Festival Interceltique de Lorient - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Festival Interceltique de Lorient (fr) or Gouelioù Etrekeltiek An Oriant (br) was founded in Lorient

Lorient

Lorient, or L'Orient, is a commune and a seaport in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.-History:At the beginning of the 17th century, merchants who were trading with India had established warehouses in Port-Louis...

, Brittany

Brittany

Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...

in 1971 by Polig Montjarret. This annual gathering takes place in the heart of the city every August and features Celt

Celt

The Celts were a diverse group of tribal societies in Iron Age and Roman-era Europe who spoke Celtic languages.The earliest archaeological culture commonly accepted as Celtic, or rather Proto-Celtic, was the central European Hallstatt culture , named for the rich grave finds in Hallstatt, Austria....

ic traditional, classical

Classical music

Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...

, folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

, jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

and rock music

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

ians, singers, dancers, painter

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

s, sculptors, writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

s and other artists.

They come from Brittany

Brittany

, Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

, Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

, Ireland

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

, Scotland

Scotland

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, Cumbria

Cumbria

Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...

, the Isle of Man

Isle of Man

The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...

, Cape Breton Island

Cape Breton Island

Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the word Breton, the French demonym for Brittany....

, Galicia, Asturias

Asturias

The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...

, and the entire Celtic diaspora

Diaspora

A diaspora is "the movement, migration, or scattering of people away from an established or ancestral homeland" or "people dispersed by whatever cause to more than one location", or "people settled far from their ancestral homelands".The word has come to refer to historical mass-dispersions of...

The main festival sites are located throughout the city. The more formal events take place at the Palais des Congrès, Grand Théâtre or Église Saint Louis. The larger events take place at the Parc du Moustoir (the home of Lorient Football Club

FC Lorient

Football Club Lorient-Bretagne Sud is a French association football club based in Lorient. The club was founded in 1926 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top level of French football. Lorient plays its home matches at the Stade du Moustoir located within the city. The team is managed by Christian...

which can hold up to 10000 spectators), the Port de Pêche or in grand marquees.

The festival begins with the Cotriade
Cotriade
Cotriade is a fish stew speciality from the French province of Brittany that is made with different kinds of fish, as well as potatoes. Unlike bouillabaisse, another French stew, it usually does not contain shellfish. It is traditionally served by pouring it over toasted French bread.It is known...

(fr) or Kaoteriad (br), a traditional Breton seafood supper, which takes place in the Port de Pêche (fr) or Porzh Pesketa (br) harbour district accompanied by sea shanties and traditional Breton marine music.

On Sunday morning the spectacular Grand Parade of Celtic Nations takes place with over 3500 musicians, singers, pipebands and dancers from all over the Celtic world parading through the city streets in national costume

National costume

Folk costume expresses an identity through costume which usually to a geographic area or a period of time in history, but can also indicate social, marital and/or religious status...

.

The finals of the National Bagadoù
Bagad
A bagad is a Breton band, composed of bagpipes , bombards and drums . The pipe band tradition in Brittany was inspired by the Scottish example and has developed since the mid-20th century...

Championship takes place at the Parc de Moustoir during the first weekend of the festival, with strong competition between Brittany’s finest pipebands. In addition individual competitions take place for pipers.

For those early risers, Master class

Master class

A master class is a class given to students of a particular discipline by an expert of that discipline—usually music, but also painting, drama, or any of the arts....

es take place each morning with some of the world’s premier harpists, accordionists, fiddlers and pipers.

Every afternoon hundreds of performers appear in folk and traditional music concerts and dance displays, and again in the evening there is a choice of several major events, including orchestral concerts, rock concerts and the not to be missed “Nuits Magiques”, spectacular displays of pipe bands, dancers, choirs and fireworks!

Throughout the festival the “Village Celtique” (fr) or “Marc’had Etrekeltiek” (br) is open in the centre of the city offering food, music and literature, clothing and crafts.

On the final Saturday of the festival the focus again returns to the fishing harbour for the Nuit de Port de Pêche, featuring the best of Brittany’s folk and rock musicians.

