Officials estimate that nearly 400,000 people will be in the city of Lorient in the French region of Brittany to hear oddities like techno-bagpipes at the 28th InterCeltic Festival. Among the ...

Join us as we revisit Breton harp player and multi-instrumentalist Alan Stivell and Irish fiddler Kevin Burke. The Thistle & Shamrock: The Long View If you've been listening to Thistle for some years, ...

This week's episode of The Thistle & Shamrock features Alan Stivell, Battlefield Band, Tony Cuffe, Clannad and Corrina Hewat. The Thistle & Shamrock: 2000 Hours Later Fiona Ritchie finds herself 2000 ...

Alan Stivell (born Alan Cochevelou on 6 January 1944) is a French, Breton and Celtic musician and singer, songwriter, recording artist, and master of the Celtic harp. From the early 1970s, he revived ...

From timeless vinyl to pioneering mp3s, enjoy an hour of musical masterpieces from over 25 years of Thistle with Liz Carroll, Alan Stivell, Christy Moore and Lunasa. This episode originally aired the ...

Intoxicating melodies from Brittany fill the air this week. Hear from the bands Kornog and Skolvan, traditional vocalist and specialist in Breton gwerz songs Annie Ebrel, and harpist and father of pan ...