Dan Ar Braz

At the age of 13, Daniel Le Bras obtained his first guitar after teaching himself how to play, inspired by guitarists like Hank Marvin, Bert Jansch, and Pretty Things.

[2] Alan Stivell and his musicians embraced Breton, Scottish, and Irish music, and were also later joined by Gabriel Yacoub to form Malicorne.

Compared to Stivell's group, this was the middle-of-the-road[clarification needed] and it broke up shortly after recording one album, Stations, released in 1973.

This experience allowed him to work with prominent Anglophone musicians such as Dave Pegg and Rory Gallagher, and even appeared on the cover of Melody Maker (February 1976).

occurred in 1992, when the organizer of the Festival de Cornouaille in Quimper asked him to create a live show uniting traditional music with modern styles.

[citation needed] Donal Lunny came from Ireland, Karen Matheson came from Scotland, Elaine Morgan came from Wales, and both Bagad Kemper and Alan Stivell came from Brittany.

[citation needed] The group called L'Héritage des Celtes performed their debut show at the Quimper festival in July 1993, then went on to Rennes in 1994.

[9] They went on tour in France and played the biggest stages of Paris Le Zénith and Bercy Arena on St Patrick's Day in 1999.

La mémoire des volets blancs (2001) is a tribute to the deceased friends from his childhood,[citation needed] and is a nostalgic instrumental piece.

For the following albums,[clarification needed] he worked with his friends, singers Clarisse Lavanant, Jean-Jacques Goldman, and Red Cardell.

telling the story of his life in instrumentals that range from "Moon River" and "Oh Shenandoah" to Braz’s own compositions in a style that echoes his musical heroes, The Shadows.

Dan Ar Braz at the Festival Interceltique de Lorient in 2006