At the Lorient Interceltic Festival, “The Vials of Happiness” by the group Le Vent du Nord

The New York bagad, the Cajuns of Louisiana, the Irish of the Appalachians, or the "foot-tappers" of the banks of the Saint-Laurent? Because it is inter-Celtic , the Lorient festival, which welcomes a stream of groups and lovers of traditional music to its port until August 10, looks for relatives to celebrate every year: from Galicia to the Faroe Islands via Galway or Inverness. And by crossing the Atlantic: the ^54th edition is placed under the star of the "Cousins of America".

"We're cousins from the left buttock," corrects the Quebecer Olivier Demers, from the group Le Vent du nord, with an accent that doesn't fool you. Translate: a cousinage with detours, not exactly in a direct line. Not to be seen as a criticism, detours are precisely what the five musicians of Vent du Nord like – twenty-three years of touring, 2,300 concerts under their belt and a thirteenth album ( Voisinages ), to be released on October 10. And that's how we happily found them again this Wednesday, August 6, in great style, with the Orchestre national de Bretagne, conducted by Fiona Monbet.

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