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Jean-François Dutertre - 1978 - La ronde des milloraines (Vinyl Rip @320)

November 3, 2016, 10:18 pm
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Never released on CD


Jean-Francois Dutertre is a French singer-songwriter and player of the hurdy-gurdy, épinette des Vosges, and traditional French music. He also plays the bodhran and the bouzouki.
He has been a member of the band Mélusine and a house collaborator on the disk "Le Chant du Monde".

A1 La ronde des Miloraines
A2 La brèche
A3 Bourrée de Saint Antoine
A4 L'habit noir
A5 Le Petit-Musc
A6 Bruine

B1 La salamandre
B2 La fleur de bruyère
B3 Danse de Morgane
B4 La ville de Falaise
B5 Andaine

Jean-François Dutertre - Zither [Épinette Des Vosges], Hurdy Gurdy, Percussion
Dominique Paris - Bagpipes [Northumbrian Pipes]
Dominique Maroutian - Guitar, Banjo
Dominique Regef - Rebec
Yvon Guilcher - Recorder [Flûtes À Bec, Pipeau], Oboe [Hautbois Rustique]
Marc Rapillard - Violin

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Arbadétorne - Garoche ! (2016 France) @320

November 4, 2016, 1:40 am
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Tracklist:
01. La boutique à Jean (Ronde avant-deux)
02. L’empêchement aux bans (Valse)
03. Les gens qui sont riches (Branles de l’Epine)
04. Chatouillouse (Rond de l’île d’Yeu)
05. Mouvante
06. Jo Louis (Mazurka)
07. Grouilli grouillon grouillette (Demi-rond de l’île d’Yeu)
08. C’était une jeune fille (Rond de l’Epine)
09. Jeanneton (Scottish)
10. Deux (Suite d’avant)
11. Bon bon bon (Rond de Barbâtre)
12. Sur le coffre (Maraîchines)
13. Pas d’été à Dhery
14. La dame au miroir (Grand’danse)

Michaël Auger : Accordéon diatonique, Chant  
Maxime Chevrier : Violon, Chant  
Jean-François Rambaud : Guitare acoustique, Chant

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Crackerhash - 1976 [Netherlands] - The Elfin Knight - Vinyl Rip @320

September 14, 2016, 10:07 pm
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Once again, a very rare LP !
Audio samples
 

Entertaining Dutch bar-folk with a Scottish/UK influence (The Watersons), from 1968 to 2004.
Mostly the English influence worked quiet well in Holland and made brilliant examples that should also interest the UK scene.
They made 5 LPs.

Bert Aalbers (accordion, concertina, piano)
Paul Rullmann (guitar, mandolin)
Ineke Aalbers (bodhrán, 1968-82)
Jos Koning (violin, 1974-82),
Jan Haringhuizen (mandolin, 1974-78),
Peter van Rijsbergen (bass guitar, vocals, 1983-?)

A1. Good King Wenceslas (1:15)   
A2. The Quaker's Wife (medley) (5:27)   
A3. One Morning in the Spring (3:39)   
A4. Doodle Let Me Go (1:30)   
A5. Instrumental Medley 1 (5:51)   
A6. George Collins (2:23)   

B1. John the Bone - The Black Joke (1:54)   
B2. The Elfin Knight (2:30)   
B3. Instrumental Medley 2 (3:57)   
B4. Fair Annie (8:39)   
B5. The Huntsman Song (1:30)   
B6. Noble Squire Dacre (2:09)

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John Kirkpatrick - Going Spare (1978 England) @192

November 5, 2016, 10:50 am
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01. The Gas Almost Works (2.36)
02. Dan the Dustman (3.02)
03. Saint George (4.15)
04. What Do Doggies Do When They Get Bogies up Their Nose? (4.38)
05. Slip Jigs: So There I Was / Rosy Cheeks and Purple Bloomers / Bridget's Delight and Fancy (5.05)
06. What Do You Do in the Day? (4.47)
07. Burning the Water (3.36)
08. Jogging Along With Me Reindeer (3.58)
09. As the Sun Was Setting (4.11)
10. Eddie Baker's Muckspreader (7.02)
11. Pepper in the Brandy (3.55)

