80 years previous. 50 years of profession. Limitless hits: we have fun Alain Souchon in Décibels with Valérie Alamo, music journalist who’s dedicating an entire collection to him to find this summer season on France Bleu.
He is without doubt one of the most emblematic singers on the French scene. He celebrates, this Could 27, his 80 yearsor virtually : “Alain Souchon just isn’t 80 years previous, he’s 8 occasions 10 years previous. To say that Alain is 80 years previous is to say that we now have aged too, he’s somebody who’s a part of the household. An artist who stops is an artist ‘who dies’ and he would not need it to cease.” explains Valérie Alamo, journalist specializing in music who produced for France Bleu Souchon, a life in songsa collection of 40 episodes, directed by Stéphane Deschamps, to be found this summer season on France Bleu et on podcast.
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Within the retro: Alain Souchon
50 years after the discharge of his first album, Alain Souchon stays as well-liked as ever. However why ? Valérie Alamo has her principle: “There’s all the things in Souchon, that’s what touches us, as a lot its fragility as this underlying power. He is without doubt one of the most poetic authors of French track, he’s somebody who performs with phrases and with subtlety, behind which he hides a number of bits of his life“.
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The strengths and weaknesses of Alain Souchon, his relationship with journalists, his overflowing poetry, his assembly with Laurent Voulzy: Valérie Alamo, writer of Souchon, his life in songs, additionally obtainable in e-book kind from Hugo Doc and France BleuSouchon tells Emilie Mazoyer in Decibels.