KEMENER Yann-Fanch (France)

Yann-Fanch KEMENER (France)

Our guide through the melancholic and rough musical landscape of lower Brittany is Yann-Fañch Kemener, a singer, storyteller, collector and folklorist, who, unlike many of his countrymen, has never set off along the highway of dulcet folk-pop and has always honestly walked his way to other adherents along the twisting byways of field research. At the same time, though, all his life he has endeavoured to treat the material he uncovers both boldly and experimentally, in addition to completely traditional practices we can find trips to jazz, classical music and electronica in his musical portfolio.

For more detailed reading and musical examples see http://blog.rond.cz/kemener/