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	Alan Stivell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Alan Stivell (born Alan Cochevelou January 6, 1944) is a Breton musician from the town of Gourin.
		In 1953, Stivell's father, Georges Cochevelou, made a Celtic harp in the ancient Breton style, and Alan began playing the instrument immediately.
		Stivell's first recording came in 1959, and was a single that was followed by the LP Telenn Geltiek in 1960.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alan_Stivell (618 words)

	RFI Musique - - Alan Stivell
		In the vanguard of the folk revival, Alan Stivell offered a version of Breton music which was resolutely modern and of the future, thus attracting a young public seeking assurance of their regional identity, while not becoming entrapped by it.
		Alan Stivell embarked upon another national tour in the autumn of '98, bringing the house down when he performed in Paris (on 8 and 9 December).
		Stivell also proved to be a big hit when he performed at Bercy stadium on 16 March 1999 at a huge Celtic music festival featuring a host of legendary French folk stars including Gilles Servat and the group Tri Yann.
	www.rfimusique.com /siteEn/biographie/biographie_6138.asp (1770 words)

	Dreyfus Records - Alan Stivell
		Stivell was playing concerts at age 11, and he began taking up the more general study of traditional popular Celtic music, including the Scottish bagpipes, drum, Irish flute, and tin whistle, while in his teens.
		Stivell's first major solo album, Renaissance of the Celtic Harp (1972), remains a favorite among fans of the stringed instrument, while his later albums also display his abilities with bagpipes and as a singer.
		Alan Stivell played his father's first modern Breton harp for the first time in 1953, and within 20 years there were over 100 players where there had been none.
	www.dreyfusrecords.com /discs.php?a=1&l=1 (862 words)

	Alan Stivell, Back to Breizh
		Alan Stivell could easily be called both the father of modern Celtic music and the person who started the rebirth of the Celtic harp.
		Stivell recorded the very first Celtic harp solo album in 1959, and by the early '60s was experimenting with electrifying the harp, which led to the development of the modern, yet traditional, sound for which he is now known.
		Stivell's harping is impeccable, and he uses the electric harp to great effect in his music.
	www.rambles.net /stivell_breizh.html (572 words)

	Celtic music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Often, the term Celtic music is applied to the music of Ireland and Scotland, because both places have produced well-known distinctive styles which actually have genuine commonality and clear mutual influences.
		If we look at it closer, we see that the so-called "marketing" or "show-business" creation was born in the mind of an idealistic man who first(late 60s) blent the music of all the Celtic countries with a modern touch in his recordings and concerts: the Breton Alan Stivell.
		The first modern adaptations in the 60s were (though english) those of Jethro Tull, of Fairport Convention, and, in Ireland, Horslips, in Brittany, Alan Stivell, who made the first attempt of pan-celtic modern popular music and is still now exploring new kinds of Celtic fusion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Celtic_music (1001 words)

	Alan Stivell: Two Roads
		Stivell (who was born Alan Cochevelou) was about ten when he took up the harp, after about five years of piano study.
		Stivell is proud of his Breton heritage, as is obvious from his latest release, Back to Breizh.
		Stivell's recordings reflect his "citizen of the world" philosophy in his choice of musicians.
	www.rootsworld.com /interview/stivell.html (964 words)

	dirty linen
		Alan Cochevelou, who would later take the stage name Stivell, was born in the Auvergnat town of Riom.
		The harp was an unusual instrument in Brittany during Stivell's youth; it had been common during the middle ages, but had died out in Breton tradition prior to the 20th century.
		Stivell's gentle singing and his brisk, crisp harp playing captivated audiences, and success was fairly immediate.
	www.dirtynelson.com /91/stivell.html (646 words)

	Alan Stivell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Celtic harpist Alan Stivell, 56, has never felt awkward or inauthentic about recording his chosen instrument over hip-hop beats and samples ñ both in the name of musical progress as well as to pique the interest of young listeners.
		Stivell, 56, the foremost Breton musician, has earned his reputation by pushing at boundaries and making people aware of the Celtic heritage of France's Brittany region.
		Taking the name Stivell (Breton for ‘the source'), Alan determined to single-handedly revive the music of his people - he was Celtic long before Celtic was cool.
	www.globalvillageidiot.net /stivell.htm (561 words)

