Briga

Line up

• Alix Noël (Accordeon & keys)
• Briga (violin, vocals)
• Jérémi Roy (Stand-up & electric Bass)
• Marton Maderspach (Tupan, Fiddle, Drums)
• Tacfarinas Kichou (bindir, ryk, darbouka, guellal)

• country:
  Canada
• region:
  North America
• style(s):
  • Balkan
  • Québecois
• label:
  not signed
• type:
  Band, Solo
• gender:
  female
• instrumentation:
  instrumental, vocal
• artist submitted by:
  Brigamusic

Briga is the daughter of a Polish father, and a Quebecoise mother.
Her music is a reflection of her fragmented identity: a hybrid of songs written in French and English, all accompanied by her fervent violin firmly rooted in eastern European and Romani folk sounds learned from the days her father played the piano to put the children to sleep. Baptised Briga by her fellow band mates in the ex-yugoslavian band Les Gitans de Sarajevo, her name means sorrow or burden. It can be used as an endearing term for loved ones (moje brigo... = oh my burden...)

Links

• www.brigamusic.com