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Jill Barber's new French language album (she's dabbled before but has predominantly done English tracks).

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http://blogs.montrea...-outside-music/

Jill Barber’s nod to classic chansons, both French and quebecoises, is so evocative at points that it almost amounts to a case of aural false memory. The Vancouver-based chanteuse wasn’t yet born when these songs first appeared in the `30s, `40s and `50s, nor were many of us – and yet the sense of place and time on this disc is so strong that you could swear you were once in this imagined grainy, black and white footage.

Wisely opting for stripped-down chamber-jazz arrangements, Barber, an avowed francophile, approaches material associated with Piaf, Gainsbourg, Salvador and others with reverence, but retains enough sexy playfulness and gentle self-awareness to make them her own.

Whether she’s surrendering to the moody Melancolie, turning the heat up a notch in Je cherche un homme or reclaiming the anti-war evergreen Quand les hommes vivront d’amour, Barber proves herself an interpreter worthy of this daunting material.

Rating: ****

Edited by J.R.
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I have a modest, 3000 LP vinyl collection. This morning, I chose the letter "S" to select an album from. I started at the back end of the "S"'s and this is what struck me to play...

Strange Advance - Worlds Away - 1983

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