	Alan Stivell, Brian Boru
		Stivell closes the album with nostalgia, first with a tune of his own, "Parlamant Lament," a sad song about the rebuilding of the Breton parliament that burned in 1994, and then "Land of My Fathers," with a whole choir of backing vocals.
		Stivell's Breton roots clearly show in these songs, as he delivers his sentiment with passion.
		In fact, passion might be the key word for this entire album, for it clearly displays Stivell's strong feelings for his native land, his Celtic roots, and the traditions of his people.
	www.rambles.net /stivell_boru.html (532 words)

	Alan Stivell: Back to Breizh - PopMatters Music Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Stivell has a long history of dedication to the music of Brittany (or Breizh, as the locals call it).
		Stivell builds from his decades of work in traditional Breton harp and Scottish bagpipes, as well as drums.
		Stivell's Back to Breizh annoys the side of me that dislikes quiet and contemplation, but his innovative use of modern musical techniques takes Celtic music toward a new plateau.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/s/stivellalan-back.shtml (795 words)

	Lightworks - Sound Aspects
		We soon learned that it was Alan Stivell's "Renaissance of the Celtic Harp." I rushed out the next day to buy the album, and have always included that song on my all-time favorites list.
		In fact, Alan's father was the remarkable Georges Cochevelou, who was a translator and inventor whose lifelong ambition was to resuscitate the ancient Breton harp.
		The Celtic Harp is an instrument which is the incarnation of all Stivell's romantic and youthful dreams surrounding Celtic culture and identity.
	www.lightworks.com /monthlyaspectarian/1997/September/0997-20.html (823 words)

	Alan Stivell : Zoom 70-95 - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Breton harpist Alan Stivell brought the Breton harp out of the pages of history and into reality.
		There are 35 tracks in all here; the album ends with the epic "Lands of My Fathers." The ending chorus is sung by the 15,000 spectators singing a Breton and Welsh anthem at a rugby match, with Stivell singing a passionate descant overhead.
		Stivell, a champion of the cause of Breton identity, can really rally a crowd, and this track will really get your heart pounding.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,302043,00.html (379 words)

	RFI Musique - - Alan Stivell explores electro
		On a whirlwind visit to Paris before he launches his summer tour, Alan Stivell was in town presenting his latest album, rather soberly entitled Alan Stivell Explore.
		Alan Stivell: I think all the diverse ingredients that make up my musical ‘cuisine’ were right there from the very beginning on my first album.
		Of course, every era has its own take on modernity… and it’s obvious that the sounds of today are very different from those of yesterday.
	www.rfimusique.com /musiqueen/articles/075/article_7713.asp (1179 words)

	eBay - alan stivell, CDs, Records items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		ALAN STIVELL 'CHEMINS DE TERRE' French Original LP
		Alan Stivell - Before Landing FONTANA UK NM LP 1977
		ALAN STIVELL Renaissance of the Celtic Harp LP
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	Celtic Song and Spirit
		This need is being expressed in the current Celtic resurgence, which continues to grow and gain momentum, not only in the United States, but throughout the world.
		Stivell carries on the tradition of his father, Georges Cochevelou, who built a prototype of the Breton Celtic harp out of Fender Stratocaster guitar, at a time when the Breton harp was dying in Brittany.
		Stivell attributes the recent Celtic resurgence to a cyclic pattern which has been going on for the last 2000 years, since the Celtic culture was submersed by other Western cultures, with each new resurgence becoming stronger.
	www.dcsi.net /~bluesky/celtsong.htm (1407 words)

	Recording review: Alan Stivell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		For decades, Breton Alan Stivell has led a cultural movement built on the dreamy notion of a Pan-Celtic Union of all that is best in the diverse cultures of Brittany, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, Galicia, the Isle of Man, Quebec and who knows which other remnant of the Lost Golden Age of Celtia?
		Politically, this wistfulness may be as relevant as smokey Rastafarian dreams of a restored Ethiopian Empire, but Stivell's music, on harp, Breton bombarde, bagpipes and electric instruments is nonetheless majestic and beautiful.
		This re-issued 1979 live recording catches Stivell's ensemble at a high point in their development.
	www.rootsworld.com /reviews/stivell99.html (161 words)

	Echoes Playlist Sunday 7/23/00
		His 1971 album, Renaissance of the Celtic Harp turned a generation on to this neglected instrument.
		Stivell himself has been playing it since the early 1950s when he made his first album.
		Stivell is still a favorite with his fusion of traditional Breton folk music and rock arrangements.
	www.echoes.org /playlists/sun07.23.00.html (243 words)

