setenta consigue su primer banjo y poco despues su primera guitarra de doce cuerdas.


Durante los 70 trabaja como colaborador especializado en musica Folk en la emisora de radio LVGFM presentando un programa diario de una hora de duracion por el que desfilaron Julia Leon, Elisa Serna, Rosa Leon, Laura de Nuestro Pequeno Mundo y otros. En esa epoca mantiene correspondencia con Joaquin Diaz y Pete Seeger entre otros.


A finales de los noventa decide construir un banjo de mastil largo que sera el primero de una serie y empieza a grabar de forma casera con el ordenador.


Entabla amistad con el grupo Blue Mountain y viaja con ellos a Nashville acompanando a la guitarra sus actuaciones en el Fan Fest durante el festival World of Bluegrass en octubre de 2.005.


Desde la vuelta compone canciones regularmente (Ridin' Back Home, El techo de mi casa, Good Morning, Serrana de la Vera, Como melones y otras) y reactiva Nadzhir ampliando el repertorio inicial e incorporando nuevos miembros. Desde julio de 2006 graba la serie Microfolk que consiste en un comentario sobre las noticias o sobre cualquier suceso reciente y una canción a proposito del tema. Actualmente va por el número 75.



Ramon:


Ramón Ramos comenzo en el mundo de la música en los primeros 80. En esos años grabó un par de discos ( Garganta Seca, La Banda del Predicador) y colaboró en algunos más siempre en el ambiente de lo que se denominó "rock sevillano". En los noventa se vuelca en el banjo y en la música folk, creando la primera formación de música bluegrass de Sevilla, The River String Band. Tras esta experiencia crea Blue Mountain, banda con la que ha grabado un CD y con la que ha realizado giras por EEUU y Europa. Recientemente nombrado por la revista americana Banjo Newsletter como uno de los mejores banjistas y pionero del bluegrass en Europa, entra a formar parte de Nadzhir en 2005.




Raul:


Raúl Cabezalí Blanco empezó a tocar la guitarra relativamente tarde pero al cabo de poco tiempo ya se enroló en su primera banda, el grupo de pop-rock Malasombra, con los que tocó por toda la provincia de Sevilla, muchas veces como teloneros de grupos muy importantes en los 80 (La Guardia, Los Ilegales, La Unión, ...). Cuando se separó Malasombra formó junto con el otro guitarrista, Daniel de Lemus, la banda de blues Canal Blues, donde tocaba la guitarra y cantaba. El trabajo lo mantuvo fuera de la escena musical durante algunos años, pero volvió como bajista en la banda instrumental Los Coperoes. Recientemente ha entrado a formar parte como bajista de Nadzhir, labor que simultanéa con la de bajista en la banda instrumental Los Magnetos.

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