Breton Album of the Year
The 2025 Album of the Year awardee is Dinaskañ, the wonderful second recording by the group Eben.
Of course you can read the review linked in the highlighted text above, but in summary this is an incredibly deep, thoughtful, imaginative and nuanced recording that blows us away, including the lovely packaging for the recording, a substantial part of the experience completely lacking in streaming-only products.
Honorable mention goes out to the reborn group Barzaz for their double-disc recording War Al Leurenn, returning after a very lengthy hiatus.
Notes: The way that a living genre of music presents itself over changing times in recordings means that, for some years there were numerous competing titles that could have taken the top honors (we occasionally award up to two if it’s super-close), while in other years there were relatively few decent releases. ATB won’t pick an awardee just to fill the slot for that year. We try to base the award nominee pool on the formal release date of the recordings, but occasionally, if we got our hands on the recording a year later or if it was released right at the end of the year, we may choose to place the recording in the running for that year instead.
We recently decided to make the Album of the Year a retroactive award for more distant times, so we’ve now gone all the way back to the 1980s, when one of our main contributors was an adolescent and the other a child.
THE ANNUAL ALL THINGS BRETON ALBUM OF THE YEAR AWARD:
2026 - (not final!) An tad moualc'h kano by Dañs ar Jâze is the runaway lead candidate so far in 2026!
2025 - Dinaskañ by Eben
2024 - Le Krign Etait Presque Parfait by Franck Fagon & Jean-Sébastien Hellard
2023 - Paziou Dañs by Philippe Le Gallou & Pierrick Lemou
2022 - L8.2 by E-Leizh
2021 - Ar Vuhez by War-Sav
2020 - Sylvain Barou, Yannig Noguet et Roland Conq, by Sylvain Barou, Yannig Noguet & Roland Conq
2019 - dāw by Maude Madec & Gurvan Liard
2018 - Ar spletenn – Les horloges by Wipidoup
2017 - Direnni by Darhaou
2016 - Fleuves by Fleuves
2015 - L8.1 by E-Leizh
2014 - Vorlenn's Stomp by Alambig Elektrik
2013 - TIE: Joa by Joa and 'Ndiaz by 'Ndiaz
2012 - Trouz ba'n Davarn by Kafe Koefet
2011 - TIE: arri eo ar momant by Jean-Luc Thomas & Yvon Riou and Samajhima by Stevan Vincendeau & Thomas Felder
2010 - TIE: L’appel à la transe by Wipidoup and C'hoari Pevar by Skolvan
2009 - Danses Du Pays Pourlet /Danserien Ar Vro Pourlet by Regis Huiban
2008 - L’Opium du danseur by Wipidoup
2007 - Disadorn 'noz fever by Alambig Electrik
2005 - Ur sulvezh ba' Langoned by Darhaou
2004 - L'Habit de Plume by Hamon Martin Quintet
2003 - TIE: Gouez! (À l'état sauvage) by Loened Fall and Fin ‘Zun by Gildas Moal & René Chaplain
2002 - TIE: Au Café Breton by Kof Ha Kof and Skeud An Amzer by Penn Gollo
2001 - Gitar by Soïg Sibéril
2000 - Daou ha daou by Yann-Fañch Perroches & Fañch Landreau
1999 - Livioù/Couleurs by Skeduz
1998 - Voulouz Loar/Velluto Di Luna by Annie Ebrel & Riccardo Del Fra
1997 - An deiziou kaer by Storvan
1996 - TIE: Trios by Kurun and Dibenn by Dibenn
1995 - Evit Dañsal by Jil Léhart & Daniel Le Féon
1994 - Swing & Tears by Skolvan
1992 - An den kozh dall by Barzaz
1991 - Kerzh ba'n' dañs (Come to the Dance) by Skolvan
1990 - An Heñchoù Treuz by Erik Marchand & Thierry ’Titi’ Robin
1989 - Musique à Danser - Skolvan
1987 - Kornog IV by Kornog
1986 - Musique Bretonne Toujours by Gwerz
1985 - Ar Seizh Avel by Kornog
1984 - Première: Music from Brittany by Kornog
1981 - Un Dewezh 'Barzh 'Gêr by Alan Stivell
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