Track Listing

1. Rue du temps - Les Ogres de Barback
2. Memoire d'homme - Lo'jo
3. Mefi (Chaabi mix) - Massilia sound system
4. A madama - La Talvera
5. Pr'amor - Marilis Orionaa
6. Sanctus - A Filetta
7. Le garcon jardinier - Gabriel Yacoub
8. La mariole - Gariel Yacoub & Friends
9. Quand sera-t-elle mariee? - Trio Patrick Bouffard
10. La bourree des capucins - Alvard / Gineston / Gueniffet / Siquier
11. Paris musette - Jo Privat & Didier Roussin
12. C'est la goutte d'or qui fait deborder la valse - Les Primitifs du Futur
13. Les amants de Paris - Edith Piaf
14. A toi - Leo Ferre
15. Legende - Romane & Angelo Debarre
16. Cayenne - Bagad Men Ha Tan & Doudou N'Diaye Rose
17. Deomp d'an unvet (Pach pi) - Eugenie Goadec & Louise Ebrel
18. An dro / Neg la cho - Carre Manchot
19. Fuite de fantaisie 1 - Marcel et Son Orchestre
20. Filles du hameau - La Kinkerne
21. Javalse - Drailles
22. C'est ainsi - Dedale

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #305351 in Music
• Released on: 2008-12-18
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: CD
• Dimensions: .23 pounds
• Running time: 61 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
The Rough Guide to the Music of France embraces a bewildering array of styles. This excellent introduction typically fulfils the stereotypes of spidering accordions and husky, ear-licking vocals, but there are also representatives from every corner of the country, sometimes sung in languages or dialects that you've never heard before. These diverse folk forms from within France are mingled with relatively recent cultural imports from North Africa and beyond. The selection's authoritatively compiled by radio producer and journalist Guillaume Veillet, from Grenoble. Les Ogres de Barback manage to take traditional elements and upset them with a dynamic punk spirit, whilst Lo'Jo do the same by creating a catchy-chorus pop sensibility. The Massilia Sound System fuses hip-hop scratching with Occitan (southern) folk traditions and La Talvera retain a determinedly grainy, authentic feel. Meanwhile, Les Primitifs du Futur feature a fruitful meeting between cartoonist R Crumb and two North African guests, and Bagad Men Ha Tan and Doudou N'Diaye Rose combine Breton smallpiping with Senegalese drumming. If that's not enough already, there's also Corsican choral polyphony, some hurdy-gurdy introspection, gypsy jazz guitars and vintage material from the more obvious Edith Piaf and Leo Ferre. --Martin Longley