Author: Zachary Richard

Release Date: 06-03-2007

Details: Product Description 2007 release by the legendary Louisiana-based singer/songwriter. The first seed of this album was a collaboration with French superstar Francis Cabrel of the song "La promise cass‚e" (The Broken Promise). The artists' royalties from the song go to aiding New Orleans musicians impacted by the Hurricane Katrina. Richard presents a collection of strongly felt lyrics and powerful melodies & affirms his social commitment. "La ballade de DL 8-153" draws attention to the plight of the beluga whales of the Saint Laurence (whales-online.net). "O, Jesus" deals with the genocide in Rwanda. The writer's royalties of this song are dedicated to Mobilization Les Enfants du Monde (www.mem-international.org), to improve the condition of African children. "La Ballade de Jackie Vautour", first recorded in 1978, pays homage to the courage & tenacity of a man who resists government efforts to expropriate him from his land in what is the middle of the Canadian national park, Kouchibouguac. Amazon.ca An album like "an amulet that brings love and courage and light in the dark." It's spitting Zachary Richard: serious, but combative, lucid but still full of hope. It's just that he doesn't have the heart to laugh, Zachary. How to laugh after Katrina, the hurricane that ravaged Louisiana, his country that he celebrates in the superb "broken promise," written and performed with Francis Cabrel? How to laugh after the Rwandan genocide ("O Jesus")? How to laugh in front of the threats which weigh on our planet ("The Ballad of DL-8-153")? Lumière dans le noir is also an incantation to the future delivered with this unique voice and this intense gaze that goes beyond fashions, beyond the century. And then there are, of course, always, the Cajun rhythms and the mythical stories ("Last Island," "The Ballad of François Paradis") that this atypical American never ceases to tell to keep his language alive, the American French. --Pascale Millot

UPC: 064027237320

EAN: 0064027237320

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood