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[[Gascony]] is a region of [[France]] that has produced several well-known performers and composers of [[european classical music|classical]], [[folk music|folk]] and [[popular music]]. Gascony is home to several major [[music festival]]s. The town of Merciac in Gascony is home to an annual [[Jazz in Marciac|jazz festival]], one of the biggest in France. The town of [[Mirande]] is also home to Le Country Musique, an annual [[country music]] festival.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Baume |first=Maïa de la |date=2009-08-05 |title=French Festival Is a Little Bit Country, a Little Bit Wine ’n’ Cheese |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/world/europe/06mirande.html |access-date=2022-09-08 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==Folk music== Gascon folk music is known for a kind of [[bagpipe|small pipes]] called ''[[boha]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=What’s in a name |url=http://www.bagpipesociety.org.uk/articles/2016/chanter/summer/whats-in-a-name/ |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=www.bagpipesociety.org.uk}}</ref> which have a rectangular chanter and drone combination, (this form is unique to Gascony), and are made out of sheepskin with the fleece showing. The wandering performers known as [[troubadour]]s and [[jongleur]]s were well established in Gascony.
Gascony, like many regions of France, and elsewhere in Europe, underwent a [[roots revival]] in the early to mid-1970s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-19 |title=4.2: Culture: History of Folk French Music |url=https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Achieving_the_Dream/Book%3A_French_101_(Celis)/04%3A_Unit_3/04.2%3A_Culture%3A_History_of_Folk_French_Music |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=Humanities LibreTexts |language=en}}</ref> The beginning of this trend in Gascony can be traced to the release of ''Musique Traditionelle de Gascogne'' by Perlinpinpin Folc, a band formed in 1972 and led by Christian Lamau.
Some twenty years later, this genre was revived with the repopularization of [[pastorale]]s, an ancient form of [[musical theater]]. Rappadoc is a modern style of this music inspired by the jongleurs and troubadours of the region's history, using various lyrical styles in a satirical and topical performance.
Modern traditionally-styled bands from Gascony include [[:oc:Verd e Blu#Discografia|Verd e Blu]] and [[:oc:Joan Francés Tisnèr|Joan Francés Tisnèr]].
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