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ABOUT US / AR STROLLAD

A new project initiated by the main players from the former group Bara Gwin, Queen Amann performs Fest Noz (Night Party) music with daring and imagination. We are passionate about creating intense, beautiful, noteworthy music and delivering it to a global audience via recording and performance. 

‘Queen Amann’ is a light-hearted bilingual pun on the delicious Breton pastry ‘kouign amann’ (butter cake), inspired by a humorous ad for a Breton language class.

RON

INVITÉS

NEWS / NEVEZIOÙ

NAME CHANGE? 

Queen Amann is a new band, brought to you by the main people from our prior project, Bara Gwin. If you liked that band, you will love this one.

We’re busy building a new repertoire and lineup - working on intriguing new pieces of music and exploring opportunities to collaborate with new musical partners.

WELCOME CHRIS WADSWORTH!

Our friend Chris Wadsworth is a deep breath of fresh air, energetically taking on bass and mixing & mastering duties. He’s been pumping out world-class, bad-ass keeper tracks just as fast as we develop the bass lines, re-igniting our stalled-out recording project. 

WE’RE VERY INTERESTED IN FURTHER EXPANDING THE BAND!

To learn more click the button to the right.

Queen Amann est un phénomène inhabituel dans le monde de la musique bretonne. La musique bretonne n'est pas très connue en Amérique. Les quelques groupes qui la jouent le font comme un bibelot ou comme un « cosplay celtique ». Nous interprétons de la musique bretonne avec des arrangements sophistiqués et puissants. Nous pensons que la musique bretonne est aussi importante et distincte que d'autres genres musicaux d'attrait universel comme le rock ou le jazz.

Queen Amann zo ur strollad divoas e bed sonerezh Breizh. Dre ma n'eo ket gwall vrudet sonerezh Breizh en Amerika, ne vez ket sonet alies gant an nebeud strolladoù a anavez anezhi. Ar sonerezh-se eo plad pennañ ar Queen Amann, ha kempouezañ a reont o tonioù gant soutilded ha nerzh. Degas a reont da soñj ez eo ken pouezus ha ken liesseurt sonerezh Breizh ha doareoù sonerezh a zo brudet er bed a-bezh, evel ar rock pe ar jazz.

SOUNDS / SONIOÙ

Samples from unmixed recording sessions.

QUEEN AMANN BRETON MUSIC SEATTLE WA

Queen Amann is a music group based in Seattle, WA that presents a bold, imaginative take on contemporary Fest Noz (Night Party) music from Brittany, France. We are passionate about creating intense, beautiful, challenging, and engaging music.

PLAY MUSIC WITH US!

We’re a new band based in Seattle, WA that plays Breton Fest Noz (Night Party) music, with a dose of jazz, rock, and other sounds. While it’s a traditional genre with a characteristic mood and feel (which we love), Fest Noz is an ideal platform for expression, composition, and experimentation. Time signatures and the tempo of the various tune types are the only significant constraint. 

We/you are: a solid musician, friendly, inquisitive, relatively disciplined, interested in performing and recording. We work along these lines: everyone pulls their weight musically, and respect, kindness, and professional honesty are the norm. Jazz & rock chops a plus! You’d typically begin as a guest and the relationship could develop from there.

What instruments: Just about any instrument that could hold their own in a jazz, rock, klezmer, or balkan combo…

Breton music: Not familiar? We have a downloadable playlist of genre material - just ask! 

Scores: We develop scores & sound files using MuseScore, which is free and available for Linux, Mac, and Windows. 

Contact us if you are interested or have questions.

INVITÉS (GUESTS)

With the time-honored Breton duo format at the heart of the band, we look forward to high-quality musical encounters at whatever quantity is mutually agreeable; from a guest on a single recording track or one tune in a performance to part- or even full-time band members.

SONA GREENBERG

(Chromatic Accordion, Fender Rhodes Piano) spent years as a jazz pianist and symphonic oboe player but found the accordion in her group The Splendour Girls. Her musicianship and phenomenal talent with composition and arrangement are essential ingredients in our sound.

RON REED

(tarogato, bombard, clarinet) plays two main instruments - the bombard (the powerful Breton oboe) and the tarogato, a single-reed instrument that beautifully combines aspects of two popular genre instruments: the soprano sax and the “piston” oboe. Ron’s sound is inspired by masters such as Youenn Le Bihan, Christian Faucheur, Dumitru Fărcaș, and Jean-Claude Petit.