John Kirkpatrick, vocals, accordion [1-11], concertina [9], kazoo [4], triangle [7];
Stewart Goldring, acoustic and electric guitars [1, 8, 11];
Colin Goldring, bass guitar [1, 8, 11];
Nigel Pegrum, drums [1, 8, 11], tambourines and plummeting tom [8];
Bill Caddick, 12-string guitar [2], Arthur the English bottleneck guitar [2, 11];
Sue Harris, oboe [3, 9], hammered dulcimer [7, 11];
Alan Harris, tenor banjo [4, 5], fretless electric bass [5], banjo and double bowed bass [11];
Derek Pearce, tenor banjo and percussion [4, 5], banjo and cornet [11];
Chorus: Derek Pearce, Alan Harris, Fi Fraser, Martin Brinsford [10];


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Styrbjörn Bergelt - Tagelharpa Och Videflöjt (1979 Sweden) @192

November 10, 2016, 2:16 pm
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Vinyl Rip


01 - A01 - King Orfeo
02 - A02 - Skjeldmöyslått
03 - A03 - Springar Från Sogn
04 - A04 - Melodi Från Vest-agder
05 - A05 - Gökhalling
06 - A06 - Polska Från Järna Finnmark
07 - A07 - Brudmarsch efter Gyris Anders
08 - A08 - Ringlek Från Malung
09 - A09 - Favoriten Efter Anders Söderst
10 - A10 - Kärleksvisa Efter Hjort Anders
11 - B01 - Kruspolskan
12 - B02 - Långsdans Efter Nämndemans Ola
13 - B03 - Sörmländsk Brudlåt
14 - B04 - Sorultäkultä
15 - B05 - Kött Och Vitt Bröd
16 - B06 - Harplaien
17 - B07 - Den brinnande
18 - B08 - Flöjtlaiken
19 - B09 - Brudlaiken
20 - B10 - Laik Nr 3 Efter Hans Rönnqvist
21 - B11 - Ära Tuul Tubaje Tule
22 - B12 - Petis Peiu
23 - B13 - Laulu 1 efter Feodor Pratsu
24 - B14 - Rinkitanssilaulu
25 - B15 - Laulu 2 efter Feodor Pratsu
26 - B16 - Ralli

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Hans P. Og Rasmus Kjorstad - Pusinshi Ulla (2016 Norway) [Free Group Promotion]

November 11, 2016, 2:16 pm
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"Together, we endeavour to play tunes somewhat unsentimentally, by peeling away any national romantic ideas about folk music. We are interested in a form of expression that has a sense of urgency, that grabs the listener and sends them off into the music."

The Kjorstad brothers from Fron are young and ambitious, they are excellent fiddle
players, they are inquisitive and study at The Norwegian State Academy of Music.  They take folk music seriously and are developing a new, powerful form of interplay.

Norwegian folk music comes into its own when performed solo. That's because the tunes often have a simple basic shape which, through ornamentation, greater or lesser variations, as well as personal characteristics regarding tonality and rhythm, become much more sophisticated and impulsive music. Together with kveding (solo, traditional singing), or "to sing in the old way" as Kristian P. Åsmund Stad called it, fiddle music is one of the most distinctive forms of cultural expression we have.

The history of arranged folk music in Norway is much less interesting. At one time, Norwegian folk music was heavily influenced by classical European music. In this national romantic form of expression, the most important elements of folk music vanish, namely the peculiar tonality, the asymmetrical rhythms and the uneven structures. The music became more streamlined and less distinctive.

"We have been so lucky to grow up with this music, but we have also wanted to go in other directions, such as the baroque music of, amongst others, J.S. Bach and H.I.F. Biber, via the 1960s and 1970s folk revival in the United Kingdom, to contemporary and improv performers such as Nils Økland, Christian Wallumrød, Streifenjunko, Sheriffs of Nothingness, Moskus and others associated with record labels such as SOFA, ECM and Hubro.

