''Emerald'' is the 23rd album by
Breton
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*anything associated with Brittany, and generally
** Breton people
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musician
Alan Stivell
Alan Stivell (; born Alan Cochevelou on 6 January 1944) is a French, Breton and Celtic musician and singer, songwriter, recording artist, and master of the Celtic harp. From the early 1970s, he revived global interest in the Celtic (specifically ...
, released in 2009. The album celebrates Stivell's 40-year career (Wedding anniversary, Emerald wedding) since 1970's ''Reflets'' (Reflections), his first album as a singer. It's a return to the roots, a return to the violin and to folk-rock (''Chemins de Terre''), and both an ever innovative approach, playing on electric harp and bagpipes prototypes and in musical arrangements that are as eclectic as they are original.
Overview
Stivell chooses to travel across the Celtic nations, worldwide (Africa, India, America) and through the musical styles that influenced him (folk-rock, electropop, traditional).
[Régis Le Sommier]
« Alan Stivell, le druide de la musique celtique »
''Paris Match'', Novembre 25, 2009
He created a mix of acoustic and electric Celtic harps and bagpipes, folk-rock orchestration (violins, guitars, percussion) navigating in different cultures and languages. In the single ''Brittany's - Ar Bleizi mor'' (wolffish, sailors), he pay homage to the sea, which he claims its role as a link between peoples.
Brittany's clip (2009)
/ref> With his very distinctive vocal and writing styles, he effortlessly blends Breton, French and English (along with Gaelic and Welsh). In addition, Stivell wanted to present songs that were popular in the Brittany of yesteryear as well as in English-speaking and other Celtic countries.
Track listing
Personnel
*Alan Stivell - vocals, harps, bagpipes, bombarde, flutes, percussion, synthesizers, piano, arrangements, production and composition
*Loumi Seveno - violins, alti, viele, bodhran (1,2,4,5,7,8,9)
*Christope Peloil - alto (2)
*Gaetan Grandjean - acoustic and electric guitar
*Nicolas Méheust - Hammond organ, melotron, piano, bass
*Marcus Camus - percussion, drums
*Iwan Ellien du Bagad Gwengamp - Scottish soldier drum (3)
*Dom Duff - vocals (1,4)
*Solenn Lefeuvre - vocals (2)
*Ensemble choral du Bout du Monde directed by Christian Desbordes (11,12)
References
See also
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Alan Stivell albums
2009 albums