THE CELTIC MUSIC:
During the last years the Breton music reappeard before the curtain thanks to new bands and the the renewed artistical inspiration of the historycal bands and artists. The originality of this music characterized by the use of celtic instruments as harps, flutes, Breton pipes, violins, accordions but also distorted and acoustical guitars. The common arguments that you can find inside the Breton lyrics, often in Breton language (brezhoneg) are the claim of their own origin in the deep soul and the recognition of the total indipendence of Brittany from the central political power in Paris. The Tri-Yann in their famous song "La Découverte ou L'Ignorance" (discovery or ignorance): - << Separatist? Autonomist? Regionalist? - Yes and No! - Different! >> -.

- THE BANDS:
- Tri-Yann (the historical band;
-Dan Ar Braz (magic guitar);
-Matmatah (hard rock from Brest);
-Manau (celtic rap for young);
-Gwendal (styles fusion).

- SINGERS:
-Alan Stivell, the first, the most famous;
-Gilles Servat, the rebel poet;
-Glenmor, he composed the song for
  the ARB (theBreton revolutionary
  army);
-Denez Prigent, mistery in black.

- BUY CD ON LINE:
It is possible purchasing the CD of the Breton artists on line with secure payment and receiving the items at home simply clicking on the image hereunder. A link will take you to FNAC, a wellknown French audio/video/CD/computer shop with a big choice. You can pay in French Francs or Euro (the tax of exchange with Italian Liras is fix, so there are no surprises).