Bodénès-Hamon & Invités – Daou don dañs (Paker Prod, 2016)
“Daou don dañs” (two tunes to dance in the Breton language) is an excellent album of modern Breton folk music by two highly-esteemed musicians, Steven Bodénès and Sylvain Hamon. The two instrumentalists are members of two leading bagpipe bands in Britany (France).
Steven Bodénès is a bombard (Breton double reed folk instrument) player and conductor of the famous Bagad Kemper, and Sylvain Hamon is a bagpiper from the equally well-known Bagad Cap Caval. Bodénès and Hamon have been playing together as a duo for about 15 years.
Daou don dañs contains traditional music pieces masterfully rearranged by Bodénès and Hamon featuring guitars, electric bass and vocals on some songs. The albums contains a mix of lively folk dance material and slow tempo tunes including gavottes, ballads and slow-air instrumentals.
The lineup includes Steven Bodénès on bombards and vocals; Sylvain Hamon on bagpipes; Rozenn Talec on vocals; Julien Le Mentec on bass; Thibault Niobe on guitar; and Xavier Chavry on Scottish tenor drum.
Buy Daou don dañs
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.