All About All Things Breton
About the site:
The goal for this site is to provide a deep, content-rich, graphically exciting portal for the English-speaking world to learn more about the magnificent culture and music of Brittany. What started 20 years ago as a simple blog with very brief simple music reviews has slowly expanded into longer reviews as well as numerous articles related to Breton music and culture, including academic papers, downloadable out-of-print music tutorial materials, repaired historical images, video links, expositions on musical instruments used in traditional music, and articles about and direct interviews with notable figures.
Who are we?
For years the site was the creation of just one person, slaving away for their own amusement. More recently two people and occasional guests create the content - slaving away for their own amusement. We typically, but not always, post under the name “Fañch”. Why? Some of the comments received in the past were quite interested in the personal data of the author(s), and some folks expressed unhappiness at the very few less-than-adulatory reviews, so now we are Fañch. We welcome further contributors to our small team, as long as they have the knowledge, skills and attitude to make it a joy to work with them!
Why are there no comments?
The internet can be a foul place, particularly in the comments section. We’ve come to the conclusion that comments are the place where bad things happen on websites, and we’re not interested. If you need to contact us, perhaps to gift vast sums of money, feel free to use the Contact button on the menu above. Please note that we may or may not respond to contacts, based upon workload, content, mood, or whim.
Why do you do this - is there a financial aspect?
There is always a financial aspect to every human undertaking. In our case, this is purely a labor of love for a few bright, obsessed people with some time on their hands. There is no money being made here, no profit. Our financial aspect is the cost incurred - we proudly and purposefully operate this site at a loss.
Where do you get the recordings and books that you review?
We buy them. We go to websites such as coop-breizh.fr, arfolk.bzh, or Dastum.bzh, press the buttons, pay the money, and they send them to us. Other articles are based on actual interviews and journalism, scouring our sources in Brittany or through social media.
Why isn’t your website setup for viewing with my iPhone?
This is a responsive design website formatted for large desktop monitors and also laptops and tablets. Our concept for this site is for it to provide a certain rich visual experience that the screens on phones etc are just too small to provide. So we decided to not break the design in order to try and serve those tiny screens.
~ Fañch
