Brigitte Fontaine

A free electron of French chanson, Brigitte Fontaine (born in Morlaix on June 24, 1939) has deliberately strayed from the well-trodden paths of success, and in the space of half a century has established herself as a scathing musical icon. Elsewhere, far away, somewhere between a furious love of life and an ostentatious disregard for codes, she has knitted her own musical path since her first audacious albums Brigitte Fontaine Est... Folle! (1968) and the experimental Comme à La Radio (1969), backed by the avant-garde jazz orchestra Art Ensemble of Chicago. Driven by a constant attention to words, a keen sense of invention and new encounters, she has adapted to the times. And often, ahead of them, as evidenced by L'Incendie (1974) and Le Nougât (1988). Since her return to the forefront with the album Genre Humain, produced by Étienne Daho in 1995, and the success of Kékéland in 2001, the wacky Bretonne has continued to push back the boundaries of her universe, with her flayed voice, over the course of funny, gritty albums: Prohibition in 2009, L'Un N'Empêche Pas L'Autre in 2011 and J'ai l'Honneur d'Être in 2013 are as alert as they are impertinent. Seven years later, the itchy French songwriter is back at it again with Terre Neuve (2020).

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