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Alan Stivell

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Artist information

Born in:Riom, Auvergne,
France
Year of Birth:1944

Biography

(source: wikipedia)

Alan Stivell (; born Alan Cochevelou on 6 January 1944) is a Breton and Celtic musician and singer, songwriter, recording artist, and master of the Celtic harp. From the early 1970s, he revived global interest in the Celtic (specifically Breton) harp and Celtic music as part of world music. As a bagpiper and bombard player, he modernized traditional Breton music and singing in the Breton language. A precursor of Celtic rock, he is inspired... more

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  • Alan Cochevelou
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