Joly, Nathalie
Chansons Sans Gene. Chante Yvette Guilbert
Yvette Guilbert was a great figure in France's heritage (a poets' muse in Montmartre during the Belle Epoque), and her face was made immortal thanks to Toulouse Lautrec. Singer/actress Nathalie Joly now devotes a third album to the great female Ambassador of spoken texts in song, and you can hear the wonderful performance she's accomplished in setting music to these songs from the woman who was probably the first modern songstress in France. The world of Guilbert _ the "fin de siEcle commentator" _ is full of poetry, wit and commitment, and its strength and daring is echoed as Nathalie Joly sings her universe with pertinence and finesse. She restores all the contemporary symbolism of these timeless works announcing the great chanson artists of the 20th century to come. Augustin BONDOUX & Patrick FREMEAUX