So we were at Bénabar’s and he was sitting at his piano. We were talking about how he composes and writes his songs. Since his debut twenty-five years ago, everyone has noticed that his songs are always stories. He tells stories and we asked him to explain to us what is very specific about telling stories.
In this episode of behind our voicesyou hear excerpts from:
Bénabar sings to us Four walls and a roof, 2021
Benabar, Four walls and a roof, 2005
Georges Brassens, Spanking, 1966
Anne Sylvester, Impedimenta, 1994
Bob Dylan, Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts, 1975
Benabar, Four walls and a roof, 2005
Benabar, Petersburg, 2021
Benabar, Four walls and a roof, 2005
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Remember: during the summer of 2019, La Playlist de Françoise Hardy was a crossing of the musical baggage of an author, composer and performer considered as the arbiter of the elegance of pop in France.
In July and August 2017, we spent A Summer in Souchon, during which Alain Souchon guided us on a tasty walk through a lifetime of love for song.