MYRDHIN, HARPE CELTIQUE
Productions Velia, 1974, 2230010
Myrdhin's real name is Rémi Chauvet born in Brittany in 1950.He has about fifteen albums under his name or associated with other musicians like Pol Huellou or Mariannig Larc'hanteg.
This is his first album during the seventies after Stivell had open a new path for Breton music. Myrdhin plays the harp and sings in French (his own compositions) and Breton (traditional songs) but he wanted to create another approach to the Celtic culture and mythology. He mixes here bits of Irish legends with Breton stuff as well as his own tunes with Irish traditional reels or jigs.
Among the musicians he invited we can notice Patrick and Dominique Molard and Patrick Sicard who were beginning to be very big names in Brittany and beyond.
This album is quite different from what was produced at the time and illustrates well the need for something new and different among young Breton artists.
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