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'''Etienne Pawney In-Naxxari''' [[File:Etienne Pawney Ħal Għaxaq 2 Awissu 2013.jpg|340px|thumb|right|Etienne Pawney In-Naxxari.]]is a folksinger from Naxxar. Born on the 13th October 1985, he was baptized in Bormla but at the age of two, his family moved to the locality in northern Malta. | '''Etienne Pawney In-Naxxari''' [[File:Etienne Pawney Ħal Għaxaq 2 Awissu 2013.jpg|340px|thumb|right|Etienne Pawney In-Naxxari.]]is a folksinger from Naxxar. Born on the 13th October 1985, he was baptized in Bormla but at the age of two, his family moved to the locality in northern Malta. He has Scottish ancestry through his great-grandfather. | ||
His father is James Pawney Jimmy Il-Bormliż | His father is [[James Pawney Jimmy Il-Bormliż]] and it was through him that he started folk singing by coincidence as a thirteen year old at the Ħamrun Pigeon Club. There were five folk singers available, and although there an accepted rule that spirtu pront can be sung with odd numbers, with one singer in the role of ''il-farrad'', there was consensus that three pairs would be better. | ||
The young Pawney was paired with [[Mikiel Brignoli Il-Wesu]], whereas the other folksingers included his father James, Leli Axisa Il-Baqra and | |||
Revision as of 15:46, 7 August 2013
Etienne Pawney In-Naxxari
is a folksinger from Naxxar. Born on the 13th October 1985, he was baptized in Bormla but at the age of two, his family moved to the locality in northern Malta. He has Scottish ancestry through his great-grandfather.
His father is James Pawney Jimmy Il-Bormliż and it was through him that he started folk singing by coincidence as a thirteen year old at the Ħamrun Pigeon Club. There were five folk singers available, and although there an accepted rule that spirtu pront can be sung with odd numbers, with one singer in the role of il-farrad, there was consensus that three pairs would be better.
The young Pawney was paired with Mikiel Brignoli Il-Wesu, whereas the other folksingers included his father James, Leli Axisa Il-Baqra and
External Links
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6vJQ0R6pzU Folk singing in Għaxaq 2 August 2013.