Celtic music from Brittany...

**SOLOBO** · February 16th, 2012, 18:03

Breizh, or Brittany, or Bretagne...

Denez Prigent & Lisa Gerrard Gortoz A Ran - ( Denez Prigent sings in Breton, Lisa Gerrard, I don't know...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7HKktNbUCQ

Dan Ar Braz l'Héritage des Celtes (celtic inheritance) A.Stivell - Borders of Salt Alan Stivell sings in breton, Helen Morgan (from Wales) sings in english... Please wait the bagpipes..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J3PXoLYIF8

BREIZH .... Diaporama (the song: Nolwenn Leroy sings in breton )
... and nices pictures of Brittany

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3svtk3JYzxM

**Daveroo** · February 16th, 2012, 18:45

i turned that on and my cat Haley ( also now known as Ms Hissalot) .......absolutly freaked out.....went nuts....did not like that music at all.....wow....i did..but she did not

**SOLOBO** · February 16th, 2012, 19:19

Originally Posted by Daveroo

i turned that on and my cat Haley ( also now known as Ms Hissalot) .......absolutly freaked out.....went nuts....did not like that music at all.....wow....i did..but she did not

Not really surprised...

**Naismith** · February 16th, 2012, 20:02

Not Britney Spears then? Who can imagine her singing Celtic dirges.

**luckydog** · February 16th, 2012, 20:30

**SOLOBO** · February 21st, 2012, 00:29

Originally Posted by Naismith

Not Britney Spears then? Who can imagine her singing Celtic dirges.

dirges...? Absolutely normal for the first link... Dramaticaly normal, and respect.

But For the three links, Just try to understand this image:

absolutely no rapport with Britney Spears... It's about roots ...

**lefty** · February 21st, 2012, 00:45

There's Celtic music from lots of places - like Galicia in Spain.

Listen to what Carlos Nunez can do with the bagpipes !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1bffYZdRm0

**SOLOBO** · February 21st, 2012, 12:03

Originally Posted by lefty

There's Celtic music from lots of places - like Galicia in Spain.

Listen to what Carlos Nunez can do with the bagpipes !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1bffYZdRm0

That's right my friend, that's totally right !:salute:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUA3sdyZ_Pw

3100 years ago, the celtic influence was on a large part of Europe... However it did not happened the same events during the centuries, here and there... But today the celtic tradition is more alive in several regions of UK, and in Brittany... ancient Story... When I was young, at school, a young boy like me had only spanish roots, but... he had Redhead with blue eyes... General De Gaulle, himself, had irish roots in a part of his genealogy...

And now, the fabulous irish side...

...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgGAzBDE454

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03rx2S6TVo4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFvDl_JU0NU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-9-eDmR6QI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B718RsboGEI

... irish, of course...

**Quax d. Bruchpilot** · February 21st, 2012, 12:09

Found this thread by luck , THX for the link SOLOBO

Greets Andi

**SOLOBO** · February 21st, 2012, 12:35

Originally Posted by Quax d. Bruchpilot

Found this thread by luck , THX for the link SOLOBO

Greets Andi

Is it a part of the pleasure for me ? I guess that yes... So, you are like me, a citizen of the world...

**Quax d. Bruchpilot** · February 21st, 2012, 14:32

I push the "like it" button ;-) I love music from all over the world, also japan, china etc. We are ONE world (my opinion)

**SOLOBO** · February 21st, 2012, 16:19

Scottish Music - Loch Lomond ( ... sorry... cutted at the end... )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1FnF1XPkYU

Loch Lomond (Acoustic)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QV-ZVlq6Vk

**EasyEd** · February 21st, 2012, 19:38

Hey All,

Sorry but if you want real Celtic come to North America! :mixedsmi:

We'll start with Leahy - just your typical Canadian family band...

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This one is another Canadian family band for when we Canadians feel like going around singing in Gaelic!

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I just like this band so much... Three sisters outta Seattle Washington. The Gothard sisters...

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Love the F-style mandolin...

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This video is special...

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Of course there are more but I have to return to Europe for one that you forgot. No instrument ever created on the face of the earth makes music from closer to the heart than the lowly harmonica. This man is one of my alltime favorites - Brendan Power.

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Enjoy!