It is, in any case, our enormous respect for the older tunes tradition in Gudbrandsdalen that lies at the core of this project, and we thrive on taking ahold of something that is extremely local and placing it into a larger context. 

The engineer, Audun Strype, understood immediately that we wanted to bring out the raw and unpolished aspects of the music. He has, in many ways, been a theme throughout the project; with roots in Fron, he has traveled around the world in service for all kinds of strange music. With great support from producer Anders E. Røine, we now have the confidence to truly run with this idea."


   

You can buy it from:
ITunes, Spotify, Wimp and all other big streaming companies.
And also from the label: www.talik.no


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René Werneer - L'Habit De Plumes (France 1977) @320

November 14, 2016, 5:01 pm
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Vinyl Rip - Not released on CD
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In the family, or rather the group of the best French musicians, I ask the violinist ... 
Small reminder of history. René WERNEER, flammande of origin, is basically a traveling musician, which was formed by attending rallies and music artists including folk in the 60s with his friend guitarist Gabriel Yacoub, they are enrolled in the legendary group that accompanied Alan Stivell in the early 70s (for me the biggest francophone group in history), alongside guitarist Dan Ar Braz and drummer Michel Santangeli. Alan dissolved the group in 1975 and some of its former musicians including WERNEER and Ys Santangeli form the group which publishes his only album, Madam Frontier in 1976. The experience is exciting and the least well received, but Rene is unsatisfied. He left Ys becomes Keris, officiates during a small year in Malicorne group of his friend Gabriel Yacoub replacing Laurent Vercambre and share record his first solo album in London, with a few choice of musicians like Alvarez-Claude Pereyre, guitarist Jean-Luc Chevalier (which is found later with Tri Yann), bassist Claude Le Peron (who would later ... with Jean-Jacques Goldman!) and English multi-instrumentalist Brian Gulland who will play later with Malicorne and Gabriel Yacoub. 


1. L'habit De Plumes
2. La Fille Aux Dragons
3. Belle, Je Me Suis Levé
4. Reel De Saint Irénée
5. L'ordre Du Roi
6. Basse Danse D'allevans
7. La Sainte Madeleine
8. Les Métamorphoses


- René Werneer (vocals, violin, organ, harmonium, dulcimer) 
- Claude Alvarez Pereyre (guitars, violin, harmonium, portable organ, Arran) 
- Jean-Luc Chevalier (guitars, bass) 
- Claude Le Peron ( bass) 
- Jean Knight (drums, timpani, drums, tambourine) 
- Brian Gulland (bassoon, crumhorns, flute recorder) 
- Gustav Klarkson (alto) 
- Timothy Kraemer (cello) 

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René Werneer - Ecoutez Tous Pauvres Et Riches (France 1978) @320

November 14, 2016, 6:32 pm
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Vinyl Rip - Not released on CD
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01 - Branle De Daigny
02 - Le Sort Des Mariniers
03 - Pavotte
04 - A) Au Châteu De Belfort B) Pavanne
05 - Allemagne Du Duc De Brunswick
06 - Allemande D' Entrecasteaux
07 - Arles Qui Est En France
08 - Le Récit Des Plus Grandes Misères
09 - Le Docteur Bull Va A La Chatre
10 - Ecoutez Tous Pauvres Et Riches
11 - Gaillarde
12 - Pavanne De Thomas Morley


René Werneer: violon, orgues, clavecin, chant
Pierre Roussel: basse 
Pierre Marcault: batterie
John Faure: banjo, guitare, chant 
Patrice Quef: enregistrement

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René Werneer - Musiques Traditionnelles Et Savantes Pour Les Violons (France 1981) @320

