Fellow Cranks,
As many of you know, I assist my wife, Claudia Schiller, in making the
French traditional music CD's published by AEPEM available in North
America. AEPEM is the "Association d'Étude, de Promotion et
d’Enseignement des Musiques Traditionnelles des Pays de France," and
they generally put out a couple of new CD's each year, virtually always
of traditional tunes on traditional instruments, usually including
hurdy-gurdy. Reviews of many of the CD's can be found on Mitch Gordon's
website "http://www.frenchtradmusic.com/";, and, of course, on AEPEM's
own website, "http://aepem.com/"; for those comfortable reading French.
This website contains a complete listing of the titles they've released
-- perhaps too complete, as some of the listed titles are sold out and
others are down in the single digits of available stock, but if you see
something that looks interesting it never hurts to drop a line to
"[email protected]" and ask about availability.
While you're on the site, you may want to take a look at the
"Bibliothèque musicale" feature, where this year they added 591 new
tunes to the 2,824 which were already available there. Any way you look
at it, this is an impressive resource!
I usually post something here when new CD's are available from this
source, but this year I didn't, because neither of the two new releases
specifically features the hurdy-gurdy. I'm now persuaded, though, that
they're still of value to HG players interested in French trad music.
The first of these, "Violons du Cézallier," is a remastering of
recordings made between the two World Wars of fiddlers active in the
region of the Massif Central. This is the real thing, traditional music
traditionally played in its location of origin. Jolly good listening, too.
The other is called "De grand matin," by La Société Fraternelle des
Cornemuses du Centre, a group consisting of a mind-boggling 67 bagpipes
under the direction of Julien Barbences of the group "La Machine." I
generally approach massed bands of bagpipers with considerable caution,
but this one has become a favorite of mine.
We hope to have CD's with us this year at Lark Camp and Over the Water,
or drop us a line at "[email protected]."
- Marty
--
Martin Lodahl of Auburn, California
UNIX Pro, Musician, Motorcyclist
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