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	Music of Brittany
		Brittany is on the northwest coast of France and is a region unique in that country in its Celtic cultural derivation.
		Brittany has been inhabited by the Celts since about the 6th century, and were independent for a time, though not united politically or, in all likelihood, culturally.
		Brittany hosts annual rock and pop festivals, the biggest being the Festival des Vieilles Charrues (held in late July in Carhaix, Finistère), the Route du Rock (mid-August, Saint-Malo) and the Transmusicales of Rennes, held in early December.
	music-of-brittany.kiwiki.homeip.net (2286 words)

	Music of Brittany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brittany is a Celtic country rich in its cultural heritage.
		The sacred music is well served by the clear and strong sound of the bombard, in combination with the traditional organ.
		Brittany hosts many annual rock and pop festivals, the biggest in Brittany, being the Festival des Vieilles Charrues (held in late July in Carhaix, Finistère), the Route du Rock (mid-August, Saint-Malo) and the Transmusicales of Rennes, held in early December.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_of_Brittany (2745 words)

	Celtic Music in Brittany
		Brittany, located in the northwestern part of France, is an area that the average person doesn't usually consider to be Celtic, but it is. There are a few instruments in the Breton tradition that are unique, and the types of tunes that are played are not found in the other Celtic regions.
		I've found that Breton music has a very unique sound that is quite different in some ways from the music of the other Celtic lands.
		The veuze is a type of bagpipe that is native to southern Brittany.
	tonyupton.tripod.com /brittany.html (1622 words)

	Brittany Bay
		Brittany Bay is an acoustic quartet from Cincinnati Ohio.
		Brittany Bay features the interplaying melodies and harmonies of Fred Stoll on fiddle and Tim Schiaper on hammered dulcimer and whistles.
		While Brittany Bay can provide high-energy music for contradance, we also play the slow and beautiful Celtic music that is perfect for slower paced affairs.
	www.betsybyars.com /guy/BrittanyBay/index.html (219 words)

	Site Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Brittany music is rich and dense world to discover.
		A music that passes the barriers of language, with a magical and vibrating force.
		Music has always been an important source of strength, inspired by themes and musical styles of Celtic inheritance.
	www.jack-travel.com /Brittany/Text/Brittany_Music.htm (549 words)

	Breton Music: An Intro
		Brittany (Bretagne in French, Breizh in Breton) is located in Western France and is most closely related to the Welsh and Cornish civilizations of Great Britain.
		The present revival of Celtic music in Brittany can be directly traced to the life's work of the brilliant folklorist, harpist, piper and singer-composer, Alan (Cochevelou) Stivell.
		Of their recent catalogue since moving to Marzelle/Globe (distributed in France by Sony), "Portraits', a musical gallery of personalities the band is intrigued by, from ancient history and the present, is a must-have.
	www.rootsworld.com /celtic/breton.html (2549 words)

	Brittany Haas : Reviews and published articles
		Brittany's intensity, commitment and sheer talent allow her to carry forward the very best parts of traditional fiddling while clearly holding deep respect for its past.
		I figured that she was becoming an important young fiddler for several years now while hearing her at the various jam sessions around my fiddle camps, but there is nothing quite like the ability to round up all of that talent and focus it in to a great first recording.
		To hear Brittany play this old style is to be taken back in time to the original feeling of this music.
	www.brittanyhaas.com /reviews.html (917 words)

	CITYFOLK MONTHLY - February 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Traditional dance music in Brittany--Bretagne in French--has historically been played on a variety of reed instruments, especially the bombard, an oboe-like instrument, and the biniou, the local form of the bagpipe.
		The usual musical accompaniment for a dance was a couple de sonneurs, a bombard-biniou duo where both instruments play the melody line over a constant drone from the biniou.
		The world was introduced to the music of Brittany through the recordings of Alan Stivell, a folklorist, multi-instrumentalist and singer who began recording in the 1960s.
	www.cityfolk.org /Enewsletter/0205.htm (2119 words)

	English Folk Music
		There is a lot of English folk music, but my tastes to date favor only a small sample of it, and much of that comes from the northern edge of England, particularly the area of Northumbria on the border of Scotland.
		Eliza's musical knowledge and command of the material is obvious, and I find her arrangements, however radical, to be intelligent and not the least contrived, in contrast to much celtic rock.
		I think of traditional music as people familiar with, and respectful of, a tradition, speakng musically to each other with passion and honesty about their lives and concerns.
	www.sfcelticmusic.com /UKMUSIC/ukfolkms.htm (1861 words)

