I'll have descriptions and sound clips of the two new recordings on frenchtradmusic.com in a week or so (I've been remiss). We gurdy players do need to pester Jean-Michel of AEPEM to re-release the "Bourrees et Montagnardes (Bouillet)" cd. That is such great stuff! Mitch Gordon Guerneville, CA, US In a message dated 11/27/2010 11:19:59 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
