While many stars live in Paris, often for career-related needs, some personalities have decided to settle in the countryside. This is the case of singer Francis Cabrel. The 68-year-old artist has settled in Astaffort. And he is a very invested inhabitant!
Although born in Agen, Francis Cabrel spent his childhood in Astaffort. And if career made him discover the four corners of France, the interpreter of I love her to death has kept its roots intact in this small village of around 2,000 inhabitants, in New Aquitaine. “From this modest childhood, he retains the love of this town in which he still lives today, in a large white building surrounded by vines, which he has been running for many years with his brother Michel“, related Darling FM in 2020.
But beyond his passion for wine, Francis Cabrel is above all passionate about music and the artist did not fail to make his home an ideal place for song. “It is also there that he recorded several of his albums, having set up his own studio there, the Studio Éphémère. It is within its walls that most of the pieces of his albums took shape. The beautiful damage, Brambles and nettles or In extremis”, added the site of the radio. Finally, it also has a hotel-restaurant, The squaremanaged by his daughter Aurélie Cabrel, who seems to have given up on her singing career.
The singer, married for years to the discreet Mariette, does not play star at all in Astaffort, quite the contrary! “He has thus created two cultural associations in the city, Musique et culture, which provides music, dance and theater lessons to young students in the region; and Voix du Sud, a structure for internships and sponsorships of local artists which gives rise to an annual event, the Rencontres d’Astaffort“, specifies Chérie FM. Recently, Francis Cabrel has also distinguished himself in a campaign organized by his city to find a doctor who would like to settle there!