	Alan Stivell : Brian Boru - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The effect is spellbinding, as polyrhythms intersect and interweave, electric guitars, harps, and pipes complement each other (most strikingly on the high-energy "Sword Dance"), and Stivell's vocals -- sounding like they come from a far and distant place -- carry the listener into new levels of musical creation and invention.
		Some of the music, such as "Let the Plinn," lacks much more than chanting and a vigorous percussion attack, but most of this album is filled with melodies that seduce and beguile the modern listener with amazing ease.
		Highlights include the dazzling title track, "Mna Na hEireann," and "Mairi's Wedding," the latter one of the most passionate rock-style songs Stivell has ever cut.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,215339,00.html (214 words)

	Planet Mellotron Album Reviews: S10
		It could be considered insulting to say that Alan Stivell is 'French'; he's actually a Breton, from the area known to English speakers as Brittany, home to one of the six ancient Celtic languages, along with Cornish, Welsh (the most actively spoken of the six), Irish, Scots and Manx (Isle of Man).
		Along with brief Fairport member Dan ar Bras, Stivell is chiefly responsible for the upsurge in interest in his region's folk traditions in the '60s and '70s.
		As for Stivell's credited Mellotron use, all I can hear is a possible polyphonic flute part on the gentle An Hani A Garan, although it's possible there's some hidden in the maelstrom of Brezhoneg' Raok; hard to say.
	www.planetmellotron.com /revs10.htm (3565 words)

	Alan Stivell MP3 Downloads - Alan Stivell Music Downloads - Alan Stivell Music Videos
		Back to Breizh from Breton Harp master Alan Stivell utilizes a wide variety of influences on this 12-song disc.
		Acoustic guitarist Jean Charles Guigen formerly of the group Ar Re Yaoank along with 15 musicians...
		Added to his Celtic melodies are bagpipes, hints of rock guitar, DJs' turntables, and folk-rock in the tradition of Fairport Convention.
	www.mp3.com /albums/423121/summary.html (214 words)

	Alan Stivell - Olympia Concert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Alan Stivell is at his best when he is performing live when he creates a marvelous atmosphere, or when he is playing traditional folk.
		This is a live album as you can see from the title and the atmosphere comes across better than most - In Dublin is better - but then I think that is the best live album I have ever heard.
		The Wind Of Keltia (Alan Stivell, Steve Waring) 03:42
	www.kneeling.co.uk /pages/astivell/olympia.asp (84 words)

	NPR: All Songs Considered: Episode 28
		Alan Stivell is an unlikely explorer into electronic sounds.
		Listen to a review of 1 Douar, another album of Alan Stivell, from 1999.
		It's a pear-shaped Arab lute which he strives to use as a lead instrument, though it's usually reserved for accompaniment.
	www.npr.org /programs/asc/archives/asc28 (301 words)

	Alan Stivell - Maro ma mestrez - Last.fm
		Alan Stivell - Maro ma mestrez - Last.fm
		Music > Alan Stivell > Chemins de terre > Maro ma mestrez
		Of all 1,285 people that have listened to songs by Alan Stivell, this represents 2.4%.
	www.last.fm /music/Alan+Stivell/_/Maro+ma+mestrez (74 words)

	Read Comment - MouthShut.com
		Renaissance of the Celtic Harp - Alan Stivell
		Never heard Alan stivell.Hope i can get hold of the album and listen to it.
		It was in 1971 when the EP (single) ’’Pop Plinn’’ was released as the 1st rock Breton fusion composition which helped Alan Stivell to be recognized internationally.
	www.mouthshut.com /readcomment.php?rid=60107&r=1&com=0 (370 words)

	VH1.com : Alan Stivell : News
		Alan Stivell's Back To Breizh Harps On The Present
		A heavy dose of solid rock without a hint of mellow.
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	www.vh1.com /artists/az/stivell_alan/news.jhtml (52 words)

	Alan Stivell - Legend: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Alan Stivell - Legend: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more
		Alan Stivell - Legend: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more
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	Rhapsody Music: Download, Listen, Play & Burn Alan Stivell
		Rhapsody Music: Download, Listen, Play and Burn Alan Stivell
		Embracing the ancient and the modern, this Frenchman breathed new life into Celtic music.
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	Alan Stivell
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