Winds and Breezes (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Right now, I am listening to Kimiad by Alan Stivell. It's come up on Radio Winds - ie, the shuffle function on the iPod. There’s something really nice about that function - it's been introducing me to most of a Massive Attack album that I hadn't yet really listened to. Anyway, there’s been no picture on [...]
This French Life (Free subscription) | 01/25/2008
EACH August Saulieu in the Cote d'Or department of Burgundy hosts the Nuits de Cajun et Zydeco music festival. To find out more about the music and the festival I...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 11/06/2007
Born in the little village of Gourin in the Bretagne region of France in 1944, little Alan Cochevelou was born to play the Celtic harp. When he was a young boy, his father moved the family to Paris where they lived until Alan was a teenager. As a teen he became interested in his Breton background, it's language, culture and most importantly, it's music. He began to learn the native language and began...
Time Has Told Me (Free subscription) | 10/25/2007
Gabriel and Marie Yacoub (Malicorne) " Pierre de Grenoble " 1973 Manila said... This is the superb album recorded after Yacoub's stint with Alan Stivell's band and prior to the formation of Malicorne. Having lost so many LPs to friends who borrowed and never returned them, I now have to own up and say I pilfered 'Pierre de Grenoble' from my friend Viv. It's THAT good. So good, in fact, that she was...
