NEWS / NEVEZIOÙ
2024 - Back in the ‘home’ studio - Most people have probably forgotten that we’re working on a recording. Well guess what, we still are! We’re slowly making progress…
Private Show - Annual Meeting of the SNCA Seattle/Nantes Sister City Association - Sunday, November 19.
Side Rail Collective - Saturday, August 12, 2023
Set 1: 5:00 to 5:35 Set 2: 6:00 to 6:35
We're going to play a couple of sets at the Side Rail Collective's "A COOL SUMMER BREEZE" art show opening reception. @ 5511 1/2 Airport Way South Seattle, WA 98108
Recruitment Drive:
We’re very interested in expanding the band! To do that we’d have to, you know, add more people. We/you are: a solid musician, stable, enjoy collaborating in a friendly and respectful environment, willing to practice and rehearse on a regular basis, interested in performing and recording, fully vaccinated against COVID 19, politically progressive. Both jazz and rock chops are a plus! We have a unique sound derived from a deep immersion in this genre and infuse complex compositions with diverse influences while remaining 101% true to the Breton core.
What instruments: drum-kit, sax, violin, electric guitar, cello, bass, trumpet, etc…
Pros: sophisticated and evocative music, nice, dedicated people, stable band situation.
Cons: Not easy to play, requires work, doesn’t particularly pay.
Bara Gwin est un phénomène inhabituel dans le monde de
la musique bretonne. Depuis la musique bretonne n'est pas bien connu en Amérique, les quelques groupes qui font l'exécuter normalement le faire comme un bibelot. Bara Gwin effectue la musique au sérieux, avec des arrangements sophistiqués et puissants. Nous pensons que la musique bretonne est aussi importante et distincte que bien d'autres genres musicaux d'intérêt universel comme le rock ou jazz.
SONA GREENBERG
ABOUT US / AR STROLLAD
Bara Gwin performs Breton music at full tempo and full volume, with daring and imagination. We believe that Fest Noz music is as significant and distinctive as other great musical genres of universal appeal such as tango or jazz.
‘Bara Gwin’ is a Breton term for ‘food and drink’ that gave rise to the French word ‘baragouin’. Baragouin, originally a contemptuous reference to Breton, means in French: outlandish unintelligible speech, incomprehensible language, gibberish.
RON REED
DANIEL CASADO
Ur strollad divoas eo Bara Gwin e bed sonerezh Breizh.
O vezañ ma n’eo ket gwall vrudet muzik Breizh en Amerika, ne vez sonet alies gant an nebeud strolladoù a oar anezhañ. Un dra sirius eo ar muzik-se evit Bara Gwin, ha kempenn a ra e donioù gant soutilded ha nerzh. Soñjal a ra dimp ez eo ken pouezus ha ken difer sonerezh Breizh evel un tamm mat a stiloù sonerezh a blij d’ar bed a-bezh, evel an rock pe ar jazz.
is a musical group based in Seattle, WA
that presents a bold, imaginative take on contemporary
Fest Noz (Night Party) music from Brittany, France.
The group uses powerful instrumentation, complex arrangements and a generous serving of original material - adding jazz, rock, blues, and other spices to the buttery Breton recipe.
If you’d like to contact us press the button to the right:
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MUSIC / SONEREZH
Samples from unmixed, test recording sessions.
Take 6 - Laridenn 6 temps
An Deiziou Kaer - Hanter Dro
Kerzh Ba’n’ Dañs - Andro
Percolateur - Ronds de Landéda
SONA GREENBERG
Sona (Chromatic Accordion) spent years as a jazz pianist and symphonic oboe player but found the accordion in her group The Splendour Girls. Her musicianship and phenomenal talent with composition and arrangement are essential ingredients in our sound.
RON REED
Ron (Woodwinds) is a bombard (Breton oboe) player with a sound inspired by masters such as Youenn Le Bihan, Christian Faucheur, and Jean-Claude Petit, but has also focused on the tarogato, a modern single-reed instrument originally from eastern Europe.
