Red Cardell is a Breton rock band that mixes

Breton music Since the early 1970s, Brittany has experienced a tremendous revival of its folk music. Along with flourishing traditional forms such as the bombard- biniou pair and fest-noz ensembles incorporating other additional instruments, it has also branc ...

with rock, folk, blues, world music and chanson réaliste. The group was formed in 1992 by Jean-Pierre Riou (vocals, guitars), Jean-Michel Moal (accordion) and Ian Proërer (drums). With the departure of the latter in 2001, Manu Masko became the drummer. He left in 2015. In 2011, the band added Mathieu Péquériau (harmonica, washboard) as a new member, some months before Jean-Michel Moal had to take a break from the group due to health problems. He returned in 2015. From 2012 to 2015, the band was joined on stage by two additional musicians : Ronan Le Bars (bagpipes, whistles), (

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) and Pierre Stéphan (fiddle), and had a joint show with

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. During that same time period, the five band members were involved in The Celtic Social Club, alongside

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, leader of ( The Silencers) and bassman Richard Puaud. In December 2015, Jean-Pierre Riou and Jean-Michel Moal, the 1992 co-founders of the group, joined forces again after four years of separation. In this new collective, they are accompanied by the multi-instrumentalist Pierre Sangra, partner of the band since the album ''Naître'', and drummer Hibu Corbel. They are considered by music critics to be one of the best Breton bands of this time, in the footsteps of Alan Stivell and

, precursors of the Celtic wave of the seventies, having learned to combine rock and contemporary music with traditional music.

Biography

Red Cardell, one of the most famous bands from

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, (the

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in north-western France), is essentially a live band. Formed in

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in 1992, since then has recorded sixteen albums including five live and played at nearly two thousand concerts all over Europe and North America, including famous stages in France such as: Vieilles Charrues Festival,

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, Les Francofolies de La Rochelle, Printemps de Bourges,

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, Le Zénith Nantes Métropole and Paris-Bercy Arena. They also played in

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, Finland, Germany, Belgium,

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, Switzerland,

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, Spain, Italy,

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, United States and Canada. Red Cardell & cuivres

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Unclassifiable, their music is mainly a mix of Breton music and also of Slavic,

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or berber music with blues, rock,

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, punk and French realistic song and even more recently cheered up with electro and hip hop elements. The lyrics are inspired by the style of writing of poets and authors like

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. It is these rich influences that follows the specific Jean-Pierre Riou poetic, turned to melancholy. They define themselves as a popular music band open to the world. Besides their collaboration with French, Breton, Berber and Ukrainian musicians, they also have performed with British or American musicians, either on records or live. These artists include: Jimme O'Neill ( The Silencers), Dr Das(

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(

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, Jethro Tull), Tanya Morgan, I.C. Will, Juan Sebastian Larobina and Winston McAnuff. As an independent rock band from their beginnings, Red Cardell released their first album ''Rouge'' in 1993, followed by a nonstop tour for several years, sharing the stage with Doctor Feelgood,

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and La Mano Negra

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orchestra. In 1999, hundreds of concerts and three albums later, the new tracks of ''Rock'n roll Comédie'' are recorded in Belgium with former

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Producer/Engineer Mike Butcher at the helm, also known for his work with

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. In the period of the three albums ''Naître'' ("Be Born", 2006), ''Le Banquet de cristal'' ("The Crystal Banquet", 2008) and ''La Fête au village'' ("The Party in the Village", 2009) Red Cardell recorded and performed on stage with many guests including

, Miossec,

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or Thomas Fersen. Along with

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(singer of

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and icon of the

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) and Gourtopravci, a female traditional vocal choir, they regularly travelled across Ukraine for concert tours from

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and several times in

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with two exceptional performances for Kraina Mriy festival, in front of tens of thousands of spectators at Maidan independence square. In 2010, their album ''Soleil Blanc'' ("White sun") is recorded and mixed by the English producer Clive Martin (who has worked with famous artists such as

