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Brigitte Fontaine

A free electron of French chanson, Brigitte Fontaine (born in Morlaix, Finistère, on June 24, 1939) has established herself over the last half-century as a scathing musical icon. Between rebellious chanson, poetry, rock, avant-garde jazz and spoken-sung delirium, she has carved out her own unique path in a series of daring albums, accompanied by Jacques Higelin in her early days and her partner Areski forever, from the premonitory Brigitte Fontaine Est... Folle! (1968), followed by the experimental Comme à La Radio (1969), with support from the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Driven by ...