There is, of course, much activity on the festival fringe, with musicians giving free performances in many of the city’s bars and pubs every evening until late.

The festival organisers have more recently embarked on similar ventures such as the St Patrick's Day concert in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France which attracts a crowd of 70,000 spectators and the Celtica concert in Nantes

Nantes

Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the 6th largest in France, while its metropolitan area ranks 8th with over 800,000 inhabitants....

, Brittany.

2010

Brittany will be the honoured country, for the 40th year of the festival. The Irish group The Cranberries

The Cranberries

The Cranberries are an Irish rock band formed in Limerick in 1989 under the name The Cranberry Saw Us, later changed by vocalist Dolores O'Riordan. The band currently consists of O'Riordan, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan and drummer Fergal Lawler...

will appear. Auckland & District Pipe Band (New Zealand), Machrihanish Dunes Sound of Kintyre Pipe Band (Scotland) De La Salle Scout Group Pipe Band (Ireland)

2009

Airinos de Fene | Al Wasan | Alain Le Goff | Alain Pennec | Andy Irvine

Andy Irvine (musician)

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Berrogüetto

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Carlos Núñez

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| Cibeal | Crema de Gaita | Dalla

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Didier Squiban

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| Dixebra

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Erik Marchand

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| Felpeyu | Fiàin | Fred Morrison

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| Fullset | Gérard Blanchard (Invité Red Cardell) | Gerry O'Connor

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| Gilles Le Bigot | Gilles Servat (Invité Ronsed Mor) | Goran Bregovic

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Karan Casey

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| Le Bour Bodros | Le Vent du Nord

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| Les Calfats | Les Frères Guichen ( Invité Red Cardell

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Misia

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| Morgan Creze | Moxenas Musical Galego | New Ross Pipe Band | Ny Fennee (Isle of Man

Isle of Man

)| Orchestre de Jazz de Bretagne | Ozan Trio | Paddy Keenan

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| Pascal Lamour (Invité Ronsed Mor) | Pennou Skoulm | Pierre Sangra ( Invité Red Cardell

Red Cardell

) | Pradairo | Rag Foundation | Ramoneurs de Menhirs | Red Cardell

Red Cardell

Isle of Man

)| SonDeSeu | Stockbridge Pipe Band | Susana Seivane

Susana Seivane

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| Tailteann | Talar

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| Tan Ban'Ty | Taran

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| Thomas Fersen

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(Invité Red Cardell

Red Cardell

) | Tommy O'Sullivan | Toronto Police Pipe Band

Toronto Police Pipe Band

The Toronto Police Pipe Band is a grade one pipe band based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band was originally formed for local parades and events, and was later used for recruiting drives in World Wars I and II. In the 1970s, the band began competing internationally, and has had considerable...

| Tradition

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2008

Calan

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| Capstern | Carré Manchot | Carreg Lafar

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| Catrin Finch

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| Celtas Cortos

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Dominique Dupuis

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| Dowlais Male Voice Choir | Dulcamara

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| Erik Marchand

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Idir

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| IMG | Iwan B

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| Karigosse | Kekezza | Keltika Highland Dancers | King Chiaullee

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Lily Neill

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| Lleuwen Steffan | Loreena McKennitt

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Moving Hearts

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| Mutenrohi | Nolwenn Korbell

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Pick of the Litter

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Red Hot Chilli Pipers

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| Sibrydion

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| Soïg Siberil | Soldat Louis

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| St Colman's Pipe Band | Startijenn | Sylbat | The Chieftains

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Xera (band)

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2007

Donaire (Galice) | Arvest (Brittany) | Dan Ar Braz

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(Brittany) | Capercaillie

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(Scotland) | The Dubliners

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Luar na Lubre

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(Galicia) | The Mahones

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(Canada) | Y Moniars (Wales) | Fred Morrison

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(Scotland) | Lily Neill

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(USA) | Sinéad O'Connor

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(Ireland) |St Colman's Pipe Band (Ireland) Oi Polloi

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(Scotland) | Alain Pennec (Brittany) | Red Cardell (Brittany) | Red Hot Chilli Pipers

