What is Yann-Fañch Kemener?
[[File:Guérande - Barzaz - Yann-Fañch Kemener 1.JPG|thumb|Yann-Fañch Kemener in concert in [[Guérande]].]] '''Yann-Fañch Kemener''' (April 7, 1957 – March 16, 2019) was a French traditional singer-songwriter. He was born in [[Sainte-Tréphine]] ([[Côtes-d'Armor]]), France. He took part in reviving ''[[Kan ha diskan]]'' ({{lang-fr|chant et contre-chant}}) in the 1970s and 1980s, especially with [[Erik Marchand]]. He wrote songs from the oral tradition in the [[Breton language]].<ref>Yann-Fañch Kemener - Biographie chronologique von Jérémie Pierre Jouan (http://www.kemener.com/celtic.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020604215451/http://kemener.com/celtic.htm |date=2002-06-04 }})</ref> Kemener died in [[Tréméven]] on March 16, 2019 at age 61.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/bretagne/finistere/quimper/yann-fanch-kemener-voix-gwerz-du-kan-ha-diskan-est-decede-1636552.html |title=Yann-Fañch Kemener, voix de la gwerz et du kan-ha-diskan est décédé |last=Colin |first=Emilie |date=2019-03-16 |website=France 3 Bretagne |language=fr |access-date=2019-03-17}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.kemener.com/ Official website ] {{DEFAULTSORT:Kemener, Yann-Fanch}} [[Category:1957 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:French singer-songwriters]] {{bio-stub}}