# LUSITANIAN GHOSTS Showcase Alt Pop-Rock With Traditional Instruments On “The Long Train”

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/lusitanian-ghosts-showcase-alt-pop-rock-with-traditional-instruments-on-the-long-train/
- Published: 2023-04-05T13:15:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **Lusitanian Ghosts present ‘The Long Train’ single, showcasing alternative pop-rock with traditional instruments**

_“Magnetic appeal… creating a broader cultural and sonic arsenal, while maintaining
a buoyancy that takes the listener on a fantastic ride from start to finish” _~ **
The Spill Magazine**

_“Lusitanian Ghosts impressively channel tools of the past to create a beautiful
sonic vision. Innovative in their use of traditional instruments to make modern 
pop-rock, this music is upbeat, quirky, feels familiar and is catchy as hell” _~**
Big Takeover Magazine**

_“Highly melodic and sonically great…  a pertinent, contemporary collection of songs
that is full of dignity”_ ~ **Amplify Music Magazine**

![Lusitanian Ghosts](https://i0.wp.com/redirect.haulix.com/kbU_Q2JOf985KkUJJk3WsVQhj6AIg7dQ7-
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Trans-Atlantic alternative neo-folk collective [**Lusitanian Ghosts**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.lusitanianghosts.com&umid=05aaaa42-4c9e-4b5f-ade5-9d5ca410123c&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-0962fc476ad87906cf655b807ce6515470341b39)
present** **[**‘The Long Train’**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2flusitanianghosts.bandcamp.com&umid=05aaaa42-4c9e-4b5f-ade5-9d5ca410123c&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-ac23fa3225345ddfd34a541be007caaea5b597d0),
engineered and mixed by **SEBASTIAN MUXFELDT (Elbow, Peter Doherty, Teenage Fanclub)**
at [**Clouds Hill Studios**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fcloudshill.com&umid=05aaaa42-4c9e-4b5f-ade5-9d5ca410123c&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-1f8ec6a6d2ccc81f291228d0aa81d52e72975502)
in Hamburg.

This is the first single from the band’s forthcoming **‘Lusitanian Ghosts III’ **
album, due out later this year via [**European Phonographic**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.facebook.com%2fEuropeanPhonographic%2f&umid=05aaaa42-4c9e-4b5f-ade5-9d5ca410123c&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-b3043b0a04b397a467fd4113b5331fa3cbc47178).
The Ghosts offer a brilliant taste of the sonic prism through which they present
ancient sounds in the 21st Century.

Lusitanian Ghosts is a Portuguese-Canadian-Swedish project that resurrects lost 
Portuguese chordophones and other European string instruments, promoting ancient
sounds in the 21st century. Re-casting these heritage folk violas into rock n roll
songs, the European artist collective writes from a socio-political perspective 
on building a better world, creating songs for the heart and mind, recording on 
analogue tape and releasing moving music on vinyl.

Founded by [**Neil Leyton**](https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fneilleyton.com&umid=05aaaa42-4c9e-4b5f-ade5-9d5ca410123c&auth=65a620fa4b6e2edf0405a6ed61dc7465231096cd-580f0b7c20ebdea54f946a6e291f2338eec1576e)****
and **Micke Ghost**, the collective is currently made up of **João Sousa, Abel Beja**(
from** Primitive Reason**),** ToZé Bexiga **(from **Raia**)** and Jan-Eric Olsson**,
performing on traditional Portuguese chordophone instruments, ancient regional guitars
like the Amarantina, Beiroa, Campaniça, Braguesa, Toeira and Terceirense. These 
instruments, once on the verge of extinction, are the real “Lusitanian Ghosts” –
Lusitania being an ancient Celtic tribe in what would become the central territory
of Portugal.

“The Long Train is a song celebrating freedom, celebrating life, celebrating the
act of setting yourself free so that you may reach that transcendental level of 
commitment that only comes with true love.” Confusing? “Oh, and it’s also about 
storks!” says **Neil Leyton.**

**Micke Ghost** adds, “‘The Long Train’ is a commentary on the state of the world
today but with a bit of hope… like the New York Dolls took their electric guitars
to the pawn shop. With a bit of plastic soul. .Written in Setubal, Portugal, this
was recorded and mixed on analogue tape at Clouds Hill in Germany.”

![Lusitanian Ghosts](https://i0.wp.com/redirect.haulix.com/hHxOwtsa9IboaO3bmw9xc4eUgcNKznGzVQvuIPU-
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Recorded and mixed on analogue tape, this song features the violas Amarantina, Campaniça
and Terceira _in glorious mono and stereo versions_, bringing a new vintage chordophone
rock n roll sound from the Ghosts. It was tracked on a Studer A820 2″ analogue tape
machine, mixed down to 1/4 inch tape on the AEG Magnetophon 15 A, including both
stereo and mono mixes.

From a deep love of rock n roll rooted in strong vocal traditions from Elvis Presley
to David Bowie, Neil Leyton and Micke Ghost craft folk-rock songs that will appeal
to fans of The Waterboys, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, and newer alt-folk-rock experimental
crossings of rock n roll with other genres and traditions, like XIXA.

Lusitanian Ghosts’ sophomore album[** ‘Exotic Quixotic’ **](https://www.nyrdcast.com/2021/09/lusitanian-ghosts-announce-second-album-exotic-quixotic-preview-soul-deranium-single/)
was released with a Deluxe Edition featuring bonus tracks, adaptations of the title
track into Portuguese and Polish, feat. Joana Negrão (A Cantadeira) and Misia Furtak.

As of March 31, ‘The Long Train’ LP will be available everywhere digitally, including
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![Lusitanian Ghosts single art](https://i0.wp.com/redirect.haulix.com/-TswPhf6ADKjo16HOIn8__N8Mj6x_kuSxTd7Dt8zHOM%
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**SINGLE CREDITS**
António “ToZé” Bexiga – Viola Campaniça and pianoJanne Olsson–
bass and Viola BeirãoJoão Sousa – drums and AdufeAbel Beja – viola Terceira and 
backing vocalsNeil Leyton – vocalsMikael Lundin aka Micke Ghost – vocals and Viola
Amarantina

All songs by Neil Leyton and Mikael Lundin aka Micke Ghost
Published by Lusitanian
Music PublishingProduced by Neil Leyton and Mikael LundinRecorded at Clouds Hill
Studios, HamburgEngineered & mixed by Sebastian MuxfeldtAssisted by Schulie PieperMastered
by Chris von Rautenkranz at SoundGarden HamburgCover art photography by Swedish 
photographer Stina Wigg

**FOR FANS OF:**  
The Waterboys, Xixa, David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, Mumford & Sons,
Hothouse Flowers

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