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Kornog - Ar Seizh Avel (On Seven Winds) (1985)
 MP3 CBR 320Kbps / 101 Mb | 10 tracks | Covers
Celtic / Bretagne Folk / Scottish Folk | Green Linnet GLCD 1062 | RAR 3% Rec. | Time: 38:33 | 
“Kornog's second album features a broad range of material, from the lovely set of Breton gavottes that opens the program to the Bulgarian ratchenitza that ends it in a lightning-fast 7/16 dance meter. The combination of French and East European dance steps with a Celtic instrumentation (flute, guitar, fiddle, bouzouki) and playing style is part of what distinguishes the music of Brittany from other, more familiar Celtic traditions. The angular, modal melodies are also distinctive, as demonstrated on tunes like the almost medieval-sounding "Toniou Bale" and the stark and lovely "Dans Plinn"...


Kornog's second album features a broad range of material, from the lovely set of Breton gavottes that opens the program to the Bulgarian ratchenitza that ends it in a lightning-fast 7/16 dance meter. The combination of French and East European dance steps with a Celtic instrumentation (flute, guitar, fiddle, bouzouki) and playing style is part of what distinguishes the music of Brittany from other, more familiar Celtic traditions. The angular, modal melodies are also distinctive, as demonstrated on tunes like the almost medieval-sounding "Toniou Bale" and the stark and lovely "Dans Plinn." In a somewhat strange juxtaposition with the rest of the program, bandleader Jamie McMenemy sings "The Shuttle Rins," a 19th-century Scottish song written by Henry Syme "for the encouragement of the working classes." "Sweetly may the shuttle rin/That wins the bairnie's bread," goes part of the chorus, and the melancholy image of a young mother toiling at a loom to feed her baby contrasts heartbreakingly with the song's sweet and gentle melody. This is a lovely record. ~ Rick Anderson, AllMusic

Tracklist:

01 - Gavotten AR Menez
02 - Sir Aldingar
03 - Toniou Bale
04 - Ronds de Saint Vincent
05 - Helen of Kirkconnel
06 - Trip to Flagstaff
07 - The Shuttle Rins
08 - Dañs Pinn
09 - Gavotten AR Menez
10 - Varbishka Ratchenitza

Credits:

Christian Lemaitre - Fiddle
Richard Loury - Engineer
Jamie McMenemy - Bouzouki, Liner Notes, Mandolin, Vocals
Soïg Sibéril - Guitar
Traditional - Composer
Jean-Michel Veillon - ?, Flute, Whistle (Human), Whistle (Instrument)