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(Scotland) | Sharon Shannon

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(Ireland) | Solas (USA) | Didier Squiban

Didier Squiban

(Brittany) | Sron (Ireland) | Storvan (Brittany) | Tejedor

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(Asturias) | The Unusual Suspects (Scotland) | Whistlebinkies (Scotland) | Keltika Dancers (Scotland)http://www.keltikadancers.co.uk
Pick of the Litter (Ireland)
| Vale of Clyde Pipe Band (Scotland), Kintyre Schools Pipe Band (Scotland)

2006

Gilles le Bigot (Brittany) | Robin Huw Bowen

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(Wales) | Carreg Lafar

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Deborah Henson-Conant

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(USA) | Tuenda (Asturias) | I Muvrini

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(Corsica) | Gerry O'Connor

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(Ireland) | Merzhin (Brittany) | Carlos Nuñez

Carlos Núñez

(Galicia) | Susana Seivane

Susana Seivane

(Galicia) | The Tannahill Weavers

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(Scotland) | Michel Tonnerre (Brittany) | City of Adelaide Pipe Band

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2005

Nolwenn Korbell

(Brittany) | Llan de Cubel

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(Asturias) | Lúnasa

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(Ireland) | Carlos Nuñez

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(Galicia) | Pat O'May (Brittany) | Denez Prigent (Brittany) | Nóirín Ní Riain

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(Ireland) | Susana Seivane

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(Galicia) | The Silencers (Scotland) | Soldat Louis (Brittany) | John Spillane

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(Ireland) | Didier Squiban

Didier Squiban

(Brittany) | Téada

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(Brittany) | Ny Fennee (Isle of Man)

2004

Christine Collister

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(Isle of Man) | Djiboudjep (Brittany) | Dominique Dupuis (Acadia) | Ronnie Drew

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(Ireland) | Paddy Glackin (Ireland) | Meinir Heulyn (Wales) | Nolwenn Korbell

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Susana Seivane

(Galicia) | Gilles Servat

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(Brittany) | Kathryn Tickell

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(Northumbria) | Triskell (Brittany)
|Kilsyth Thistle Pipe Band (Scotland)

2003

Back of the Moon

Back of the Moon is a Scottish musical group which plays both new and Scottish traditional tunes and songs cast in modern sounding arrangements. Since forming in 2000, the band have toured annually throughout the UK, Canada, USA and eight different European Countries...

(Scotland) | Blazin' Fiddles (Scotland) | I Muvrini

I Muvrini

(Corsica) | Meinir Heulyn (Wales) | José Angel Hevia

Hevia

José Ángel Hevia Velasco, known professionally as Hevia , is a Spaniard bagpiper – specifically, an Asturian gaita player. He commonly performs with his sister, Maria José, on drums...

Karen Matheson

Karen Matheson OBE is a Scottish folk singer, who frequently sings in Scottish Gaelic. She is lead singer of the group Capercaillie and was a member of Dan Ar Braz's group L'Heritage des Celtes, with whom she often sang lead vocals, either alone or jointly with Elaine Morgan...

(Scotland) | Merzhin (Brittany) | Mercedes Péon (Galicia) | Denez Prigent (Brittany) | Sharon Shannon

Sharon Shannon

(Ireland) | Skolvan (Brittany) | Soldat Louis (Brittany) | Tejedor

Tejedor

(Asturias) | Toreth (Wales) | Tri Yann

Tri Yann

Tri Yann is a French band from Nantes , who play folk rock music drawing on traditional Breton folk ballads.The band was founded in 1970 by Jean Chocun, Jean-Paul Corbineau and Jean-Louis Jossic – all of whom remain members – hence the suggested name of Tri Yann an Naoned , Jean and Yann being...

(Brittany) | Amy Wadge

Amy Wadge

-Early life and musical beginnings:Amy Wadge was born and brought up in Backwell, a small village just outside Bristol, England. Her father's passion for music influenced Amy enormously and she was exposed to the sounds of everyone from The Beatles to Elton John, Pink Floyd to Joni Mitchell, from...

