Colors - Patric (CD)

Colors - Patric  (CD)

Patric revisits his first influences (Bob Dylan, Donovan, Leon Cohen, Elvis Presley, Tom Paxton ...), his favorites (Estaca, Vaqui mon dòu, Vòli pas trabalhar ...) and returns to his first love (Besame mucho, Bèla ciao, Guantanamera ...). 16 eternal melodies with unpublished accents among the most beautiful songs of the world.

To note, the reprise in occitan language of the song "Les chevaliers cathares", what more normal for the most Occitan songs Francis Cabrel !

Original and unique in the discography of this Troubadour (his 15th studio album!), It's superb!


Illustrations of the CD: paintings by Isabelle Marsala.

P & C Occitània Produccions, May 2010.


The artist:

"One of the inventors of European folksong" (Télérama). Patric, a unique artist with 18 albums to his credit, won the SACEM Grand Prize for Traditional Music in 1998 while singing at the Cirque d Hiver in Paris. He is one of the most famous interpreters in the Oc language, with a repertoire mixing Occitan folk songs, adaptations of foreign successes, with his own compositions. In his earliest beginnings, he sang with Brassens, Barbara, Mouloudji, Nougaro, Duteil, Raimon, Lluis Llach, Pi de la Serra, and Tom Paxton recognized her as a worthy heir to American protest singers. Occitan singer Patric is a modern troubadour who plays the world with his songs including in the biggest festivals. He sings in all major European cities (London, Manchester, Southamton, Birmingham, Glasgow, Belfast, Oslo, Brussels, Namur, Charleroi, Liege, Heidelberg, Saarbrücken, Frankfurt, Krakow, Africa (Abidjan, Bouaké, Bangui, Brazzaville ...) and continues to pace the planet. Patric's songs have been translated and sung in many languages ​​(English, Scandinavian, German ...) and American singer Diane Jarvi has put one of her songs in a recent recording.

Titles :

1 - Colors (Colours) - 2:49
2 - L'estaca - 4:43
3 - Vaqui mon dou (Dirty old town) - 4:30
4 - Susanna (Susanne) - 4:00
5 - Aima-me tendrament (Love me tender) - 3:30
6 - Prene un enfant (Prendre un enfant) - 3:40
7 - Besame Mucho - 4:15
8 - Fiola de vin (Bottle of wine) - 2:30
9 - Luènh de ièu (500 miles) - 3:00
10 - Voli pas trabalhar (travailler c'est trop dur) - 3:35
11 - A ma manièra (My Way) - 4:15
12 - Guantanamera - 3:25
13 - La filha del nord (Girl from the North Country) - 3:35
14 - Se podiài (Jos voisin) - 4:30
15 - Bella ciao - 2:35
16 - Cavalièrs catars - 3:42

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