French song: Georges Brassens and women
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Georges Brassens in concert at the Théâtre national populaire in Paris, in 1966. Public domain
By: Chantal Lorho Follow
30 mins
He would have been a hundred years old on October 22 ... Marinette, Jeanne, Fernande, Pénélope: rarely has a French singer celebrated women so much in his snapshots of humor, tenderness and mischief.
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Georges Brassens, whom the grumpies accused of misogyny, was he a feminist before his time?
Pauline DUPUY,
double bass player and interpreter of songs by Georges Brassens
.
His last album
Contrebrassens
was released on June 4th.
Jean-Paul LIEGEOIS,
specialist of Georges Brassens, author of several works published by the éditions du Recherches-Midi including "I am a kind of libertarian" and "Brassens: first songs" at the éditions du Cherche-Midi.
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