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, Sting,

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) and co-produced by the French musician Stéfane Mellino, singer and guitarist of Les Négresses Vertes. On this album which shows a more folk and blues trend and also flirts with

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, the band is supported by the Michel Delage brass section. The song ''Comme une pierre qui roule'' is a tribute to

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's ''Like a Rolling Stone'' and the song ''

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'' to the American blues singer and guitarist. Spring 2012, their album ''Falling in love'', recorded in France, was mixed in

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by the American sound engineer ''Ariel Borujow'' (

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, Madonna,

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) at Stadium Red studio in Harlem. The album was awarded as best progressive edge album of the Year by the Indie acoustic project (USA), in 2013. In 2014, with the ''Fest-rock'' show, they represented Brittany alongside

(the most-titled bagad of the Breton pipe bands national championship) for ''La Nuit de la Bretagne'' ("The Brittany Night") French tour, including a date at Bercy Arena in Paris. In April, they announced their participation as the new creation of the

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(The biggest in France) for its 2014 edition : The Celtic Social Club, a supergroup of seven Breton musicians and others, which includes

( The Silencers), Ronan Le Bars (

) and the three members of Red Cardell. Within the new band they recorded their first album released in June. We also see Red Cardell in July in the other side of

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on the stage of the main Celtic festival of Spain in Ortigueira in

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and December 31 in

to end the year. In February 2015, they began a French tour within The Celtic Social Club and also announced venues in Germany (

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), Switzerland (the

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Celebrations) and three gigs in New York City, invited by the association of Breton diaspora of Big Apple to celebrate the Feast of Saint-Yves, National Day of Brittany. In early October 2015, Manu Masko announced his departure from Red Cardell. A few days later Jean-Pierre Riou precise continue the adventure and announces a new album for March 2016 co-authored with Jean-Michel Moal. Jean-Pierre Riou and Jean-Michel Moal, co-founders of the group in 1992, meet again after four years of separation. They are accompanied for this new formation by multi-instrumentalist Pierre Sangra ( Thomas Fersen), partner since the album ''Naître'' in 2006, and drummer Hibu Corbel (Robin Foster, Alexis HK).

Current members

* Jean-Pierre Riou (lead vocals, guitars, mandolin, banjo, bombards, harmonica) (1992–present) * Jean-Michel Moal (accordion) (1992–2011 / 2015–present) * Pierre Sangra (fiddle, guitars, mandolin, banjo and backing vocals) (2015–present) * Hibu Corbel (drums, percussions, samples and backing vocals) (2015–present) Jean-Pierre Riou avec Fest-Rock.JPG, Jean-Michel Moal.jpg, Hibu Corbel - 1 - Red Cardell.jpg, FIL 2014 - Red Cardell Fest-Rock concert - 1747.JPG,

Additional members on stage

* Pierre Stéphan (fiddle) (2011–2015) * Ronan le Bars (great Highland bagpipe, Uilleann pipes, tin and low whistle) (2012–2015)

Former members

* Manu Masko (drums, percussions, Keyboards, Samples, loops and backing vocals) (2001–2015) * Mathieu Péquériau (harmonica, washboard, percussions, and backing vocals) (2011–2015) * Ian Proërer (drums) (1992–2001) * Patrick Goyat (bass) (1992–1994) * Christophe Poignant (bass) (1992) Manu Masko.jpg, Manu Masko FIL 2014 - Red Cardell Fest-Rock concert - 1803.JPG, Mathieu Péquériau Ian Proerer.jpg, Ian Proërer

History of the composition of Red Cardell

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Discography

* Discography of Red Cardell on Wikipedia in French * Within The Celtic Social Club.

References

External links

Official Red Cardell website
(English and French languages)
Official Red Cardell Facebook page
(French language) * Red Cardell on Wikipedia in French
Jean-Pierre Riou blog
(French language) {{Authority control Breton musical groups French world music groups French rock music groups Musical groups established in 1992