Tuesday, April 29, 2014

La Licorne Captive - Un projet musical de Laurent Guardo / Daniel Lavoie (2014, Chant du Monde)

La Licorne Captive - Un projet musical de Laurent Guardo  / Daniel Lavoie : cover

[For an audience video from the official album presentation skip to Bonus 1].

La Licorne Captive (The CaptiveUnicorn) is an album that's sensual and darkly beautiful, with haunting melodies, and even more haunting poetic images. Its musical energy is quite strong, it sucks you in, takes you on a Dantean journey (or a sexy horror movie trip), throws you into catharsis, cures you with images of purity and love, and at the end leaves you with a poignant feeling which remains with you and is most beautiful.

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Comédies Humaines / Daniel Lavoie (2007, GSI Canada)

Comédies Humaines / Daniel Lavoie (2007, GSI Canada) : cover


Comédies Humaines is one of my favorite albums by Daniel Lavoie. No-no, one doesn't need to understand French in order to appreciate it. The music is enough, with its sensual and at the same time intellectual allure. However, as always the case with this author/singer, words matter, and they matter a lot.