(Wales) | The Chivas Regal Pipe Band (Scotland) | Ny Fennee (Isle of Man)

2002

Liam O'Flynn

Liam O'Flynn is a master uilleann piper and prominent Irish folk musician. In addition to an impressive solo career and his work with the Irish traditional group Planxty, O'Flynn has recorded with many prominent international musical artists, including Mark Knopfler, the Everly Brothers, Enya,...

(Ireland) | Alasdair Fraser

Alasdair Fraser

Alasdair Fraser is a Scottish fiddler.Fraser operates Culburnie Records, and is a leading artist on the label. He has founded three summer fiddling programs: the fiddle camp in California , a week-long course on the Isle of Skye and the more recent in California...

(Scotland) | The Hennessys

The Hennessys

The Hennessys are one of Wales' foremost traditional folk music groups.In 1966 Frank Hennessy and Dave Burns , both from Cardiff's Irish community, won a talent competition organised by Cardiff City Council which persuaded them to take up music professionally shortly afterwards, adding Paul Powell ...

Carlos Núñez

(Galicia) | Skolvan (Brittany) | Gilles Servat

Gilles Servat

(Brittany) | Didier Squiban

Didier Squiban

(Brittany) | Katherine Thomas (Wales) | Amy Wadge

Amy Wadge

(Wales) | The Waterboys

The Waterboys

The Waterboys are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland and England. Edinburgh, London, Dublin, Spiddal, New York, and Findhorn have all served as homes for the group. The band has played in a...

(Ireland)

2001

Big Leaves

Big Leaves were a Welsh rock band formed in 1988, originally named Beganifs. They disbanded in 2003, with two members subsequently forming Sibrydion.-History:...

(Wales) | Xose Manuel Budiño (Galicia) | Rita Connolly

Rita Connolly

Rita Connolly is a Dublin-born singer who has lived and worked in Ireland. She is primarily known for her work with composer Shaun Davey Shaun Davey who wrote a song cycle for her called 'Granuaile' based on the 16th century pirate queen Gráinne O'Malley as well as including her in other of his...

(Ireland) | Carré Manchot (Brittany) | Djiboudjep (Brittany) | E.V. (Brittany) | Liam O'Flynn

Liam O'Flynn

Luar na Lubre

Gilles Servat

(Brittany) | Alan Stivell

Alan Stivell

Alan Stivell is a Breton musician and singer, recording artist and master of the celtic harp who from the early 1970s revived global interest in the Celtic harp and Celtic music as part of world music.- Background: learning Breton music and culture :Alan was born in the Auvergnat town of Riom...

(Brittany) | Tartan Amoebas (Scotland) | Yann Tiersen (Brittany) | Tri Yann

Tri Yann

(Brittany) |Queensland Highlanders (Australia)
Baron of Lee Pipe Band (Scotland) | The Pilgrim

The Pilgrim (1983 album)

In 1983, following the hugely successful performance of Shaun Davey's work The Brendan Voyage the previous year, The Festival Interceltique de Lorient commissioned Shaun to compose The Lorient Festival Suite for orchestra and Celtic soloists representing the seven Celtic countries or regions and...

- Shaun Davey

Shaun Davey

- Early years :Shaun Davey was born in Belfast in 1948. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in the history of Art in 1971. He then took a master's degree at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. In the late 1970s, he made his first recording, "Davey and Morris," with Donal Lunny and others...

(Ireland)

2000

Ronan Le Bars (Brittany) | Dan Ar Braz

Dan Ar Braz

Dan Ar Braz, born Daniel Le Bras , is a French guitarist and the founder of Héritage des Celtes.- The apprenticeship years :...

(Brittany) | Arz Nevez (Brittany) | Avalon (Scotland) | Robin Huw Bowen

Robin Huw Bowen

Robin Huw Bowen is a player of the Welsh Triple Harp, known in Welsh as Telyn Deires , and is recognised internationally as the leading exponent of the instrument...

