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designed to teach children the days of the week, the name of farm animals and the sound they make: everyday, the narrator goes to the fair and buys an animal. In
Nolwenn Korbell's version, starting on Wednesday, the narrator buys something that cannot be bought: a husband, a son, a heart, a voice and
363:(It is not over), her first album, was released in the end of 2003. This title was chosen so that anyone can find their own meaning in it: it can, for example, refer to the end of a love relationship that leaves some hope, to the Breton language and
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and Hervé Corbel, also a Breton music amateur. All four of them spoke Breton in their daily life, and
Nolwenn learnt French at school. She followed her mother during her tours in the
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that are still alive, or to a work of art, like the album itself, that is never over because it is always possible to give a new interpretation of it.
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included Frédérique Lory on the piano, Tangi Le Doré on the bass, and d'Antonin Volson on drums. This team remained with her until 2010.
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in the band Arsis Théâtre Vocal. She hosted television programs on France 3 Ouest.
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in 2005 and 2006. In 2006, she performed in the Celtic
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which demonstrates that what makes the salt of life is not negotiable".
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483:Saint-Quay-Portrieux
382:Plac'h ar gwele kloz
338:Nolwenn Korbell and
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322:. The two heads of
34:Nolwenn Korbell in
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621:Pardon an dreinded
586:2006, Coop Breizh
526:2003, Coop Breizh
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297:Yann-Fañch Kemener
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