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Tri Yann
Tri Yann in concert at Lorient
Background information
Origin
Nantes, France
Years active
1969 (1969)–2021
Members
Jean Chocun
Jean-Louis Jossic
Gérard Goron
Jean-Luc Chevalier
Konan Mevel
Fred Bourgeois
Christophe Peloil
Past members
Bernard Baudriller
Jérôme Gasmi
Christophe Le Helley
Christian Vignoles
Bruno Sabathé
Louis-Marie Séveno
Mylène Coue
Bleunwenn Mevel
Jean-Paul Corbineau
Website
www.tri-yann.com
Tri Yann (Breton pronunciation:[ˈtriːˈjãnː]) is a French band from Nantes who play folk rock music drawing on traditional Breton folk ballads.
The band was founded in 1969 by Jean Chocun, Jean-Paul Corbineau and Jean-Louis Jossic – all of whom remained members – hence the suggested name of Tri Yann an Naoned (Breton for "Three Johns of Nantes"), Jean and Yann being respectively the French and Breton versions of the name John. They presented their final concerts in September 2021, a celebration of their 50th anniversary as a group, which was delayed by the worldwide corona virus pandemic. In December 2022, co-founder Jean-Paul Corbineau died following a long struggle with leukemia.
As the best known "Celtic" band in France, Tri Yann are one of the longest-standing Breton music groups surviving from the folk rock revival of the 1970s (following the revival of the bagadoù and Alan Stivell's work). The group are famous for the outlandish costumes worn on stage.
Among their best-known songs are La Jument de Michao (including the chorus "J'entends le loup, le renard et la belette" i.e. "I hear the wolf, the fox and the weasel") and Dans les prisons de Nantes ("In the prisons of Nantes"). Live performances usually include the Breton national anthem Bro Gozh ma Zadoù ("The Land of My Fathers") which has the same tune to the Welsh National Anthem.
Tri Yann sang the role of Uther Pendragon in Alan Simon's rock opera Excalibur, as well as Louis XII of France in Simon's rock opera Anne de Bretagne.
TriYann (Breton pronunciation: [ˈtriː ˈjãnː]) is a French band from Nantes who play folk rock music drawing on traditional Breton folk ballads. The band...
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singer Alain Stivell, musician Yann Tiersen, composer notable for the score to the Jean-Pierre Jeunet movie Amélie. TriYann, folk rock group The Red Lady...
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starring Cécile Corbel (as Anne), Fairport Convention, Nilda Fernandez, TriYann, Les Holroyd and others. Anne is also referred to in songs. A song of Gilles...
most popular, with versions recorded by Édith Piaf, Georges Brassens, TriYann and Nolwenn Leroy. Other popular folk songs include "Le pont de Nantes"...
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