May 23, 2018 • After fading into obscurity, the Celtic harp made a steady resurgence beginning in the 1970s. Listen to the harpers that started this gentle revolution.
The veteran Breton musician Alan Stivell presents a bit of a conundrum. He is seen as the keeper of a musical tradition and credited with single-handedly reviving the Celtic harp, yet his love of his ...
There's nothing strange about a highlander learning to play the bagpipes in Inverness or Dunvegan. But when the budding piper concerned happens to come from the highlands of Brittany, and the lessons ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Outside Brittany and the rest of France, Alan Stivell is best-known for Renaissance Of The Celtic Harp, an ...
Fiona Ritchie finds herself 2000 radio shows into her journey with The Thistle & Shamrock --time flies when you're having fun. Now, Ritchie shares music and memories from across the decades, with ...
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 ...