Celtic Wedding

Celtic Wedding
Studio album by The Chieftains
Released	1987
Recorded	May 1986, Lansdowne Studios, Dublin
Genre	Breton, Folk
Label	RCA
Producer	Paddy Moloney
The Chieftains chronology
Ballad of the Irish Horse (1986) Celtic Wedding (1987) In Ireland (1987)

Celtic Wedding is an album of traditional Breton music performed by the Irish band The Chieftains. The album features guest performances by Breton artists Nolwen Monjarret, Bernard Pichard, Alain Guerton and Michel Bertae. Nolwen Monjarret later appeared on the Chieftains' 1991 album, The Bells of Dublin, performing "A Breton Carol" with the band.

The album's liner notes state that the music was selected from a publication entitled Tonioù Breizh-Izel (Traditional Tunes from Lower Brittany), which contains over 3,000 tunes collected by Polig Monjarret, who collaborated with Paddy Moloney in choosing the tunes for the album. The original album's cover features a painting by the Scottish painter Alexander Goudie of a country fair attended by people and animals. This was later changed in more recent reprints to a cover photo of windblown rocks. Celtic Wedding was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1986.

The making of the album was sponsored by Brittany Ferries.

Track listing

All songs traditional. Descriptions from the album's liner notes.

Side one

1. "Dans Mod Koh a Vaod" (3:30) Old-fashioned dance
2. "A Breton Carol" (3:41)
3. "Dans-Tro Fisel" (4:06) Dance from the Fisel country
4. "Marches" (4:09) From the Vannes country
5. "Dans Bro-Leon" (2:28) Dance and song from the Leon country
6. "Heuliadenn Tonioù Breizh-Izel" (6:57) A medley in which each member of the band plays a tune of his own choice

Side two

1. "Ev Chistr 'Ta, Laou!" (1:56) Cider-drinking song
2. "Jabadaw" (3:03) Dance from Breton Cornwall
3. "Celtic Wedding" (20:11) A medley of song and dance describing the famous ancient Breton ceremony

Personnel

• Derek Bell – harp, tiompán, oboe, organ
• Martin Fay – fiddle, bones
• Seán Keane – fiddle
• Kevin Conneff – bodhrán, vocals
• Matt Molloy – flute, tin whistle
• Paddy Moloney – uilleann pipes, tin whistle
• Nolwenn Monjarret - vocals
• Bernard Pichard - bombarde
• Alain Guerton - bombarde, biniou
• Michel Bertae - bombarde, biniou

References

The Chieftains Official Website Discography https://web.archive.org/web/20110723095602/http://www.thechieftains.com/discography/disc_celticwedding.asp