Hiri

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THE REFERENCE IN BRETON FOLK SINGING KAN HA DISKAN - - - - - THE A CAPELLA ALBUM OF TREASURES FROM THE REPERTOIRE OF BRETON RESPONSE SONGS - - - - - Kan ha diskan comes from a long lineage of transmission. An exclusively oral transmission whose depth can only be measured through the contact with the practitioners themselves. Humans play an essential role in it. All three have sought out these "masters," their "masters," and have learned, unlearned, and understood to finally become links in this chain of transmission to which they can cling. They carry with them everything that accompanies this vision of popular music. Joys, sorrows, lives that memory allows to remain present. - - Today, "Hiri" in Breton, few popular musical practices demonstrate as much vitality and enthusiasm as this one. This record is proof of that. Young generations are appropriating the subtleties of this art from the older ones. The festoù-noz (night festivals) resonate with this music every Saturday night, in cities, towns, and the countryside. - - In the poetry of the Breton language of the songs on this record, the great concerns of the world are reflected. Love, revolt, youth, hope, injustice, celebration. Today as yesterday, the world is told to us and experienced as a catharsis. All of this in a living, diverse, and rich Breton language - - This is how they nurtured the desire to record this album, in order to give back, in this way, a little of what they have received. But also to tell the world around them, in its utopias as well as in its torments. - - It is about affirming the relevance and interest of a popular musical practice today, as it was yesterday and will be tomorrow. - - - - - ‘Erik Marchand, Éric Menneteau, and Youenn Langen present here a kan ha diskan record, an a cappella response singing musical practice from Central Brittany that will make history!’ (Le Télégramme)