Nicola Hayes and Hélène Brunet have been making music together for almost ten years now, crisscrossing Brittany from café, to bar, to concert hall, carrying with them in their backpacks their unique blend of Irish jigs and reels, Cajun two steps, and Old-Timey breakdowns. Nicola’s own special “austral-irlando-cajun” fiddle style and Hélène’s laúd (Spanish 12-string lute) groove together to draw listeners into a world of seldom-heard traditional tunes, gleaned from master musicians, or rediscovered on old cassettes, unearthed in dusty drawers. Travelling is a warm invitation to traverse the world’s oceans, to encounter the euro-australo-american “celtic diaspora”…

Celtic harps and songs, in french, breton. Ancient music, and compositions of Yvon Le Quellec fot celtic harp.

Celtic harps and songs, in french, breton, russian. Ancient music, and compositions of Yvon Le Quellec fot celtic harp.

Un Jour Ensemble plays a folk turned to the realities of modern society in a sometimes light fashion. Mixing musical styles, their compositions are marked by a merger between modernity and tradition which gives them an original color in the french pop-folk scene. Un Jour Ensemble’s music combines the vocal harmonies with unusual percussions against a background of mandolin, harmonica, ukulele and Hawaiian guitar.

VEUZE is an kind of Backpipe coming from the Region of Nantes (historical Brittany, France). Jean Baron plays here alone a couple of dancing tunes and laments from all over Brittany. He also plays one Galician set, a Bulgarian tune and some dances from Poutou and Champagne. This CD is a pure moment for every Pipes-lovers.

One preorder, released in January 2012.

Sylvain Barou is undoubtedly one of the greatest flute players of his generation. He is now recording his first solo release, on which he invites some of the biggest names in traditional music today. An album at the crossroads between Celtic (irish & breton) and oriental music.

A promising album, an outstanding crew !

Each album bought by preorder will be signed personally by the artist !

Bistritsa is situated in the suburbs of the city of Sofia. It is a unique settlement, which cherishes an old and well-preserved traditional culture. Bitritsa's folk tradition is part of the folklore of Middle Western Bulgaria, characterised by its two-part singing with some incident three-part combinations. This multi-voiceness is quite different from the European music tradition. It is more primitive and very often neighbouring tones are united simultaneously in an amazing harmony. This incredible sonority gives us an entirely new idea of the classical multi-voiceness and surprises us with the unusual natural and easy flow of sounds that reach the listener. The melodies come out freely without any metrical organization, or in the typical uneven measures (7/8, 5/16, 11/16, etc.). The villagers of Bistritsa have songs for all occasions: weddings, the horo dance, working-bees, harvest time. There are also ritual songs for different festivals. And even though part of these activities are no longer practised today, the residents of Bistritsa still sing and cherish them.
The Bistritsa Grannies group was founded in 1939. At the moment it includes singers from three generations, aged between 46 and 77, and they have their worthy successors in the group of their grand-daughters (between 20 and 25 years of age). "The Grannies" are popular and loved not only in the Shoppe region and in Bulgaria, but they have also been received with enthusiasm in England, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, the USA. In 1978 they won the prestigious "European Folk Art" award, which was granted by the "Alfred Toepfer" Foundation, Hamburg.

This is the first album of one of best Breton music duet of the moment. the program: energy, innovation and virtuosity.
these two musicians who come from Trégor (northern Britanny) mix different influences to give us a Breton music of today.

Gega New starts the CD series BULGARIAN MUSICAL FOLKLORE aiming to present the great variety of songs and instrumental pieces in the different musical layers: starting from ancient samples, to the present day. It is the company's objective to show the trends and tendencies in the development of folk music.
BULGARIAN MUSICAL FOLKLORE - Vol. 1 features music from Dobroudja and North Bulgaria, the Rhodope Mountains, the Shoppe region, Thracia, and Pirin Macedonia, recorded by prominent representatives of these folk regions.

Celtic harps and songs, in french, breton. Ancient music, and compositions of Yvon Le Quellec fot celtic harp.