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Gabriel Yacoub was among the spearheads from the folk revival that swept through France. The founder and head of important French trad rock-band Malicorne through the 1970s and early ’80s, Yacoub provides continuing to explore the entire spectral range of French music being a soloist. Based on Vanity Good, Yacoub’s …

Malicorne founder Gabriel Yacoub, taking his inspiration in the French/Celtic explorations of Alan Stivell and Dan Ar Braz along with the Uk folk/rock of Steeleye Period, led his crew in producing wealthy, haunting arrangements from the folk music of France, Brittany, and francophone Canada. The band’s afterwards recordings feature first …

Now a distinctive French exemplar of what in the U.S. may be known as classical/globe music crossover, Hugues de Courson provides regularly sought to broaden the range of his musical skills and activities during the period of his recognized five-decade profession. He spent his early youth in Spain. While still …