Gascony is a region of France that has produced several well-known performers and composers of classical, folk and popular music. Gascon folk music is known for a kind of small pipes called boha, 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 troubadours and jongleurs were well-established in Gascony. In modern days, the town of Merciac is home to an annual jazz festival, one of the biggest in France. The town of Mirande is also home to an annual festival (Le Country Musique), devoted to country music. France has long been considered a center for European art and music. ... Auvergne is a region in France. ... The Basque are an ethnic group living in parts of France and Spain, with the majority in the latter country. ... Brittany is on the northwest coast of France and is a region unique in that country in its Celtic cultural derivation. ... Outside of France, the island of Corsica is perhaps best known musically for its polyphonic choral tradition. ... The most well-known musician from the French region of Limousin is probably the piper Eric Montbel, a former member of such legendary bands as Lo Jai, Le Grand Rouge, and Ulysse; he plays the chabreta, or Limousin bagpipe. ... A music festival is a festival that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre. ... Quick history The Printemps de Bourges is a music festival, started in 1977 by Jean Christophe Dechico (director of the Maison de la Culture at the time), Alain Meilland (actor and singer) and Daniel Colling (music booking agent). ... The National Anthem is the name of a song by the band Radiohead. ... This article is about the anthem La Marseillaise. A sculpture popularly called La Marseillaise is part of the sculptural programme of the Arc de Triomphe. ... French Polynesia came to the forefront of the world music scene in 1992, with the release of The Tahitian Choirs recordings of unaccompanied vocal Christian music called himene tarava, recorded by French musicologist Pascal Nabet-Meyer. ... The former French colonies of Martinique and Guadeloupe are small islands in the Caribbean. ... Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the music of Tahiti was dominated by festivals called heiva. ... Music in the French overseas territory of Wallis and Futuna is overwhelmingly Polynesian in form. ... Gascony (Gascogne in French) is a region in southwest France. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... Classical music is music considered classical, as sophisticated and refined, in a regional tradition. ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... Popular music, sometimes abbreviated pop music, is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are broadly popular. ... For the article about the night club in West Hollywood, California, see: Troubadour (nightclub). ... In its general sense, juggling can refer to all forms of artful or skillful object manipulation. ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... Country music, once known as country and western music, is a popular musical form developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ...

Gascony, like many regions of France, and elsewhere in Europe, underwent a roots revival in the early to mid 1970s. The beginning of this trend in Gacony can be traced to the release of Musique Traditionelle de Gascogne by Perlinpinpin Folc, a band formed in 1972 and led by Christian Lamau. A roots revival (folk revival) is a trend which includes young performers popularizing the traditional musical styles of their ancestors. ... Events and trends Although in the United States and in many other Western societies the 1970s are often seen as a period of transition between the turbulent 1960s and the more conservative 1980s and 1990s, many of the trends that are associated widely with the Sixties, from the Sexual Revolution... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...

Some twenty years late, this revival continued with the repopularization of pastorales, an ancient form of musical theater. There is also a modern style, inspired by the jongleurs and troubadours of the region's history, called rappadoc, which uses various lyrical styles in satirical and topical performance. Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ...

Modern traditionally-styled bands from Gascony include Verd e Bleu.