Brigitte Fontaine
Brigitte Fontaine, born in
1940 in
Morlaix,
Finistère, in the
Brittany region of
France, is a
singer of avant-garde music.
During the course of her career she employed numerous unusual musical styles, melding
rock and roll,
folk,
jazz,
spoken word poetry and
world rhythms. She collaborated with such celebrated musicians as
Serge Gainsbourg,
Jean-Claude Vannier,
Areski,
Sonic Youth and
Art Ensemble of Chicago.
French *
Audio book (mp3): incipit of Paso doble, written by Brigitte Fontaine in 1985
