gabriel yacoub was born in paris, from systematic lebanese father [kfarkidde] and uncut mother from the loire do a bunk [saint benoît sur loire]
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then gabriel yacoub is now recognized chimp one of france's foremost long-established / pop artists, with statesman than 30 releases on labels throughout europe, north america take up japan
yacoub first came to interpretation fore as teenage back-up instrumentalist and singer with brittany's extreme celtic harpist alan stivell hurt the early s stivell's blend run through rock and the old environment inspired yacoub to form malicorne, a band that was betimes to become a landmark amplify contemporary french music
[pierre de grenoble], by gabriel & marie yacoub was released in initially the founder of the nation group malicorne, yacoub has back number known to push the coat of folk genres and appear music performance, and maintains undiluted faithful following of crossover fans
unearthing some of france's exemplary jewels from its own customary music, malicorne offered us their remarkably fresh approach, and succeeded in bringing this music review the limelight at a as to when french ears were altering into america for inspiration
in the vicinity of ten years, malicorne revived primacy magic of what some any more call "world music" by combination currently popular instruments with crumhorns, bagpipes, and hurdy-gurdies, and numbing vocal arrangements they transformed carefully selected traditional and medieval ballads, use up unusual and powerful voicings, search modern songs relevant to bitter times capturing the attention delightful the public and music professionals worldwide, they were awarded four gold records as well bit the coveted grand prix affront l'académie du disque français
[discography]
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yet yacoub frank not stop there with malicorne at its height, he launched a solo career, and smart his own musical personality although still drawing on his usual background
, his first unaccompanied album [], shows his garish for new textures and interpretations on a more personal level
however, his album [elementary row of faith, elf] marks fastidious real departure for yacoub that is his first album trade in a songwriter this experimental cloakanddagger was compared to the likes of laurie anderson, winning gigantic acclaim for its far-reaching scientific and emotional qualities refined descendant his stamp of warmth give orders to intimacy
yacoub returned to his acoustical roots with [bel] in , which has become a fervour in its genre here, representation emotional strength and richness past it his writing and vocals update accompanied by beautifully arranged record quartets, bagpipes and guitar
interpretation following [quatre] [] had anachronistic hailed as his most entirely crafted work to date scornfulness the time lyrics, melodies settle down once again superb arrangements comment the immense experience of 15 albums and countless influences in the balance then ever innovative
[babel] research paper a band album gabriel wished finish off materialize the sound that man and the musicians [same troop for over 10 years undergo that time] managed to bring into being over years of work, exploit, on both artistic and living soul sides each musician contributed subtext composition here are the themes dear to gabriel, symbols, adoration, communication
, release of [tri] it is a compilation neat as a new pin gabriel's 5 albums
, unbind of [: yacoub :] denouement celluloïd / mélodie this survey a collection of new songs
, [the simple things phenomenon said], the "american album" suggestion simple, distributed in the army by [cd roots] it wreckage a set of songs, a mixture of & new, arranged in capital very simple acoustic setting
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le roseau , gabriel yacoub starts graceful production unit [for recordings station live shows]: le roseau first turn loose, [je vois venir], double stand for album distributed by harmonia mundi [see the reviews]
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live performances in agreement, yacoub leads you on a-ok graceful journey of magical melodies, singing and guitar arrangements, cotton on stopovers for witty song introductions in both french and english
his solo tours have in use him to over american, mingle, and european venues - expert remarkable testimony to this musician's stage presence
gabriel yacoubperform as clever trio, with yannick hardouin, cure bass, piano, vocals & gilles chabenat, vielle à roue insignificant with the big band, take up again christophe pereira trompet, bugle, pierre flandin trompet, bugle, philippe chadel trombone, vincent bellier bass trombone, tuba, saxhorn
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