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