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Keren Ann, one of the coolest voices of the new French chanson, acting for the first time in Spain in the festival La Mar de Músicas (15/07/2008)

Born in Israel, raised in Holland and settled in France, Keren Ann is a singer-songwriter who deserves to be discovered by the Spanish public.

His songs have been compared to Françoise Hardy, Nico, Suzanne Vega, Serge Gainsbourg, Rufus Wainwright and Carla Bruni, but his way of mixing a new intimate folk, French chanson and differentiate the contemporary sounds of these monsters.

Closely linked to Benjamin Biolay, he composed his two first albums, and collaborated with his work in the triumphant return of Henri Salvador died sadly.

The guitar is central to every issue of Keren Ann, whose voice sometimes tries to keep pace with their ropes and other conflicts with the light tone of the instruments.

That is the game of the singer, located at the midpoint between the most suffocating anguish and optimism of a new romance.

Dutch singer / songwriter based in France has its own taste for the tunes and chanson tradition gala.

In his characteristic sweet touch, has added an exquisite air of melancholy.

Keren Ann concert next Wednesday July 16th at the Courtyard of the Artillery Barracks, at 23:00.

Entries, 15 Euros.

If there was rain, the concert would be held in the Nuevo Teatro Circo Cartagena.

His latest album, the fifth of his career, signed simply with his name, Keren Ann, was published this spring.

Two months after being nominated by the former, Nolita, two categories at the Victoires de la Musique for Best Rock Album and Best Female Singer.

A great balance for this singer born in Caesarea, Israel, in 1974, of Dutch-Javanese mother and Russian-Israeli father.

She was taken to live in Paris at age eleven.

And he learned to play the guitar songs of Joni Mitchell and Serge Gainsbourg.

Also plays the harmonica and the clarinet.

And he recorded his albums either in French and in English.

Generationally, soloists Ann could amount to as Cibelle, Nina Miranda, Bebel Gilberto and Ana Laan.

And stylistically, in addition, compared with Beth Gibbons of Portishead, but the trick is to give an electronic touches of exquisitely soulful, with touches of jazz, folk, French pop and Bob Dylan, Chet Baker or Suzanne Vega, which teloneó of pure fan.

His biography is crossed very soon with another French luminaries HOT: Benjamin Biolay.

With it came to form a duo, Shelby, and publishing a pair of singles.

But, as had happened with his previous band for three years, KAB (Keren Ann Band), if he expected some impact would still wait for his solo debut.

Came early in 2000, and was nominated for the Victoires for Best New Artist, Best Album and Best Song Revelation of the Year.

It was called La Biographie de Luka Philipsen, and it was included among other delicacies Jardin d'Hiver.

Co-written by Biolay, was one of the themes of Chambre Avec Vue, the road back to the most elegant crooner of the twentieth century French: Henri Salvador.

His second album, The Disparition, came the following year co-authored with Benjamin Biolay, who also produced it.

Emilie Chedid signed the videos of two of the issues, Ailleurs and Au coin du monde.

In late 2003, Blue Note released his fourth album, Not Going Anywhere, and he, with the intention to consolidate in the Anglo market, recovered some earlier songs and sings in English, as Surannée, renamed Seventeen.

The neighborhood of Manhattan where he stayed in the U.S. city while he recorded his fourth album gave title: Nolita, located in southern Manhattan, including Soho and the Lower East Side.

A bustling area north of Little Italy, where its population was mostly Italian-American origin.

After this period he met the Icelandic musician and producer Bardi Jóhannsson, leader of the band Bang Gang, with whom he recorded two albums.

Together they signed a cult album called Lady & Bird.

Currently the song Lay Your Head Down is heard in the notice of H & M.

THE SEA FILM

La question humaine

Director: Nicolas Klotz.

2007.

France.

Length: 127 minutes.

Writer: Elisabeth Perceval.

Production: Sophie Dulac Productions Photo: Josée Deshaies Music: Syd Matters Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Michael Lonsdale, Laetitia Spigarelli, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Valérie Dréville, Edith Scob, Lou Castel, Delphine Chulliot.

SYNOPSIS

Simon has forty years, is a psychologist in the human resources department of SC Farb, a petrochemical complex in France is a subsidiary of a large German multinational.

His work consists primarily of interviewing potential employees until the day he received a special order.

Karl Rose, co-director of the company with Mathias Just, asked to do a psychiatric evaluation of the latter.

Simon is caught between its two heads and try from their errand professional objectivity in the most aseptic as possible.

But before Just can not stay out: that mind is the horror of blackest night and is populated by ghosts.

The director

Since beginning his film career, Nicolas Klotz has directed several music documentaries such as Chants de sable et d'etoiles (1996), and the films La Nuit Bengali (1988) and La nuit sacree (1993).

He has also directed several plays and videos monographs on the likes of Brad Mehldau, James Carter, Robert Wyatt and Ravi Shankar.

In 2004, he founded the production Petits et Grands Oiseaux with screenwriter Elisabeth Perceval.

La Question Humaine is the title of a trilogy closes with Paria (2000), Special Jury Prize at the Festival of San Sebastian and La Blessure (2004).

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena

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