-Ed-

**SOLOBO** · February 21st, 2012, 21:10

Thank you very much Ed, Great continuation... !
... But not more or not less celtic, another magnificent branch of a very old tree.

Canada again: Loreena McKennitt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcOngOB6quQ

**AndyG43** · February 22nd, 2012, 02:40

Some good choons on here, thanks to Solobo for starting the ball rolling. Here are a few of my favourites:

One from the BBC's "Highland Sessions" with a line up that can only be described as Celtic royalty (in musical terms)

The sublime Karen Matheson, with her band Capercaillie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5muV...f=results_main

Iarla Ó Lionáird is also a founder member of the Afro Celt Sound System, which fuses Celtic music with sounds and rhythms from around the world; might not be to everybody's rastes here, sorry. Possibly the best band I have ever seen play live!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrJW33JkVlM

And I can't talk about Celtic music from my shores without giving you the Dubliners (with a little added Pogue)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfpmuuzt3q0

**SOLOBO** · February 24th, 2012, 19:04

!... Thank you very much Andy... Surprising, but very interesting...

to discover, again and again...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEUG1mtBjeE&feature=related

**muletrain** · February 25th, 2012, 03:18

Great thread!!

**n4gix** · February 25th, 2012, 07:08

Although a different genre from the prior lovely bits of music, I really like Heather Alexander's March to Cambreadth!

The thumping of the massed bodhrán drums sends shivers down my spine. I can only imagine the terror hearing this coming towards them might arouse in the enemy ranks!

**AndyG43** · February 25th, 2012, 07:43

@Solobo, n4gix et al

What I love about this kind of music (and especially the Celtic/traditional/folk music scene over here) is the variety of styles it can encompass, and the adaptability of it. So you can have everything from the gentle traditional ballads like Mo Ghile Mear to the March of Cambreadth. The wealth of talent involved in this, worldwide, is astounding & I love the fact that it is becoming more & more popular (for example, I may not be a fan of Flatley and Riverdance, but it gave people a taste of what they could find); I also love the fact that there is so much crossfeed, that you can have 'fusion' groups like the Afro Celts, or things like the Transatlantic Sessions mixing American traditional musicians with European ones. Long may it continue, we are all richer for it!

**kilo delta** · February 25th, 2012, 09:34

Originally Posted by AndyG43

Iarla Ó Lionáird is also a founder member of the Afro Celt Sound System, which fuses Celtic music with sounds and rhythms from around the world; might not be to everybody's rastes here, sorry. Possibly the best band I have ever seen play live!

Ahh...now that bring's back memories! Back in 1996 I was at a music festival in Cork. I managed to wrangle my way back stage to meet some of the performers. Got somewhat inebriated (naturally

) and got to dance on stage with the ACSS in front of 30k people.

Btw, you may also enjoy Kila..

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**SpitXIV** · February 25th, 2012, 10:02

Originally Posted by SOLOBO

Thank you very much Ed, Great continuation... !
... But not more or not less celtic, another magnificent branch of a very old tree.

Canada again: Loreena McKennitt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcOngOB6quQ

Thank you, now you're talking! I love Loreena's music, I do like Bagpipes however.

**NAMBUS** · February 29th, 2012, 00:07

Magnificent music guys!
It warms your heart and lifts your spirit.
Thank you SOLOBO and all who have contributed links to this thread.
Here is one of my favorite pieces by "Slainte" to really get your feet tapping.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n9hbYwZZqk

Cheers

**SOLOBO** · February 29th, 2012, 13:46

Originally Posted by NAMBUS

... ... It warms your heart and lifts your spirit. ... ...

Hi David, two good news: a nice link, and beer from New Zealand...

...Sometimes you helped me to discover certain aspects of this music...
Thank you for that. Because we have somewhere common roots...

music again, pictures and movies :

Brest (Britanny), Ar Mor Divent : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99JKsCzKVrg

Britanny: (Denez Prigent and Lisa Gerrard) Slow and calming) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HET5imyM4hk

New York : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42EuBpnTw-g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT3G8...eature=related

Ireland : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu3VwANi674

Scotland : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Rsle5ehgo

Asturies ( Spain ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvhFoktRh3A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVDEQMBwm1o

And best regards to New Zealand...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s8JIC5japU

Cheers,

Frederic