(Wales) | Cajuns Denbo (Wales) | Capercaillie

Capercaillie (band)

(Scotland) | Carré Manchot (Brittany) | The Chieftains

The Chieftains

The Chieftains are a Grammy-winning Irish musical group founded in 1962, best known for being one of the first bands to make Irish traditional music popular around the world.-Name:...

(Ireland) | Clandestine

Clandestine (band)

Clandestine is a Celtic music group from Houston, Texas. Featuring bagpipes, guitar, fiddle, and drums , they play traditional Celtic music as well as some modern tunes in a Celtic style. Some songs include additional instruments like the flute, bombarde and various whistles...

(USA) | Rita Connolly

Rita Connolly

(Ireland) | Diwall (Brittany) | Djiboudjep (Brittany) | Liam O'Flynn

Liam O'Flynn

(Ireland) | Alasdair Fraser

Alasdair Fraser

(Scotland) | Gaelic Storm

Gaelic Storm

Gaelic Storm is a Celtic band. Their music includes traditional Irish music, Scottish music, and original tunes in both the Celtic and Celtic rock genres...

(USA) | Deborah Henson-Conant

Deborah Henson-Conant

Deborah Henson-Conant is an American harpist known for her flamboyant stage presence and refusal to fit the stereotype of a harpist as an angelic blond woman in a long dress....

(USA) | José Angel Hevia

Hevia

José Ángel Hevia Velasco, known professionally as Hevia , is a Spaniard bagpiper – specifically, an Asturian gaita player. He commonly performs with his sister, Maria José, on drums...

(Asturias) | Yann-Fañch Kemener (Brittany) | Manu Lann Huel (Brittany) | Donal Lunny

Dónal Lunny

Dónal Lunny is an Irish folk musician. Lunny has been at the forefront of the evolution of traditional Irish music for more than thirty-five years and has participated within the renaissance of traditional Irish music in that time period...

(Ireland) | Eileen Ivers

Eileen Ivers

Eileen Ivers is an Irish-American musician.Eileen Ivers was born in New York City of Irish-born parents and grew up in the Bronx. She spent summers in Ireland and took up the fiddle at the age of nine. Her teacher was the Irish fiddler Martin Mulvihill. She toured with Mick Moloney's band The...

(USA) | Erik Marchand (Brittany) | Karen Matheson

Karen Matheson

(Scotland) | Merzhin (Brittany) | The Mollag Band (Isle of Man) | Elaine Morgan

Elaine Morgan (singer)

thumb|Elaine Morgan in concert with [[Dan Ar Braz]], 2008Elaine Morgan is a Welsh folk singer born in Cardiff in 1960. She was a member of Dan Ar Braz's group L'Heritage des Celtes, and often sang lead vocals, either alone or jointly with Karen Matheson...

(Wales) | Carlos Nuñez

Carlos Núñez

Gilles Servat

(Brittany) | Skyedance (Scotland) | Sharon Shannon

Sharon Shannon

The Pilgrim (1983 album)

- Shaun Davey

Shaun Davey

(Ireland)

1999

Altan (Ireland) | Armens (Brittany) | Bernard Benoit (Brittany) | Black Label Zone (Brittany) | Dan Ar Braz

Dan Ar Braz

Dan Ar Braz, born Daniel Le Bras , is a French guitarist and the founder of Héritage des Celtes.- The apprenticeship years :...

(Brittany) | Carré Manchot (Brittany) | Carreg Lafar

Carreg Lafar

(Wales) | Djiboudjep (Brittany) | Annie Ebrell (Brittany) | Alasdair Fraser

Alasdair Fraser

Gaelic Storm

Gaelic Storm is a Celtic band. Their music includes traditional Irish music, Scottish music, and original tunes in both the Celtic and Celtic rock genres...

(USA) | Melaine Favennec (Brittany) | Yann-Fañch Kemener (Brittany) | Dougie MacLean

Dougie MacLean

Dougie MacLean OBE is a Scottish singer-songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist.His career started with a traditional band, The Tannahill Weavers, in 1976. His solo career started in 1981 and since then he has recorded numerous albums...

