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{{Short description|Belgian folk music group}}
{{expand French|date=February 2024|topic=cult}}
[[Image:Urban Trad 1.12.2007 Leopoldsburg.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Soetkin Collier (left), Yves Barbieux, Veronica Codesal]]
'''Urban Trad''' is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[folk music]] group, consisting of both [[Flemish language|Flemish]] and [[French language|French]] speaking people and a close connection with [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]].

==Members==
[[File:Urban Trad - Stered Festival - 23.jpg|thumb|Soetkin Collier and Veronica Codesal in 2015.]]
*Yves Barbieux: [[flute]]s and Galician [[bagpipe]]
*Veronica Codesal: vocals
*Soetkin Collier: vocals
*Sophie Cavez (replaced Didier Laloy): diatonic [[accordion]]
*Philip Masure: acoustic [[guitar]]
*Michel Morvan: [[Drum kit|drums]] (died 3 July 2010)
*Dirk Naessens: [[violin]]
*Marie-Sophie Talbot: vocals, [[piano]] and [[percussion instrument|percussion]]s (no longer with the band)
*Bo Waterschoot: [[bass guitar|bass]]
*Jill Delien: [[bass guitar|bass]] (since 2014)
*Nicolas Scalliet: [[Drum kit|drums]] (since 2014)

==Eurovision Song Contest==

Urban Trad participated in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2003]], where they ended second with the song "[[Sanomi]]", a modern folk song with vocals in an imaginary language. A few months before the contest, the selectors dropped singer Soetkin Collier on the advice of the Belgian security services, who claimed that she'd had extreme right sympathies in the past.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/1422729/Belgium-bans-neo-Nazi-Eurovision-singer.html "Belgium bans 'neo-Nazi' Eurovision singer"], 21 February 2003, ''The Telegraph''</ref> Collier vigorously denied the claims, and later that year after an investigation it was concluded that the accusations were exaggerated and based on outdated information.

As a result of this, two versions of the song exist on record.  One was the standard album version (4:08) and another version was released on single and on the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2003]] collaboration album. Often known as the Eurovision edit, it cut down to 3:01 and it had Soetkin Collier's vocals removed.

==Discography==
*''One o Four'' (2001)
**1. Subway Call      	
**2. Avreel    	
**3. La Belle Jig    	
**4. Vodka Time    	
**5. Waltzing Dranouter    	
**6. Basement Scotch    	
**7. Baline    	
**8. Brass Corto    	
**9. Bamboo    	
**10. Free Wheel    	
**11. Rap A Doo    	
**12. Mecanix (Who'S Who) (after ''Waltzing Dranouter'')
*''Kerua'' (2003)
**1. Mecanix Remix      	
**2. Kerua    	
**3. Sanomi    	
**4. Il Est Bien Temps    	
**5. Lampang    	
**6. Berim Dance    	
**7. Quimper - Moscou    	
**8. Get Reel    	
**9. The Roses    	
**10. Medina    	
**11. Leina Street    	
**12. Alto    	
**13. Sanomi (Eurovision Edit)   	
**14. Galicia
*''Elem'' (2004)
**1. [[Rødgrød|Rodgrod Med Flode]]     	
**2. De Luz, Amor Y Nada    	
**3. Vigo
**4. Jorden/Terra    	
**5. Bourrée d'Erasme    	
**6. De L'Air
**7. Valse    	
**8. Two Hornpipes    	
**9. Zout
**10. Mind the Gap
**11. V.T. Intro
**12. Vodka Time (Mass'Mix)
**13. Bonus : Lampang/Mideau Rhemila (live)	
*''Erbalunga''  (2007)
**1. Sans garde-fou
**2. Hedningarden
**3. Oh la belle
**4. Le serpent
**5. Erbalunga
**6. Fields of Deeley
**7. L'olivier
**8. Bourrée Tappen
**9. Accovi / Onderweg
**10. Polaire
**11. Noite Longa
**12. Scottiche de la tête
**13. Asturiana
**14. A Terra
**15. Diama Den (bonus)

== References ==
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==External links==
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* {{Facebook|urbantradmusic|Official page}}

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[[Category:Belgian folk music groups]]
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