It was time. These “twins of chance”, as the excellent Nelson Minville writes in Born the same day, were to meet on disk. It happens rather late than early: we had ended up getting used to the Renée Martel-Patrick Norman tandem, to the point of associating them exclusively. Finding her with Paul Daraîche is a celebration: queen and king of country are entitled to their parade. They take advantage of it: we exchange the immortal ones (to Paul the first microphone for A love that doesn’t want to die, to Renée the same for I’m going to the other side of the world), we pay homage together to Marcel Martel (Good night, my love), we stick our voices for a nod to the Everly Brothers (Walk Right Back, adaptation Lévis Bouliane). The essential To my mother is not bypassed: that Renée sings it for her mother Noëlla Therrien is the most touching moment of the album. Which reminds us of our luck: Paul and Renée are alive and, like us, grateful.
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