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 ...