"Alan Stivell's name is always the first to be given when the revival of Breton culture is mentioned. He made his first recording as long ago as 1960. An internet dicography details 91 releases under his own name but it is doubtful if any of them are quite as ambitious as "Human-Kelt" ... The long list of musical contributors ranges from Bob Geldof to Yann Tiersen, from Donal Lunny to Fatoumata Diawara as well as l'Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne and there is also a good deal of electronic programming ... The main language of the album is Breton but there are also passages in seven other languages. The sounds of the Breton tradition remain its firm foundation, however ... In his huge canon of work over six decades some tracks must be amongst the best including he haunting "An Emglew" and the long final item, "Pourquoi Es-Tu Venu Si Tard?" which echoes the opener before gently touching on a range of Celtic melodies in a very satisfactory way ... It would be very surprising if this remarkable album does not come to be regarded as one of his finest achievements".