November 21, 2016, 8:26 am
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Vinyl Rip - Not released on CD
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01 - La Danse Du Roi - Cortège Du Fou
02 - Deuil Et Souci
03 - Planxty Scott
04 - Spike Island Reel
05 - Volte Anglaise
06 - Gaillarde
07 - Almain's Reel
08 - The Queenes Almain
09 - Paddy O' Rourke's Fancy (Jig)
10 - D'où Viens-tu (Gaillarde)
11 - Canzonetta A 3
12 - Les Miens Aussi
13 - Planxty Nancy Vernon
14 - Brogan's Reels
15 - Courante
16 - Pavane A 3
17 - Cronin's Jigs
18 - Basse Danse De Couserans
19 - Pavane
20 - Bourrée - L'âge
21 - Volte Française
22 - Canzon A4


- René Werneer - Violons


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Mélusine - 1977 - Lève-toi et danse! (Vinyl Rip) @320

November 21, 2016, 8:42 am
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Tracklisting

A1 Rondeaux    
A2 Laridé
A3 En Dro
A4 Bourrées à 2 temps
A5 Rond d'Argenton
A6 Bourrées d'Auvergne


B1 Polkas
B2 En avant-deux
B3 Rond de Saint Vincent
B4 Cercle circassien
B5 Mazurka - mazurka-valse - mazurka


Crédits

Bodhrán, Bouzouki, Hurdy Gurdy, Vocals, Zither [Épinette Des Vosges] – Jean-François Dutertre
Bodhrán, Oboe [Chalémie], Crumhorn, Oboe, Recorder, Vocals, Bagpipes [Musette Renaissance], Clarinet, Recorder – Yvon Guilcher
Melodeon [Diatonic Accordion], Vocals, Recorder, Zither [Épinette Des Vosges], Bodhrán – Jean-Loup Baly
Violin – Marc Rapillard
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Gabriel Yacoub - The Simple Things We Said (France 2002) @VBR

November 24, 2016, 2:34 pm
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By Request.

It is originally an American production (New York label Prime CD) intended for the American market but the album is also available in France (exclusively) via the site of Gabriel Yacoub. The Simple Things We Said is a collection of Gabriel's entirely acoustic songs, new & old, augmented by some unpublished. The album is released mid January 2002 in the United States at the time Gabriel is at the beginning of a US tour of 14 dates.


01 - The Simple Things We Said
02 - Dame  Petite Dame
03 - Le Jeu Des Grillons  Je Serai Ta Lune
04 - Le Garcon Jardinier
05 - Mes Belles Anciennes Compagnes
06 - Letter From America
07 - Ami  Âme  Amen
08 - Pluie D'elle
09 - Jour De Lessive
10 - You Stay Here
11 - Désir
12 - Ces Dieux-Là
13 - Beauté  12Th Song Of The Thunder
14 - Les Choses Les Plus Simples

Gabriel Yacoub: guitar, mandolin, mandocello, autoharp, vocals
Nathalie Rivière: violin, vocals
Yannick Hardouin: bass, mélodica, electric piano, vocals
Gilles Chabenat: vielle à roue
Jean-Claude Auclin: cello
Sylve Berger: vocals
Brian Gulland: bassoon
Nicolaïvan Mingot: slide guitar, guitar J.P. Arnoux—percussion
Kate & Anna McGarrigle: vocals
Elizabeth Boudjema, Virginie Michaud, Pascale Jaupart: strings

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Gabriel Yacoub - Yacoub (France 2001) @320

November 24, 2016, 3:36 pm
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1. Mes Belles Anciennes Compagnes (3:24)
2. Si C'Était (4:47)
3. Gris (5:29)
4. You Stay Here (3:05)
5. Trahison (4:45)
6. Pour Une Joie Au Loin (3:05)
7. Dame: Petite Dame (2:58)
8. Les Rues Des Vieilles Capitales (3:36)
9. Le Poids Du Passé (4:13)
10. Je Vois Venir (3:05)
11. L'Amour Marin (7:47)

Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Mandocello – Gabriel Yacoub
Bagpipes [Uilleann] – Ronan Le Bars
Cello – Jean Claude Auclin
Hurdy Gurdy – Gilles Chabenat
Violin – Nathalie Rivière
Vocals – Sylvie Berger
Cello – Paul-Antoine De Rocca Serra
Acoustic Bass – Yannick Hardouin
Percussion – Paul Jothy
Violin – Fayçal Kourrich
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Nicolas-Yvan Mingot
Low Whistle – Ronan Le Bars
Percussion – Jean-Pierre Arnoux
Trombone – Jorgi Kornazov
Keyboards – Hughes De Courson
Trumpet – Martin Saccardy
Organ [Hammond] – Yannick Hardouin
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Pererin - Teithgan (1981 Wales) @320

November 25, 2016, 3:59 am
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Awesome second longplayer by Welsh psychedelic folk-rockers Pererin. Traditional Welsh folk meets rock with psychedelic guitar leads, flute, male/female vocals... This was originally released in 1981 on the Gwerin label and for many it is their best work, and it's definitely its rarest one. Exact repro of the original, including the insert. Definitely one of the best albums of the genre, another superb rarity brought to you with a legit reissue by Guerssen.
(green-brain-krautrock.de)

Pererin biography
PERERIN, meaning "Piligrim" in Welsh, is to Wales what RUNRIG has been to Scotland, only more so. They perform traditional and traditionally inspired original material that combines spiritual and romantic themes with a strong helping of Nationalistic pride and a desire to preserve their own unique culture. They sang only in Welsh, and even English sleeve notes are even hard to find. Their original
LPs command a high price, but recent CD reissues have guaranteed their accessibility and their legacy.
Pererin evolved from a more overtly progressive rock group named BRAN that released three albums between 1975 and 1978, to release three of their own from 1980 to 1982. While PERERIN emphasized the folk element, they were no less
progressive, thanks to thoughtful arrangements that featured plenty of mellotron and mildly acidic electric guitar, imaginative percussion, ambitious song structures, and various mood shifts. The variety of styles explored was impressive, from very traditional to symphonic to country flavoured to just plain eclectic, so unless you have a real aversion to folk or non-English songs, you will find something to like among Pererin's rich if abbreviated legacy.
 
 Tracklist:
1. Y Drws (Hearts Door) (4:16)
2. Y Gwr O Gefn Birth (The Man from Cefn Brith) (4:20)
3. Ddoi Di Dei (Will you come Dai) (3:40)
4. Draw Dros Y Bryniau (Far over the hills) (4:02)
5. Mae Nghariad in Fenws (My Love) (3:52)
6. Symffoni Lawen (Joyful Symphony) (3:02)
7. Teithgan (Journey) (5:25)
8. Ble'r Wyt Ti'n Myned (Where are you going my Fair Maid) (4:43)
9. Diferion (A Few Trickles) (1:30)
10. Mynydd Parys (Pary's Mountain) (5:13)

Arfon Wyn ab Eurig - acoustic guitars, vocals
Charli Goodall - acoustic and electric guitars, vocals
Einion Williams - bodhran, congas
Aneurin Owen - flute, keyboards, backing vocals
Lilo Haf - flute, keyboards, backing vocals







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Pererin - Haul Ar Yr Eira (Sun of the Snow) (1980 Wales) @320

November 25, 2016, 7:01 am
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Tracklist:
1. Haul Ar Yr Eira (Sun on the Snow)
2. Titrwm Tetrwm
3. Dechrau Y Gan
4. Can Y Melinydd (The Flour Miller)
5. Ni Welaf Yr Haf
6. Royal Charter
7. Gloyn Byw
8. Llongau Caernarfon (Canarvon ships)
9. Hiraeth Y Mor (Yearning)
10. Pan Ddaw Y Brenin Yn Ol (Here comes the Crooked old King)

Arfon Wyn ab Eurig - guitars, vocals
Charli Goodall - guitars, bass, vocals
Einion Williams - bodhran, congas, bongos
Aneurin Owen - flute
Nest Llwelyn - vocals, keyboards
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Pererin - Tirion Dir (1982 Wales) @320

