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À L'Olympia (Alan Stivell Album)
''À l'Olympia'' (Also called ''At the Olympia'' and ''Olympia Concert'') was Stivell's first live album, recording at L'Olympia. It was released by Fontana in 1972. Background Significance This live concert was divided into two parts: the first acoustic folk, the second part being electric folk in a style then known as Celtic rock. The evening is a musical tour around the Celtic fringe, from Brittany northwards. It was broadcast live on one of the three radio stations in France (seven million listeners live on Radio Europe 1) Alan Stivell was accompanied by Dan Ar Braz on guitar, Michel Santangelli (the future drummer for Jacques Higelin) on percussion, Gabriel Yacoub, René Werneer, Pascal Stive, Gérard Levasseur, Serj Parayre and Michaël Klec’h. ''Stivell à l'Olympia'' sold a staggering 1,500,000 copies in just over a year (more than 2 million thereafter) and put both Stivell and Breton music on the cultural map once and for all Context and impact 1972, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Stivell
Alan Stivell (; born Alan Cochevelou on 6 January 1944) is a French, Breton and Celtic musician and singer, songwriter, recording artist, and master of the Celtic harp. From the early 1970s, he revived global interest in the Celtic (specifically Breton) harp and Celtic music as part of world music. As a bagpiper and bombard player, he modernized traditional Breton music and singing in the Breton language. A precursor of Celtic rock, he is inspired by the union of the Celtic cultures and is a keeper of the Breton culture. Musical career Early life and career beginnings Alan Stivell was born in the Auvergnat town of Riom. His father, Georges (Jord in Breton) Cochevelou, was a civil servant in the French Ministry of Finance who achieved his dream of recreating a Celtic or Breton harp in the small town of Gourin, BrittanyJT Koch (ed). ''Celtic Culture. A Historical Encyclopaedia'' ABC-CLIO 2006 pp. 1627–1628 and his mother Fanny-Julienne Dobroushkess was of Lithuanian- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Yacoub
Gabriel Yacoub is a French musician, songwriter and visual artist. Biography Yacoub was born in 1952, in Paris, of a Lebanese father and a French mother. He was a guitarist and singer with the Alan Stivell group that toured France in 1971. Before he founded Malicorne, Gabriel and Marie Yacoub recorded the experimental album ''Pierre de Grenoble'' (1973). Indeed, this was originally intended to be the name of the group. It included contributions from Dan Ar Braz. With Malicorne, Gabriel played acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, epinette de Vosges and banjo, while Marie played electric dulcimer, bouzouki and hurdy-gurdy. In 1978 Gabriel recorded a solo album called ''Trad. Arr.'', which featured English fiddler Barry Dransfield as guest. Solo years In the final year of Malicorne, 1986 Yacoub recorded ''Elementary Level of Faith''. After a four-year gap he toured as a duo with Marie. He released ''Bel'' which had a string quartet on it and bagpipes from Jean-Pierre Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philips Records Live Albums
Koninklijke Philips N.V. (), commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, it has been mostly headquartered in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarters is still in Eindhoven. Philips was formerly one of the largest electronics companies in the world, but is currently focused on the area of health technology, having divested its other divisions. The company was founded in 1891 by Gerard Philips and his father Frederik, with their first products being light bulbs. It currently employs around 80,000 people across 100 countries. The company gained its Koninklijk, royal honorary title (hence the ''Koninklijke'') in 1998 and dropped the "Electronics" in its name in 2013, due to its refocusing from consumer electronics to healthcare technology. Philips is organized into three main divisions: Personal Health (formerly Philips Consumer Electronics and Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fontana Records Live Albums
Fontana may refer to: Places Italy *Fontana Liri, comune in the Province of Frosinone *Fontanafredda, comune in the Province of Pordenone *Fontanarosa, comune in the Province of Avellino *Francavilla Fontana, comune in the Province of Brindisi *Serrara Fontana, comune in the Province of Napoli Switzerland * Fontana GR, a settlement in Tarasp in the Canton of Graubünden * Fontana (Airolo), a settlement in Airolo, in the Canton of Ticino United States * Fontana, California * Fontana, Kansas * Fontana, Texas * Fontana Village, North Carolina *Fontana-on-Geneva Lake, Wisconsin *Fontana Dam in the U.S. state of North Carolina Elsewhere * Fontana, Chaco, a settlement in San Fernando Department, Chaco Province, Argentina *Fontana, Gozo, on Gozo Island, Republic of Malta *Fontana (Belgrade), a neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia *Fontana (lunar crater), an impact crater on the Moon *Fontana (Martian crater), an impact craters on Mars *Fontana metro station, a rapid transit station in Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Live Albums
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celtic Rock Albums
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Football clubs *Celtic F.C., a Scottish professional football club based in Glasgow ** Celtic F.C. Women * Bangor Celtic F.C., Northern Irish, defunct * Belfast Celtic F.C., Northern Irish, defunct * Blantyre Celtic F.C., Scottish, defunct *Bloemfontein Celtic F.C., South African *Castlebar Celtic F.C., Irish * Celtic F.C. (Jersey City), United States, defunct * Celtic FC America, from Houston, Texas * Celtic Nation F.C., English, defunct *Cleator Moor Celtic F.C., English * Cork Celtic F.C., Irish, defunct * Cwmbran Celtic F.C., Welsh * Derry Celtic F.C., Irish, defunct * Donegal Celtic F.C., Northern Irish * Dungiven Celtic F.C., Northern Irish, defunct * Farsley Celtic F.C., English * Leicester Celtic A.F.C., Irish * Lurgan Celtic F.C., No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Stivell Albums
