From the Provinces: Manu Théron, Grégory Dargent and Youssef Hbeisch with "Ar mi Puesc Ieu Lauzar d'Amor"

From southern France and the mediaeval age comes this really uptempo rocking tune called "Ar mi Puesc Ieu Lauzar d'Amor" with oud and vocals in the Provençal language. Sirventes: Chants Fougeaux des Pays d'Oc/Occitan Protest Songs, released in 2014, is an album put together using songs written by poets and musicians from mediaeval Provence. While most of the tunes have not survived, the words have and they are put to some very compelling music by Manu Théron (Lo Cor de la Plana), Grégory Dargent and Youssef Hbeisch (Le Trio Joubran). Provençal is considered an endangered language, very related to Catalan in Spain, so hearing it here is a real treat.