November 25, 2016, 7:21 am
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Tracklist:
1. Llosgi Yn Fflam (Burn Crooked Flame)
2. Harri'r VIII (Henry VIII)
3. Boed Fy Nghalon
4. Niwl a Than (Foggy Dew)
5. Lisa Lan
6. Y Gelynen
7. Gweld y Gwir (See the Truth)
8. O Ferch y Ffair (The Fair Girl)
9. Y Capten Newydd
10. Mynwent Eglwys (Churchyard)

Arfon Wyn ab Eurig - acoustic and electric guitars, vocals
Einion Williams - bodhran, congas, bongos
Emyr Afan - 6 and 12 string acoustic guitar, vocals
Sioned Webb - mandolin, flutes, whistles, synthesizer, backing vocals
Gethyn Evans - bass






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Pererin - Yng Ngolau Dydd (1985 Wales) @320

November 25, 2016, 7:37 am
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Tracklist:
1. Yng Ngolau Dydd
2. Mab y Saer
3. Cyntaf dydd o Fai
4. Ar gyfer heddiw'r bore
5. Dacw Nghariad i Lawryn y Berllan
6. Can Job
7. Hogia Llandegai
8. Jasmin
9. Mae gen i farch glas
10. Y Ddraenen Wen
11. Bachgen bach o Lyn
12. Henffych i ti

Arfon Wyn : guitar, mandolin,bouzouki,vocals
Dafydd Wyn : guitar
Emyr Afan : guitar,vocals
Mair Davies : soddgrwth
Einion Williams : bodhran, congas, bongos,percussion
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Gabriel Yacoub - Quatre (France 1994) @320

November 25, 2016, 5:29 pm
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By Requet

01 - Solide
02 - Leplus rapide des oiseaux
03 - Tant pis que l'exil
04 - Beauté Twelfth song of the thunder
05 - Letter from America
06 - Je suis à court
07 - Tourne tourne
08 - La mariole
09 - Les blés sur l'eau
10 - Regarde bien petit
11 - Le sel et le sucre
12 - Ces dieux-là
13 - Les bannières qui claquent
14 - LFA [reprise]

Gabriel YACOUB (Adaptation (paroles), Auto harp, Guitare, Mandoline, Mandocello, Auteur de la musique, Parolier, Voix)
Mélaine FAVENNEC (Auteur de la musique, Parolier, Voix)
Jacques BREL (Auteur de la musique, Parolier)
Patrice CLEMENTIN (Auto harp, Didjeridu, Keyboards, Kora, Percussion, Piano)
Nikki MATHESON (Voix)
Paul BRADY (Voix)
Yannick HARDOUIN (Basse)
Jean-Pierre ARNOUX (Drums)
Nicolaïvan MINGO (Guitare électrique, Slide guitar)
Gilles CHABENAT (Percussion, Vielle à Roue [Hurdy-gurdy])
Jean-Pierre RASLE (Cornemuse)
Gildas ARZEL (Backing vocals, Slide guitar)
Elizabeth BOUDJEMA (Violon)
Claire-Hélène SCHIRRER-GARY (Violon)
Virginie MICHAUD (Alto violin)
Pascale JAUPART (Violoncelle)
Jean BLANCHARD (Cornemuse)
Manu LE HOUËZEC (Bombarde, Cromorne, Flûte, Saxophone, Tin whistle)
Elie ACHKAR (Qanun)
Sylvie BERGER (Voix)
Brian GULLAND (Basson, Flûte à bec, Hautbois)
Eric MONTBEL (Cornemuse)
Robert AMYOT (Cornemuse)
François HADJI-LAZARO (Accordéon, Kaval [Bulgarian flute])


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Alan Stivell - 'Raok Dilestra - Avant D'Accoster [FRENCH VERSION] (France 1977) @320

November 26, 2016, 4:12 pm
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Vinyl Rip - Not released on CD
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'Raok Dilestra is the ninth original album by Alan Stivell and his seventh studio album, released in 1977. It was published on CD in 1992 with a distribution by Dreyfus / Sony Records Music. It is an album-concept, entirely composed by Alan Stivell, retracing the stages of the history of Brittany at first, then the events that the Britons experienced in the twentieth century, finishing, turned towards the future, By a "free Britain" chanted in three languages. A step he considers necessary in his transmission cycle before turning to the future.