	Featured Country/Region
		This is Brittany, "Breizh" in the Breton language, a Celtic language related to Welsh, Cornish, Manx and Scottish and Irish Gaelic.
		The decision to omit this historically important area of Brittany (which includes the historical capital of independent Brittany, Nantes) continues to be vigorously protested by Bretons.
		Upper Brittany (Haute-Bretagne in French, and Breizh-Uhel in Breton) is the eastern half of Brittany and the French language predominates, with a unique French-based dialect called Gallo in the countryside.
	www.geocities.com /Vienna/1160/brittany.html (2773 words)

	Breton JAF Part 3: Pipes and Harp
		More than the vocal tradition, the modern instrumental music of Brittany is deeply influenced by music from the other Celtic countries, largely because of the pan-Celtic sentiments of the revivalists.
		Like the Scottish pipes, the Irish harp is a recent import to Brittany's musical landscape, and one that seems to have survived the transplant to thrive in its new environment.
		The music shows a marked influence of Stivell's work from the same period, which was a blending of Celtic folk with rock and roll.
	dolphin.upenn.edu /~teachnet/Bretonjaf/bretonjaf3.html (1903 words)

	Celtic music in Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Celtic music is primarily associated with the folk traditions of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as the popular styles derived from folk culture.
		It should be noted that a very traditional strain of Irish music exists in Newfoundland, especially in the primarily Irish-Catholic communities along the southern shore.
		There are strong ties between traditional Québécois music and the music of Brittany, Ireland, Scotland and the Maritimes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Celtic_music_in_Canada (478 words)

	Glen Cottage Music \| Bio
		He has been active in the Pacific Northwest folk music scene for over 20 years, performing at many concerts, festivals, and music- and dance camps – as well as the odd pub gig, contradance and ceili.
		Dan’s interest in fiddle music focuses on the styles of Ireland, Québec and Appalachia – as well as the dance music of Brittany – and he has collected much of this music in rambles to many of these places.
		Since then, she has explored dance music from Ireland, Québec, France and Brittany, being especially influenced by the playing of Jacky Daly, Sharon Shannon, Andy Cutting and Yann-Fañch Perroches.
	www.glencottagemusic.com /bio.html (615 words)

	What is Celtic music?
		The music of Brittany is different to Irish music, but is within the playing and listening experience of many Irish traditional musicians.
		The definition of "Celtic" music must start with a definition of what a "Celt" is. The origin of the term goes back to the word keltoi, which was used by the ancient Greeks to refer to certain barbarian tribes.
		The P-Celtic or Brythonic branch consists of Welsh, Cornish and Breton, spoken in Wales, Cornwall and Brittany (Bretagne).
	www.standingstones.com /celtmusic.html (2419 words)

	les Quatre Jean traditional music from Brittany influenced by rock music
		A fusing of 6 musicians from Nantes whose main aim is sharing the enthusiasm they diffuse on stage.
		This group is totally original – there’s nothing else like it : it is a mixture of traditions form Haute Bretagne with a very modern approach to the songs and breton music in general.
		In their third album tunes from Ireland and Brittany are woven around contemporary texts put to music by the group.
	www.alain-pennec.com /celtic_music/les_quatre_jean.html (176 words)

	Brittany - Live Music: The AngloINFO Forum
		Based only on my own experience of trying to promote a live music venue for the last two years, regretfully the music "scene" in Central Brittany, particularly at a local level, is very much in decline.
		Noise abatement legislation has resulted in a purge by the authorities, particularly in larger towns, and in true bureaucratic fashion the letter of the law has been applied regardless of whether there is any impact on neighbouring residential property, and even in locations where no residential property exists at all.
		Our normal clientèle is around 90% Breton but as soon as live music is on the agenda, and bear in mind nearly all the bands we put on are French, they disappear off the face of the earth.
	brittany.angloinfo.com /forum/link.asp?topic_ID=32880 (1009 words)

	Kornog - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		The music of Brittany was introduced to much of the world through the playing of Kornog.
		Although he remained outside of music during the first six years following Kornog's breakup, he began to resurface in 1993.
		He continued to play Breton dance music, while touring and recording with Kornog, forming a band, Pennou Skoulm in 1985.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,454678,00.html (709 words)

