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the simple act of bringing the poetry of Georges Brassens to a Yukon audience,
Delahaye is surely enriching our culture. It is as if someone had decided to recreate
a vintage wine in our neck of the woods and present it for the world to taste.
This music is from a talented interpreter and scholar of music... Like a log alight
on a roaring fire, Delahaye warms your soul with a rich, sonorous singing voice.
His delivery in French and English is, like the original Brassens, distinctively
enunciated and articulated to perfection. Brassens REDUX: In Brief, the debut
CD of Didier Delahaye, is the weirdest music to come out of the Yukon in quite
some time. Weird in a good way, however. Excitingly creative, fast and inspiring.
Using a collection of gypsy-influenced Your new release is wonderful wonderful
wonderful. The "Yukon style", is it? The introductory and intermezzo
descants are so lush as to be almost edible. Your bass is much richer and sonorous
than GB's baritone, and I would lief as listen to you as him for the rest of whatever
existence is left to me. I am ever captivated by delicate two part harmony with
a fine soft soprano enriching the male melod, and your examples of L'amour marin
and Natural mate with Marie-Hélène filling that fine role are as
satisfying as apple pie. I can't desist without mentioned the quality of the studio
work. The subtle "presence", as we used to call it, which has vanished
in a lot of modern mixing, is perfect. For now, thank you, thank you, and bis!
bis! I moved to Montpellier,
France (a short drive from Sète) with my family two years ago and started
to notice occasional posters and photos of a man with a pipe called Georges Brassens.
I finally got to hear “Je me suis fait tout petit” on the radio and
bought one of his CDs – a compilation which began with “Le Gorille”.
What fantastic songs! Why hadn’t we in the English-speaking world ever heard
of this man? I was hooked, and I’ve subsequently bought most of Brassens’
work. He’s been the gateway, for me, to the world of French chanson and I’ve
enthusiastically recommended him to my friends in Ireland and England. I’ve
looked for translations of his songs before and I’ve never found any that
captured Brassens’ wit and earthiness – until now. Thank you so much
for a superb job of translating the songs, or rather, of making it look like they
have always existed in English. Your voice is perfectly matched to the material
and conveys the same warmth as le Bon Maître. I’ll keep an eye on your
touring schedule and try to get to see you whenever you come to the South of France. | "J'apprécie
grandement l'énergie et le talent que tu déploies à faire
connaître mes gaudrioles chez nos lointains cousins d'outre Atlantique.
Mais en écoutant tes interprétations si personnelles, ta voix impressionnante,
tes accompagnements énergiques et les fougueux ponts musicaux dont tu prolonges,
à la guitare, mes couplets, je ne peux m'empêcher de penser, comme
plusieurs, que même dans leurs versions originelles en français,
ton tour de chant serait déjà remarquable et te classerait parmi
mes interprètes d'exception." “La première lecture de tous tes
textes m’a enthousiasmé. D’abord, tes textes collent exactement
à la musique, ce qui est très dificile avec une langue accentuée...
Non seulement ton anglais est probablement bien plus riche que celui de l’anglophone
moyen, mais tu as gardé et embelli notre sens français et brassenien
de l’humour. Bien des vers m’ont fait éclater de rire et tes
textes sont pleins de trouvailles qui valent leur pesant de moustache du maître.
Oui, je crois qu’il se serait bien marré si tu avais pu lui expliquer....
Très très Brassens. |
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