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Breton Music Resources
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Gwerz.com Comprehensive listing and web pages of hundreds of Breton bands, old and new (French)
Guide to Music in Brittany The International Committee for the Defense of the Breton Language (ICBL) Breton Music Guide (English)
La Musique Celtique Concert dates, group information, song lyrics, links etc. (French)
La Page Trad Pages dedicated to Traditional Music around the World. Lots of Breton & French information.
Ceolas Celtic Music Archive The Grandfather of Celtic music web pages
Celtic Music Newsgroup Celtic Music Newsgroup. This is a Usenet service. Use a newsreader or Google Groups to access it.
MusicTrad General site for traditional music in France (French)
Bodadeg Ar Sonerion Association of sonneurs and bagadoù in Brittany. (English, Breton & French)
Son ha Ton Breton song web page. (French)
Yann-Fañch Perroches' Breton MIDI Tunes Breton MIDI page with information on dance origins by the former Skolvan accordionist Yann-Fañch Perroches. (English & French)
"Breton Folk Music, Breton Identity, And Alan Stivell's Again" Steve Winick's Breton folk music essay. (English)
Keltia Music Major Breton record label (French)
Sonneurs.com Site for Breton and Celtic music and musicians: directory, forum, events listings (French)
Dirty Linen
Folk, Electric folk, Traditional & World information
Folk Roots The world's leading roots, folk and world music magazine
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Instrumental and Dance Ensembles (Modern Folk Bands)
Kornog The legendary Breton band has been revived! (English & French)
Skeduz The top fest-noz band in Brittany today (English & French)
Skolvan - Traditional music from Brittany One of the prime exponents of Breton dance music today (English & French)
Gwerz One of the most respected bands in Brittany; a gathering of legends (French)
Barzaz All-star lineup performing "gwerz" songs (traditional epic ballads) (French)
Duo Veillon-Riou Jean-Michel Veillon and Yvon Riou (French)
Hastañ Top fest-noz band... with a great sense of humor (French)
Celtic Fiddle Festival Trio of fiddlers from Ireland (Kevin Burke), Scotland (Johnny Cunningham) and Britanny (Christian Lemaitre).
Loened Fall fest-noz group performing kan ha diskan dance music (French)
The House Band English traditional/celtic group.
Sklerijenn Dances from west and east Brittany and original compositions (English, French, Spanish and Breton)
Costard Ouate Music and dance from Brittany and the Celtic countries (French)
Tri Yann Web
Web page of one of the oldest & most popular Breton bands (English & French)
Trouz Bras "Trouz Bras" means Big Noise in the Celtic language of Brittany--a band in New England which performs the dance music of Brittany.
Diaouled Ar Menez One of the oldest trad bands in Brittany (French)
Kazimodal Music from Brittany, Central & Southwest France, Alsace, Renaissance,... (French)
Duo Dom DufF-Lamour Breton Music & Song (French)
Plantec Breton electro-rock fest-noz quintet (French). Also on MySpace: www.myspace.com/plantec
Sonner (Instrumentalists)
Jean-Michel Veillon Jean-Michel is widely recognized as one of the finest players of the wooden flute in the Celtic musical tradition (French)
Soïg Sibéril Guitar master (French)
Alain Stivell The father of the contemporary Breton folk revival (French)
Kristen Noguès Modern and traditional Breton harpist (French)
Yvon Riou Top Breton guitarist (French)
Patrick Molard Top Breton piper (Binou Braz, Binou Kozh, Irish pipes)
Jacky Molard Violinist, arranger and composer (French)
Dominique Molard Percussionist (French)
Yann-Fañch PERROCHES A master of the Breton Accordéon diatonic, Yann-Fañch was a founding member of Skolvan. (English, French, Breton & Italian)
Alain Pennec Accordionist and teacher (French)
Dan Ar Braz Breton Guitarist (French)
Roger Poitevin Diatonic accordionist, with tabature and dance info. (English & French)
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Kaner (Singers)
Yann-Fañch Kemener Brittany's most famous vocalist (French)
Eric Marchand Gwerz songs and Breton fusion
Gilles Servat Breton and French folk songs (French)
Annie Ebrel Gwerz singer (French)
Anne Aufftet Singer and harpist (French)
Dom Duff Singer and guitarist
Bagadoù (Pipe Bands)
The Kemper Bagad Web Page of one of the finest Breton Bagads (English & French)
Bagad Lann-Bihoué Famous pipe band from the Military base in southern Brittany (French)
Bagad Vannes One of the few bagads which has performed in the US (French)
Bagad Keriz Award-winning Bagad (French)
Bombarde and Binou Duos
Jean Baron and Christian Anneix One of the top binou-bombarde duos in Brittany (French)
Fusion (Traditional-Contemporary Hybrids)
Alain Genty 5-string basist and composer (French)
Jaques Pellen Breton-jazz fusion guitarist (French)
Mugar Breton-Celtic-Berber music (English & French)
L'Ange Vert Original compositions & fusion of Breton rhythms and electric rock (English & French)
Diwall Breton, Irish, African percussion... (French & Breton)
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The On Bouge! Breton Crib Sheet Descriptions of Breton dances. (English & French)
Danses Bretonnes Breton Dance page (French)
Logiciel Musique & Danses en Bretagne
Developing software for teaching Breton dances. (French)
Fest-Nos
Sound files for many Breton dances. (French)
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Festival Interceltique The largest Celtic festival in the world, held in Lorient, Brittany (French)
US Representative: Jan Zollars
e-mail: jan.zollars @ hccs.edu
Festival de Cornouaille Music and Dance festival in Western Brittany. (French)
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Bombarde FAQ Frequently asked questions for those just beginning to play the classic Breton instrument (English)
Alden Hackmann's Hurdy-gurdy Home Page The definitive Hurdy-gurdy Homepage (English)
Daniel LaFontaine Electric Violins & Cellos, bouzouki, Psaltreys, Dulcimers and Bodhráns (French)
The Diatonic Accordion Collective of Brittany (CADB) The Diatonic Accordion Collective of Brittany (CADB) (French)
Bernard Loffet Maker of accordions. (English & French)
The Bagpipes of Poitou Page dedicated to the "Veuze," or ancient Breton Bagpipe (English)
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The International Committee for the Defense of the Breton Language Established in 1975 in Brussels, Belgium, to support the Breton language and recognize its place in the schools, media and public life of Brittany. Excellent links to Breton language web sites (English)
Bretons.org (English Version)
Resources for Bretons living in the US.
Gold Ring CD and Book Store The only on-line bookstore that features a good selection of books in English on Brittany
Web of on-line Dictionaries Great resource for finding Celtic language dictionaries
Languages-on-the-Web - Breton Page The Breton page of the Languages-on-the-Web Language Links site (English)
The Alternative Breton Dictionary English/Breton slang dictionary
L'Organisation des Bretons de l'Extérieur Breton Culture "e-zine" (mostly French)
Ethnologue Language Database - Breton
Breton Language listing in an incredibly interesting and indispensable linguistic database. Check out this page for all Celtic languages (English)
SMO Brezhoneg
Excellent Breton Language tutor in English
soc.culture.celtic General Celtic Cultural Newsgroup
Breton Cultural Newsgroup
Dave's French Links
Go to "Search Engine" and do a keyword search for "Breton" and you'll come up with some interesting information...
Ar Bed Keltiek Web pages of 2 Celtic book shops in Brittany (English & French)
Brittany Tourist Board
Breton tourist board (English & French)
Bretagne.com
Breton touist info site (English version may be under construction)
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