Alan may refer to: People * Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname * Alan (given name), an English given name **List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' *Alan (Chinese singer) (born 1987), female Chinese singer of Tibetan ethnicity, active in both China and Japan *Alan (Mexican singer) (born 1973), Mexican singer and actor * Alan (wrestler) (born 1975), a.k.a. Gato Eveready, who wrestles in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración *Alan (footballer, born 1979) (Alan Osório da Costa Silva), Brazilian footballer *Alan (footballer, born 1998) (Alan Cardoso de Andrade), Brazilian footballer *Alan I, King of Brittany (died 907), "the Great" *Alan II, Duke of Brittany (c. 900–952) * Alan III, Duke of Brittany(997–1040) *Alan IV, Duke of Brittany (c. 1063–1119), a.k.a. Alan Fergant ("the Younger" in Breton language) *Alan of Tewkesbury, 12th century abbott *Alan of Lynn (c. 1348–1423), 15th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suite Sudarmoricaine
''Suite Sud-Armoricaine'' is a bawdy Breton song in Breton, popularized by Alan Stivell in the 1970s. It is the only song in Breton ever to make the number one chart spot on French radio Europe 1. The lyrics are from the ''Pardon Speied'' (the Pardon of the village of Spézet) date from 1950s and they are in the public domain because the author is unknown. The song is originally a traditional Breton musical air. Lyrics ;Breton E pardon Speied e oan bet Ur plac'h yaouank am eus kavet 'Barzh ar park vras hon eus kousket Ur verol bras am eus paket D'an ospital on bet kaset War an daol vras on bet lakaet Ha ma lost bras 'zo bet troc'het Dre ar prenestr eo bet kaset Ur meil ki-bleiz 'zo tremenet Ha ma lost bras e-neus debret Ha ma lost bras e-neus debret Hag ar c'hi-bleiz a zo marvet ;English At the pardon of Spezet, I went A young girl, I found In a large field, we slept The great pox, I caught At the hospital, I was sent On a large table, I was placed And my b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Plinn
''Pop-Plinn'' is a traditional air of a Breton dance transformed into pop music by Alan Stivell. The "Dañs Plinn" is a fast and physical dance where the dancer makes two small jumps by holding the arm of his neighbors. Alan Stivell signed for a long time about a footbridge between these two worlds, the folk rock Anglo-Saxon music and the Breton- Celtic music. Thus he gave rise to the Celtic rock. History The release of the single in late 1971 and early 1972 causes an electroshock. For the first time, the world discovers the electric guitar playing the Breton traditional music arranged in a pop way and the Breton auditor becomes aware that its music can be modern and appreciated by the others. This composition is programmed in radio and even used for a jingle of a broadcast of ''Europe 1'' radio. The record contrasts with the almost simultaneous release of his instrumental album in the classic Celtic accents, the ''Renaissance of the Celtic Harp''. By reaching a broad audie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foggy Dew (Irish Ballad)
"Foggy Dew" is the name of several Irish ballads, and of an Irish lament. The song chronicles the Easter Rising of 1916, and encourages Irishmen to fight for the cause of Ireland, rather than for the British Empire, as so many young men were doing in World War I. Early title "The Foggy Dew" as the name of an Irish traditional song first appears in Edward Bunting's ''The Ancient Music of Ireland'' (1840), where the tune is different from that mostly sung today (also different from the lament and the rebel song below). Bunting's source for the tune was a "J. Mc Knight, Belfast, 1839", but the same melody already appears in ''O'Farrell's Collection of National Irish Music for the Union Pipes'' (London, 1804), where it is called "Corraga Bawn". Easter Rising Another song called "Foggy Dew" was written by Fr (later Canon) Charles O’Neill from Portglenone, County Antrim (1887–1963), a priest of the Diocese of Down and Connor who was then a curate at St. Peter's Cathedral, Belfas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Alarc'h
"An Alarc'h" ("The Swan") is a Breton traditional song. It is found in the 1839 collection Barzaz Breiz. It tells of the return from exile in England of the Breton prince Jean de Montfort (known as "The Swan of Montfort") and his defeat of the French army under Bertrand du Guesclin in 1379. It has been recorded by, amongst others, Alan Stivell and Gilles Servat. The Scottish folk song "The Twa Corbies", a variation of the English song "The Three Ravens", was set to the tune of "An Alarc'h" by R.M. Blythman. Lyrics (From the ''Barzaz Breiz'' of 1839) Recordings * ''À l'Olympia'', Alan Stivell (1972, Fontana, 6399 005) * ''Musiques Celtiques'', An Triskell (1973, Philips, 632145) * ''Je Ne Hurlerai Pas Avec Les Loups'', Gilles Servat Gilles Servat is a French singer, born in Tarbes in southern France in 1945, into a family whose roots lay in the Nantes region of Brittany. He is an ardent promoter ardent of the Breton culture, and sings in both French and Breton, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trees They Grow So High
"The Trees They Grow So High" is a British folk song (Roud 31, Laws O35). The song is known by many titles, including "The Trees They Do Grow High", "Daily Growing", "Long A-Growing" and "Lady Mary Ann". A two-verse fragment of the song is found in the Scottish manuscript collection of the 1770s of David Herd. This was used by Robert Burns as the basis for his poem "Lady Mary Ann" (published 1792).Roud, Steve & Julia Bishop (2012). ''The New Penguin Book of Folk Songs''. Penguin. . p.424. The subject of the song is an arranged marriage of a young woman by her father to a boy who is much younger than she. There are numerous versions of both the tune and lyrics. In one set of lyrics the groom is twelve when he marries and a father at 13. According to Roud and Bishop: "Judging by the number of versions gathered in the major manuscript collections and later sound recordings, this song has been a firm favourite with singers in Britain, Ireland and North America for a long time, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
