The Chieftains - Celtic Wedding: Music of Brittany
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Free Music Notes for Celtic Wedding: Music of Brittany
Free Music Review: Music from Celtic France
Hit: 4 Stars
I have to write this brief review because the above reviewer is so misinformed it pained me not to. First of all it is called celtic wedding (not because it is about weddings)but it is the marrige between two celtic cultures;the Breton culture from the Brittany region of France (the original celts)and their younger cousins the Irish, in this case represented by the Chieftains. Like they did on "Santiago" (imulating their celtic cousins from the north of Spain)the chameleon like Chieftains replicate these famous french tunes with technical proficiency but without the overplayed pretentiousness of many newer celtic bands. So if you want to venture accross the channel to the older culture of Brittany you can not have a safer guide than the Chieftains. They have since become the ambassadors of traditional music throughout the world, they have played Chinese music and the other Breton music (the scotts irish music from Cape breton island Canada)as well as American Appalachian music Etc Etc. So this cd is worth checking out on so many levels, if your a student of world music, a culture hound or just want to groove on some dark well played celtic music from the continent this one has it covered. If you are looking at this cd because of the Chieftains brand name? The old saying says it best "the Chieftians are the Chieftians are the Chieftians" very consistant and reliable, always entertaining. Listen to music samples from other albums and you will get a major clue if you will like this one. Free Music Review: Not all about weddings, but certainly all Celtic!
Hit: 4 Stars
This album is another piece of evidence for the rather mean spirited thesis that there is but one Irish song, which may be done as a jig or a hornpipe or a reel or with drums of with bagpipes, or even with that pecularly Irish form of scat on track 6.
Like their later album, 'Santiago', this collection focuses on tunes from an island of Celtic culture which is outside of the British Isles. In this case, it is Brittany. And, the album would have been much better titled 'Celtic Songs from Brittany', as only the ninth and last track seems to have much to do with Celtic weddings.
So, even though these songs are from the lands of the Bretons, they almost all have that same 'lilt' which unmistakably identifies the Celtic influence.
As usual, the performances are first rate and easily better than most other Celtic recordings. I almost wish the recording would have been a bit less entertaining and a bit more Breton.
But, I will listen to it at least once a year, and that is the surest test of an album worth having.