http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/sho...2&postcount=48

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That link doesn't seem to work.

Anyway, how about a thread about the best breton musical entities of the last 25 years? That would give us an excellent opportunity to learn that Brittany isn't part of Britain either.

I've edited, the link should be ok now.

Damn right. The best Breton musical entity of the past 25 years are Les Prates. Les Pirates are an attempt to create a new generation of Breton folk singers, by taking children (aged roughly 10-15, mainly girls) and performing sea shanties.

They are one of the finest sea shanty bands I've seen (I've seen a lot) - excellent on record and truly wonderful live.

i'll take your word for it.

i think the only breton musical entity i'm familiar with is manau and i certainly wouldn't put them in a top 10 of any sorts. :D

I don't know them. Between us, though, that's two contemporary Breton bands. It's a start.

I'm not sure if this is worth 3 and a half minutes of your time... but
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM-kCs1qK80

:D

I'm sure Les Prates are better.

I lasted one and a half minutes. MC Solaar impersonators.

You can order a Les Pirates CD here. Click on this link. It's a very, very good CD

shit, i would not have thought that they would have been able to invade the radiowaves of other european countries: how the hell did you become familiar with them?
the sad thing is that manau was also the first name to come to my mind when thinking of breton musical entities...

haha... believe it or not but that song was actually a pretty big hit in holland; it got quite a lot of airplay. very unfortunate for me since i really disliked it. thankfully it's the only song of theirs i've heard.

it doesn't surprise me that they were the first name you were thinking of. i mean it would be hard not to notice that they're from brittany!