Central Bretons
Rene Caignard, Faggot-Maker
“I used to make fifteen thousand faggots a year. I would work with my uncle;
he would cut the wood and I would bundle the faggots. We didn’t make them just for
ourselves, we toured the farms in the area. Each household used about two thousand to three thousand faggots a year – it depended on the [...]
the Freres Morvan
The first public performance of the Freres Morvan took place in St Servais in 1958. Since then, they have sung at thousands of musical events ranging from small family gatherings to the huge annual rock festival, les Vieilles Charrues, at Carhaix, and are recognised as having played a major role in helping to preserve the [...]
Andre Pochon
Veteran farmer and environmental campaigner, Andre Pochon, gives a personal account of the evolution of Breton farming over the past forty years.
I was born in 1931. At that time my parents farmed a large farm of forty hectares in St- Mayeux.
In addition to my parents, there were two farm workers, and my three older sisters [...]
In memory of LANIG KERVAREG
In December 2005 the CBJ team interviewed Lanig Kervareg, the founder of Carhaix’s first organic food cooperative, which opened in June 2001. Since then Lanig has passed away, yet his memory is still alive in the region. The organic coop still thrives, and he is remembered as one of Brittany’s most ardent campaigners for the [...]
Who Was Glenmor?
Sometime in the 70s I went to a concert in Plymouth featuring a group from Brittany led by a certain Alan Stivell.
It was the period of folk-rock but even so the combination of Celtic harp and bagpipes, violin, accordion and a high-pitched oboe (the bombarde) along with electric guitars and drums was unusual and very [...]
Paul Huellou
Paul Huellou. Singer, musician and songwriter.
Born in St-Brieuc, Paul now lives in Callac, and continues to pursue his musical passion, together with his son, Pol.
CD ‘Un Eostad’ (the harvest) available from Amazon
Louis Lallour
Louis Lallour.
Retired farmer and singer from Plourac’h.
He specialises in singing a certain style of the gavotte, which developed in the area around Callac (region de Kalanel)
You can still hear Louis singing in and around the Fest Nozes in the area.
Samuel Lewis. Sketch.
