Still unknown to the general public until his 2005 "Revelation of the Year"
award at the Victoires de la Musique awards for his album Le Rêve ou La Vie,
Ridan is now part of the new French scene, bringing a fresh breath with the
irony of a Georges Brassens or the revolt of a Renaud. A citizen poet for whom
freedom is priceless, Ridan's simple yet accurate words can make flowers grow on
asphalt. After L'Un Est L' Autre in 2009, the "little beur of French song"
(dixit) delivers Madame La République in 2012, with its revolutionary and poetic
accents.