	Brittany Maier - AOL Music
		Brittany Maier's Biography : Client Profile : Ambassador Speakers...
		Autistic savant teen Brittany Maier has been able to play a song on the piano after just hearing it since she was 5.
		Download, listen and watch Brittany Maier music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
	music.aol.com /artist/brittany-maier/741986/main (103 words)

	Kornog: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		Like Galicia in Spain, Brittany (in northwest France) nurtures a Celtic culture that is far removed from the Gaelic peoples that most Americans think of as Celts.
		But Brittany, a region in the west of France, is actually home to an entire Celtic subculture with its own very ancient language and a musical tradition that comes partly from eastern Europe and partly from the same sources as the Gaelic music of Ireland and Scotland.
		Silly Wizard's music is at once driving and sensitive, powerful and poignant, at times hypnotic, often humorous, with sensitive group interplay and virtuoso-level musicianship, particularly from brothers Phil (accordion, keyboards, whistles, guitar, vocals) and Johnny (fiddle) Cunningham.
	www.music.com /group/kornog/1 (474 words)

	Celtic Music of Brittany and Cornwall
		However, Celtic music also is found in Brittany in France (Breton NOT Cape Breton), and in Galicia and Asturias in Spain.
		The musical cultures in those areas have not been as prominent as the Irish and Scottish music.
		The Cornish musical tradition came closer to dying out than some of the other celtic traditions, but today is beginning to enjoy a revival.
	www.sfcelticmusic.com /breton_cornish/breton_cornishmusic.htm (928 words)

	Celtic MP3s - THE CHIEFTAINS - traditional irish free music downloads
		Brittany is an ancient Celtic homeland whose language and music are closely related to those of Wales and Cornwall.
		Pure traditional Irish music drawn from three of the band's albums in the late 70s before the band started collaborating with other artists.
		The ambassadors to Irish music depart from traditional music collaborate with Chinese, country, and pop musicians with an incredible result.
	www.celticmp3s.com /bands/the_chieftains (514 words)

	Fan Page for Celtic band Tornaod from Brittany, France
		They began in 1998; their name means "cliff" in the Brittany language.
		They play traditional music, with an influence from rock, new age and folk-rock.
		The music sounds a little like celtic music from Spain, and has rich, interwoven strands of instrumentation and voice.
	www.ndoylefineart.com /tornaod.html (129 words)

	Music in brittany
		Music is central to all popular festivals in Brittany.
		Musicians lead the way and dancers form a human chain that represents just as much a dance as it does a social body.
		Step inside this circle and let yourself be carried by this community spirit...
	www.music-in-brittany.com (55 words)

	Brittany Girl - Celtic harp performance and teaching in Michigan
		The daughter of civil service parents from south east Detroit, Michigan, Michele went to local schools where music of all kinds was celebrated.
		Take a listen as Michele plays her harp, read her latest newsletter, check out the play list or buy a harp music CD for someone special.
		Harp music is said to help relieve pain for the sick, help babies and children to fall asleep and to relieve stress.
	www.brittanygirl.com /index.html (189 words)

	Amazon.com: Keltia: Music from Brittany: Music: Various Artists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Upper Brittany (Haute-Bretagne in French, and Breizh-Uhel in Breton) is the eastern half of Brittany.
		The music is uplifting, and one can imagine oneself watching the musicians and dancers parading down the street.
		Find out in Music You Should Hear, where these and other artists tell you about the music they love.
	www.amazon.com /Keltia-Music-Brittany-Various-Artists/dp/B000001N7D (905 words)

	VH1.com : Kornog : Biography - Urge Music Downloads
		Turning professional in 1976, he toured and recorded with the Battlefield Band until moving to Brittany in 1979.
		He continued to play Breton dance music, while touring and recording with ornog, forming a band, Pennou Skoulm in 1985.
		In addition to working with Kornog, he continues to play in a duo that he shares with uillean piper Ronan Le Bars, and, joined by Lemaitre, in a trio that backs Celtic vocalist Gilles Servat.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/kornog/bio.jhtml (631 words)

	Brittany Wells - Wikimedia Commons
		Brittany Wells (1986-) is an American country music singer and musician.
		Country Music artist Brittany Wells performs for Sailors in the hangar bay aboard USS John F. Kennedy, 28 January, 2005
		Country Music artist Brittany Wells performs for Sailors in the hangar bay aboard USS John F. Kennedy, 28 January, 2005 (cropped)
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Brittany_Wells (119 words)

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