- Kan ha
diskan is
probably the most
common type of
traditional music of Brittany. It is a
vocal tradition (kan ha
diskan translates from
Breton as, roughly...
- Finistère) is a
Breton folk singer-songwriter of the
gwerz and kan ha
diskan styles of
Breton music. From his
debut at the age of 16, he was
known for...
- prin****lly two
types of
music at
these festivals:
music sung a
cappella (kan ha
diskan),
accompanied with
music or
purely instrumental.
Before the
invention of...
- Brittany's Folk
revival began in the 1950s with the "bagadoù" and the "kan-ha-
diskan"
before growing to
world fame
through Alan Stivell's work
since the mid-1960s...
- main
types of
Breton music are a
choral a
cappella tradition called kan ha
diskan, and
music involving instruments,
including purely instrumental music. Traditional...
-
addition to his
career as a farmer, he was
active in the
world of kan ha
diskan and
modern fest noz. Born in
Lanrivain on 8
October 1930,
Guilloux was the...
- and was
partially responsible for
preserving Breton traditions. Kan ha
diskan (roughly
translated as call and
response singing) is
probably the most common...
- competitions.
Celtic harp is also common, as are
vocals and dances. The Kan ha
diskan is the most
common type of singing. The
performers sing
calls and responses...
-
French as Jean-François
Louis Quémener. He took part in
reviving Kan ha
diskan (French:
chant et contre-chant) in the 1970s and 1980s,
especially with...
-
founded in 1999 by
Chris Luginbuhl and
Lance Diskan.
Luginbuhl is a
former U.S.
Naval astronomer, and
Diskan had
originally moved to
Flagstaff from Los...
