- Kan ha
diskan is
probably the most
common type of
traditional music of Brittany. It is a
vocal tradition (kan ha
diskan translates from
Breton as, roughly...
- Carhaix, Brittany,
where they
practised the
traditional singing style kan ha
diskan. The name "Ahez"
comes from Ker Ahez, a po****r
etymology for the Breton...
- Finistère) is a
Breton folk singer-songwriter of the
gwerz and kan ha
diskan styles of
Breton music. From his
debut at the age of 16, he was
known for...
- prin****lly two
types of
music at
these festivals:
music sung a
cappella (kan ha
diskan),
accompanied with
music or
purely instrumental.
Before the
invention of...
-
French as Jean-François
Louis Quémener. He took part in
reviving Kan ha
diskan (French:
chant et contre-chant) in the 1970s and 1980s,
especially with...
- to
dance and
developed a new form of call and
response singing (kan ha
diskan). The
Breton revival,
Celtic rock and the po****rity of Folk
music put them...
-
repertoire was
composed of
traditional Breton songs,
either for
dancing (kan ha
diskan) or for
listening (gwerz).
Ebrel was born at
Treffrin in the Côtes-du-Nord...
- Brittany's Folk
revival began in the 1950s with the "bagadoù" and the "kan-ha-
diskan"
before growing to
world fame
through Alan Stivell's work
since the mid-1960s...
- and was
partially responsible for
preserving Breton traditions. Kan ha
diskan (roughly
translated as call and
response singing) is
probably the most common...
- competitions.
Celtic harp is also common, as are
vocals and dances. The Kan ha
diskan is the most
common type of singing. The
performers sing
calls and responses...