(Scotland) | Michael McGoldrick

Michael McGoldrick

Michael McGoldrick is a flute and tin whistle player. He also plays the Uilleann pipes and low whistle. He is well known for his ability to skate switch and regular with the same level of ability.-Bands:...

(Ireland) | Pat O'May (Brittany) | Malinky (Scotland) | Carlos Nuñez

Carlos Núñez

(Galicia) | Denez Prigent (Brittany) | Sacred Turf (Corwall) | Gilles Servat

Gilles Servat

Didier Squiban

(Brittany) | Stone Age (Brittany) | Tejedor

Tejedor

(Asturias) | Telenn Du (Brittany) | Tri Yann

Tri Yann

(Brittany) | Xeliba (Asturias) [Deirdre Ní Bhuachalla (Ireland)]

1998

Armens (Brittany) | Avalon (Scotland) | Elinor Bennett

Elinor Bennett

Elinor Bennett is a Welsh harpist.Bennett was born in Llanidloes, Wales. As a harpist, she is one of the foremost performers in the world. She has recorded twelve solo albums, and is one of the organisers of the Wales International Harp Festival. She also runs an annual 'Harp College'...

(Wales) | Martyn Bennett

Martyn Bennett

Martyn Bennett was a Scottish musician who was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...

(Scotland) | Black Label Zone (Brittany) | Dan Ar Braz

Dan Ar Braz

Dan Ar Braz, born Daniel Le Bras , is a French guitarist and the founder of Héritage des Celtes.- The apprenticeship years :...

(Brittany) | The Bolingey Troyl Band (Cornwall) | Nollaig Casey (Ireland) | Emma Christian

Emma Christian

Emma Christian is a prominent artist in the recent revival of traditional Manx folk music.Emma was born on the Isle of Man in 1972 and was brought up there on a farm. In 1990, she went to Cambridge University in England to study Celtic history....

(Isle of Man) | De Dannan

De Dannan

De Dannan was an Irish folk music group. They were formed by Frankie Gavin , Alec Finn , Johnny "Ringo" McDonagh and Charlie Piggott as a result of sessions in Hughes's Pub in An Spidéal, County Galway, subsequently inviting Dolores Keane to join the band...

(Ireland) | Djiboudjep (Brittany) | Liam O'Flynn

Liam O'Flynn

Deborah Henson-Conant

Deborah Henson-Conant is an American harpist known for her flamboyant stage presence and refusal to fit the stereotype of a harpist as an angelic blond woman in a long dress....

(USA) | Karma (Brittany) | Kate Me (Brittany) | Lia Luachra (Ireland) | Llan de Cubel

Llan de Cubel

(Asturias) | Mabon (Wales) | Karen Matheson

Karen Matheson

(Scotland) | Natalie MacMaster

Natalie MacMaster

Natalie MacMaster, CM is an award-winning fiddler from the rural community of Troy in Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada who plays Cape Breton fiddle music....

(Cape Breton) | Rhona MacKay (Scotland) | Elaine Morgan

Elaine Morgan (singer)

(Wales) | The Picts (Scotland) | Ramón Prada (Asturias) | Gilles Servat

Gilles Servat

(Brittany) | Soldat Louis (Brittany) | Didier Squiban

Didier Squiban

(Brittany) | Alan Stivell

Alan Stivell

(Brittany) | The Tholtan Builders (Isle of Man) | Kathryn Tickell

Kathryn Tickell

Kathryn Tickell is an English player of the Northumbrian smallpipes and fiddle. She has recorded over a dozen albums, and toured widely.-Life and career:...

(Northumbria) | Whistlebinkies (Scotland) | Wolfstone

Wolfstone

Wolfstone are a Scottish musical group founded in 1989, who play Highland music combined with rock and roll. Their repertoire consists of both original songs and traditional folk pieces. To date, they have released seven studio albums, the latest, Terra Firma, in 2007. The band record on their own...

(Scotland)
|Kirkintilloch RBLS Pipe Band (Scotland) [Deirdre Ní Bhuachalla (Ireland)]

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