ABOUT US / AR STROLLAD

Bara Gwin performs Breton music at full tempo and full volume, with daring and imagination. We believe that the music of Brittany is as significant and distinctive as other great musical genres of universal appeal such as tango or jazz. 

‘Bara Gwin’ is a Breton term for ‘food and drink’ that gave rise to the French word ‘baragouin’. Baragouin, originally a contemptuous reference to Breton, means in French: outlandish unintelligible speech, incomprehensible language, gibberish.

SONA GREENBERG

Sona (Chromatic Accordion) 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

Ron (Woodwinds) is a bombard (Breton oboe) player with a sound inspired by maestros such as Christian Faucheur and Christophe Caron, but has also focused on the tarogato, a modern single-reed woodwind originally from eastern Europe. 

DANIEL CASADO

Daniel’s (Bass, Electronics) wide-ranging influences include diverse musical genres such as jazz, rock, electronic music and classical. Daniel was recently heard to say, “I’ve always wanted to play a bass line that would make Bryan Ferry swoon”.