Francis Cabrel

Francis Cabrel ( born November 23, 1953 in Agen to Toulouse ) is a French singer and composer.

Life

The near his birthplace in the village Astaffort living singer is enjoying great popularity since the 1980s, after his 1979 breakthrough with the song " Je l' aime à mourir " succeeded. He could through his impressive discography secure a place in the French song to date in the series.

His music is characterized by sophisticated harmonies and often insightful texts on which he bestowed with a friendly - warm voice and his typical southern French accent expression. But rock and roll, folk and blues that have not failed in his youth by musicians such as Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan in particular their influence dominated his work to this day. So Dylan's " Like a Rolling Stone" broke with him as a teenager from a listening experience that prompted him to immediately buy his first guitar - and this almost always plays a major role in his chansons.

His lyrics are about life, life and home, love and friendship, but also practice often social criticism (eg, issues of racism and bullfights ).

Among his most famous songs include his wife Mariette dedicated to the " Petite Marie", with whom he won the 1974 music competition of a radio station. Then he got a recording contract with CBS. " Je l' aime à mourir " can be found on his album Algo más de amor as "La quiero a morir " in Spanish. A version of this song there is, sung in two languages ​​, by Shakira. " La Corrida ", a pamphlet against bullfighting Samedi soir sur la from the album Terre, was sung among others by the Berlin street musician Felix Meyer. Cabrel is also a very popular duet partner, eg with Jean -Jacques Goldman, Daniel Lavoie, France Gall, Maxime Le Forestier, Isabelle Boulay or Roch Voisine, and he is part of the main cast of the Enfoirés.

Francis Cabrel has never recorded songs in English, but occasionally provided English songs with their own French texts. Several of his songs he sings Spanish and Italian versions in concerts and published them on CDs. He also writes songs for other artists, including for Patricia Kaas and Johnny Hallyday.

Albums

• Les murs de poussière ( 1977, with Petite Marie)
• Les chemins de traverse (1979; Je l' aime à mourir with )
• Fragile (1980)
• Carte postale (1981 )
• Quelqu'un de l' intérieur (1983 )
• Cabrel Public ( 1984, live album with Petite Marie Je l' aime à mourir and )
• Photos de voyages (1985 )
• 77-87 (1987)
• Sarbacane (1989 )
• D' une ombre à l' autre (1991 )
• Samedi soir sur la terre ( 1994, with La corrida )
• Algo más de amor (1998; quiero a morir with La )
• Hors- season ( 1999)
• Double Tour ( 2000)
• Les " beaux dégats " (2004)
• La Tournée of the bodegas ( 2005)
• L' essentiel 77-07 (2007)
• Des roses et des Orties (2008)
• Vise le ciel ou Bob Dylan revisited (2012 )