From _Eitb Pays Basque_:

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Dan Goncharoff <thegonch at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is referring to the Biarritz International Groove Festival, right?

I don't know, but, IMO, that seems *extremely* likely to be the case.
My best guess is that it was the "… Jazz Festival" and that doesn't
fit. Usually, when I cross "Basques" with "music," I get either Ravel
or Mocedades singing "Eres Tu."

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