Face A - Tu A : Hon Amser-Dremenet (Notre Passé) ( En Enor- Dédié à - Glenmor) 
1 - Ar Gelted Kozh (Les Anciens Celtes) (4:20)
2 - Ar Vritoned 'Ba' Inis-Breizh (Les Britons Dans L'Ile De Bretagne) (1:59)
3 - Les Britons En Armorique (Ar Vritoned D'An Arvorig) (1:25)
4 - Rouantelezh Vreizh (Le Royaume De Bretagne)  (3:22)
5 - Dugelezh Vreizh (Le Duché De Bretagne) (3:04)
6 - Le Traité D'Union Franco-Breton (An Aloubidigezh Gant Bro-C'Hall) (1:03)
7 - Emsawadegoù (Révoltes) (2:11)
8 - La Révolution Française Et Le 19e Siècle (Dispac'H Bro-C'Hall Ag An 19e Kantwed)  (2:25)
9 - Première Moitié Du 20e Siècle (Lodenn Gentan An Ugentwed Kantwed) (2:36)
10 - Eil Lodenn An Ugentwed Kantwed (Deuxième Moitié Du 20e Siècle) (2:36)

Face B - Tu B : Hon Amser-Vreman (Notre Présent)
11 - Da Ewan (A Ewan)  (4:12)
12 - Gwriziad Difennet (Racines Interdites) (3:19)
13 - Marw Ewid E Fobl (Mort Pour Son Peuple) (4:11)
14 - Naw Breton 'Ba' Prizon (Neuf Breton En Prison) (5:03)
15 - Tamm-Kreiz New' (Nouveau Tamm-Kreiz) (1:34)
16 - Plinn (Slogan) (3:11)


Alan Stivell : chant, lecture, harpes celtiques, cornemuse écossaise, bombarde, flûte irlandais, claviers
Dan Ar Braz : guitares électriques et acoustiques, chœurs
Padrig Kerre : mandole, dulcimer, fiddle, chant
André Hervé : claviers
Michel Hervé : basse
Jean-Luc Danna : percussions, batterie
Yann-Jakez Hassold : chant
Maria Popkiewicz : chant
Brigitte Hassold : lecture
Adam Skeaping : violoncelle
Lyn Dobson : flûte traversière, sitar, tablas, psalterion
Richard Harvey : cromorne, flûte à bec
Bagad Bleimor (avec les penn-soner Yann-Fañch ar Merdy et Youenn Sicard)

Naw Breton 'ba' prizon et Gwriziad difennet (pistes 12 & 14) :
Clément Bailly : batterie
Dominique Luro : claviers
Patrick Kiffer : basse
Dave Swarbrick : fiddle
Alain Hatot : saxophone ténor (piste 12)
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Alan Stivell - Live in Dublin (France 1978) @320

November 27, 2016, 2:04 pm
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In Dublin is a folk/rock album by Alan Stivell, recorded live at the National Stadium, Dublin, on 26 and 27 November 1974, and originally released in 1975.

The album was produced by Alan Stivell and Peter Rice for Keltia III. It was recorded by Frank Owen on the Island Mobile, and mixed by Howard Kilgour at Island Studios. The original LP release (in the UK, Fontana 9299 547) was cut at Apple Studios, with sleeve photography by Roy Esmonde and Ian Gwenic and design by Alain Batifoulier and Blandine Durand. Packaged with the original LP was a poster drawn by Irish artist Jim Fitzpatrick.
 

