Les Ours du Scorff (''The
Bear
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s of
Scorff'') are a mainly
Breton
Breton most often refers to:
*anything associated with Brittany, and generally
** Breton people
** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany
** Breton (horse), a breed
**Ga ...
folk group with a generally young audience.
The singers
Gilbert Bourdin and
Laurent Jouin formed the group with the encouragement of the producer of their first album, on which the group was called ''Gigi Bourdin et la Rouchta'', although the album's title, ''Les Ours du Scorff'', has become their better-known name.
Singers of traditional music at heart, they have surrounded themselves with instrumentalists well known on the Breton folk scene:
Fanch Landreau,
Soïg Sibéril,
Jacques Yves Réhault, and others.
Their music melds Breton,
Cajun, and
Irish traditions. Their lyrics may bring to mind those of
Boby Lapointe
Robert Jean-François Joseph Pascal Lapointe (; 16 April 1922 – 29 June 1972), better known by his stage name Boby Lapointe (), was a French actor and singer, noted for his humorous texts, alliterationsSee the titles: ''Aubade à Lydie en do'' ...
,
Pierre Perret, or poets such as
Norge
Norge is Norwegian (bokmål), Danish and Swedish for Norway.
It may also refer to:
People
* Kaare Norge (born 1963), Danish guitarist
* Norge Luis Vera (born 1971), Cuban baseball player
Places
* 11871 Norge, asteroid
Toponyms:
*Norge, Oklah ...
, all this without sacrificing too much for the simplicity demanded of music for children.
Discography
* 1994 ''Les Ours du Scorff'' (''The Bears of Scorff'')
* 1995 ''La Maison des bisous'' (''The House of Kisses'')
* 1998 ''Le grand Bal'' (''The Grand Ball'')
* 2000 ''Le Retour d'Oné'' (''Oné's Return'')
* 2002 ''Le plus-mieux'' (compilation)
External links
Site by Laurent Jouin(In French)
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