The Barbepeste Official Orchestra (or B.O.O) is a French quartet, halfway between traditional Irish music and world music. Comprising Yann Righetti (cithern, mandolin, baroque guitar), Isao Bredel (nyckelharpa, singing), Yann Voegel (low whistle, tin whistle, ney, alto recorder) and Guilhem Puech (surdo, cuban cajon, military drum, darbouka, bendir), the band likes to play with old traditional Irish songs and give them new colors. And what about the "Captain Barbepeste" and the pirate aesthetics that flavors the entire project? Well, that's the common thread, the guiding light that gives sense to the global picture. One can imagine a lot of different things listening to the B.O.O., but the band always pictures pirate ambiances when composing or arranging a song: one dreams of sirens and tempests, one of jetties and taverns, one of ships that ran aground and desert islands. This pirate aesthetic goes beyond the music: historical costumes, old musical instruments, and a gorgeous artwork around the first album, designed by Jean Luc Masbou, a famous French comic strip writer who turns out to be a B.O.O. fan!

Bootleggers

Tagged as: World, Folk, Celtic.

1. Kammen and Swan: a bright edge to traditional Celtic tunes
2. Shira Kammen: early folk and celtic music.
3. Aryeh Frankfurter and Lisa Lynne: Two Worlds, One Music
4. Barry Phillips: Scandinavian folkish cello
5. Cheryl Ann Fulton: World-class performer and teacher of Medieval, Baroque, Welsh triple, Celtic and Concert harps.
6. Mundi: Early music meets global folk at the Penguin Café
7. Beth Quist: electro-Balkan / Indian meets New Age.
8. Luke Gartner-Brereton: music for minds
9. Aryeh Frankfurter: Timeless and enchanting folk music for the soul
10. Francois Couture: Canadian composer, musician, orchestrator, arranger and sound designer
11. Lisa Lynne: Inspirational, uplifting, gentle, and soothing Celtic harp, World flutes, guitar and more.
12. Jeremy Moyer: Erhu music bridging Eastern, Western, Contemporary and Folk traditions
13. Fiddle Whamdiddle: foot-stomping, heart-pumping, head-bobbing music that snags audiences and reels them in!
14. Steve Eulberg: smile-inducing, toe-tapping folkgrass
15. Laura Inserra: the Hang, a new instrument from Switzerland
16. To Life!: Music as a journey through tribal landscapes, rhythmic dance, hypnotic trance.
17. Erik Ask Upmark: Scandinavian music on the Celtic harp
18. Anna Rynefors and Erik Ask Upmark: swedish folk music
19. Lisa Lynne and George Tortorelli: Celtic harp and bamboo flutes. Soft and soothing, perfect for quiet times and relaxation
20. Dayazell: ancient and traditional world music