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. Almer and Nirvan: soulful Balkan duo featuring acoustic guitars and voice
2. Fiddle Whamdiddle: foot-stomping, heart-pumping, head-bobbing music that snags audiences and reels them in!
3. Canconier: Medieval music from the 12th to the 15th centuries
4. Anna Rynefors and Erik Ask Upmark: swedish folk music
5. Kitka: Eastern European women's vocal music
6. Jesse Manno: middle eastern/balkan music and new age
7. Fernwood: Music played by hand on instruments made of wood
8. Beth Quist: electro-Balkan / Indian meets New Age.
9. Francois Couture: Canadian composer, musician, orchestrator, arranger and sound designer
10. Cheryl Ann Fulton: World-class performer and teacher of Medieval, Baroque, Welsh triple, Celtic and Concert harps.
11. Kammen and Swan: a bright edge to traditional Celtic tunes
12. Shira Kammen: early folk and celtic music.
13. Barry Phillips: Scandinavian folkish cello
14. Mundi: Early music meets global folk at the Penguin Café
15. Lisa Lynne: Inspirational, uplifting, gentle, and soothing Celtic harp, World flutes, guitar and more.
16. Steve Eulberg: smile-inducing, toe-tapping folkgrass
17. Luke Gartner-Brereton: music for minds
18. Jeremy Moyer: Erhu music bridging Eastern, Western, Contemporary and Folk traditions
19. Yumi Kurosawa: melodic and mixed world tunes on Japanese Koto
20. Erik Ask Upmark: Scandinavian music on the Celtic harp