Marie Gicquel 3:22 p.m., August 07, 2022
The 51st edition of the Interceltic Festival of Lorient has just started.
And one thing is certain: whether in cinema or in pop culture, in recent years Celtic music has crossed the borders of Brittany or Ireland.
Europe 1 makes you rediscover all these well-known Celtic music.
The 51ᵉ edition of the Interceltic Festival of Lorient has just started, and it is an opportunity to see that Celtic music has crossed Breton and Irish borders, thanks in particular to pop culture.
In the cinema, Celtic music is widely used.
A chilling romance begins to Irish music in the third class compartments of a famous ocean liner: in this well-known scene, Jack and Rose from the movie
Titanic
embark on a crazy dance.
Cinema, pop culture, rap...
Let's stay in Ireland, and precisely in the city of Galway with the English singer Ed Sheeran.
In
Galway Girl
, he recounts his flirtation with a Celtic music violinist.
On the Scottish side, it is to the sound of the bagpipes that Mel Gibson fights in the film
Braveheart
.
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Other mythical bagpipes: how not to mention
La Tribu de Dana
, the summer 1998 hit and Celtic rap of the Manau group, which sold more than a million and a half copies and which will probably remain in your memory. head for the whole day.
The Interceltic Festival continues in Lorient until next Sunday.