Is this Celtic Music? French?

[Ayin McFye]

I found this website a while back that dedicates itself to hundreds of "Celtic Bands" and there is this one song that I found by a band called LabGraal. I love the song, but it sounds like they're singing in French. Would this be French Celtic music or what?

Their profile says LabGraal is made up of five musicans. Each one of them dedicate their time to the defense of cultural minorities, to struggles to safeguard the environment and animal rights, as well as to initiatives of solidarity and for peace.

LabGraal boasts one of the clearest and most incisive voices of Celtic music today. She is Rosalba Nattero, who along with Giancarlo Barbadoro, has followed a musical research that hs brought her into contact with the traditions of the tribal peoples of the planet in North Europes ancient cutures.

This inspiration is evident in LabGraal's music. It's unique. It's mesmorizing. It's amazing.

My italics and bold added to the profile. Again though, I do like it, and it's definitely different. I just wanted to get other opinions, primarily from anyone who might speak French.

Here is the link. Just click on the "Download MP3" hyperlink. It's free so don't worry.

http://www.celticmp3s.com/free/labels/LabGraal.shtml



Thanks!

[Ayin McFye]

Also if you have time, click on the Archives on the bottom right of the page to find hundreds of other bands. Most I've never heard of, and some are good, some are not. It's fun though to go through and listen to each bands' 1 song they chose to put on this website.

I've found dozens of bands that I have since grown to love this way.

[haukehaien]

They're an Italian group.
LabGraal Myspace
LabGraal Website

If I'm translating correctly, their name comes from "Labriatorio Musicale del Graal" or "Musical Grail Laboratory".

[AL-58]

Entirely possible, the Celts came out of Europe after all. I've seen Spanish Celtic dance groups, the music certainly had a Celtic beat/rythm to it. Currently one of my favourite CDs is Genticorum "Malins Plaisir", a Quebecois group with fiddle, flute, guitar, bass, foot percussion. All sung in French, but sounds distinctly Celtic.

For more info www.genticorum.com they are worth a listen.

Al

[Galician]

Let's not forget that the Celtic region of France is called Brittany (and its people Bretons). They have long preserved their Celtic traditions-bagpipes, harps and all! Long before I learned of my own Celtic connections, I got a recording from one of their leading modern harpists, which I loved.

[northernsky]

Entirely possible, the Celts came out of Europe after all. I've seen Spanish Celtic dance groups, the music certainly had a Celtic beat/rythm to it.
Al

I have a couple of wonderful CDs of music from a Spanish band called Milladoiro from the Galician region. They are from the early 90's on the Green Linnet label: Galicia No Tempo and Castellum Honesti. No idea if they are around any more or if the discs are available, but if you can find them (especially Castellum) I would recommend them highly.

[CelticMedic]

Forgive me for my ignorance, but isn't part of northern France and Spain part of the "6 celtic nations" represented by the "Celtic" flag? I'll look it up and unless somebody else does, will post what I find.

[Ayin McFye]

Forgive me for my ignorance, but isn't part of northern France and Spain part of the "6 celtic nations" represented by the "Celtic" flag? I'll look it up and unless somebody else does, will post what I find.

Sorry I'm slow. What "Celtic Flag" are you referring to?

[CelticMedic]

Found it: Brittany (French: Bretagne; Breton: Breiz) is a region and former province of northwestern France corresponding with the departments of Finistere, Cotes-d'Armor, Ille-et-Vilaine, and Morbihan. A peninsula projecting into the Atlantic Ocean, the region is bordered on the north by the English Channel and on the south by the Bay of Biscay.

Brittany is distinct from other French regions because of its Celtic heritage. About one-quarter of its population of 2,815,900 (1992 est.) are able to speak Breton, a Celtic language similar to Cornish and Welsh. The language, customs, and costumes are preserved mainly in the more isolated west. RENNES (1990 pop., 203,533) is Brittany's route focus, traditional capital, and cultural center. Its university is a center of Celtic studies.

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/i/int-celt.gif

[CelticMedic]

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/int-celt.html