01 - Spered Hollvedel
02 - Delivrance
03 - Ha Konpren't Vin Erfin
04 - Tenwal Eo'r Bed
05 - Digor Eo An Hent
06 - Debhair An Rinceoir
07 - Pachpi Kozh Pachpi New
08 - Laridenn
09 - Ton-Bale Pourled
10 - Bal Ha Dans Plinn
11 - An Droiou

Alan Stivell: Vocals, Harp [Celtic], Bombarde, Flute [Irish], Bagpipes
Padrig Mollard: Bagpipes
Pierre Mayel: Bagpipes
Jacky Thomas: Bass 
Mik Ar Biz & Padrig Sicard: Bombarde
Michel Santangeli: Drums
Dominique Mollard: Drums [Scottish]
Rene Werner: Fiddle, Dulcimer
Alan Kloater: Flute, Bombarde, Other [Biniou Kozh] 
Dan Ar Bras: Guitar [Acoustic & Electric]
Pascal Stive: Organ


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Hanggai - Introducing Hanggai (2008 China) @256m4a

November 28, 2016, 4:46 am
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Sometimes, an album takes you so by surprise that it takes days to get your mind around just how much you like it. Hanggai's debut was like that for me-- this record floored me the first time I played it. Simply described, this album takes traditional Mongolian folk music and instrumentation and projects them into a loosely rock-based structure. This is not really a folk album, though it sometimes has the feel of one. Producers Robin Haller and Matteo Scumaci, Westerners both, allow the band to straddle the folk and pop worlds, creating something new and exhilarating in the process.

Hanggai are a Beijing-based sextet of Mongolian musicians, a few of whom originally hail from China's Inner Mongolia province. Two of the members play the morin khuur (horse-hair fiddle), while another plays the tobshuur, a two-stringed lute, and these instruments comprise the foundation of their sound. Tobshuur player and bandleader Ilchi was formerly in a Beijing punk group and put this band together after hearing the traditional khoomei throat-singing technique. Enthralled by the sound of this centuries-old singing style, he went to Inner Mongolia to learn it, where he ultimately met fiddle players Hugejiltu and Bagen. The combination of the group members' raspy, deep throat singing with a Western compositional sense of tension, build-up, and release is hard to describe apart from saying that it works very well.

It is rare that such attempts to modernize (read: Westernize) traditional folk forms actually enhance the power of the music, but that is the case here. Haller and Scumaci's very subtle additions of electric guitar, bass, and electronic textural elements nicely complement the traditional instrumentation-- the fiddles can produce long drones or billowing melodic figures, and the tobshuur is often used to give the songs a heart-racing rhythmic underpinning, with the help of some hand percussion.

The album's stunning centerpiece, "Five Heroes", opens with a long passage of throat-singing, with one member producing a steady, low drone while another manipulates the high, whistling overtones produced by it. The minimal guitar part has elements of surf, and is later used to inject a long, descending phrase between the verses. It's stunningly dramatic, and on hearing it my wife remarked that, even though they were singing in Mongol, she could feel the storytelling taking place in the lyrics. I have to agree.

The album is well-balanced between up-tempo and down-tempo offerings, and fast, rhythmic tracks like "Flowers". The natural ease with which these young musicians fit their mother culture's traditional musical arsenal into structures provided by another culture is remarkable-- unlike that horrible Yat-Kha album with the awkward throat-singing covers of Joy Division and Motörhead from a few years ago, there is never a sense of novelty in this music, just the sense that these unique, singular traditions can have a place in music moving forward.

And that's perhaps the biggest reason that Hanggai's debut is an unmitigated success. It distills everything powerful about Mongolian folk music and makes something new from the ingredients. If you like this, I recommend trying out some actual traditional Mongolian music, though an understanding of it isn't remotely necessary to enjoy Hanggai. As it is, if you've never heard throat-singing or given a second (or even first) thought to Central Asian music, this album is a great place to start. Moreover, it succeeds on a purer level than that, as transcendently powerful music that anyone from anywhere can understand.

Tracklist:
1.    My Banjo and I    5:10
2.    Yekul Song    3:46
3.    Zhaoderen Nana    3:56
4.    Five Heroes    2:37
5.    Flowers    5:33
6.    Haar Hu    3:26
7.    Wuji    2:01
8.    Lullaby (Borulai)    2:57
9.    Drinking Song    4:02
10.    Four Seasons    3:01
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