Finally, a real Dutch fille fragile. Leine (real name Marjoleine), a singer-songwriter who's heard comparisons like 'Ane Brun meets Feist meets Corinne Bailey Rae meets Emiliana Torrini meets Joni Mitchell meets Fay Lovsky meets Mathilde Santing'. She mostly sings in English, but on her debut-ep (from 2006, and I just heard about it, dammit!) she does a wonderful bossa-fied reprise of one of my favourite Biolay-songs, La Pénombre des Pays-Bas. She cut out a big chuck of the lyrics, but kept the sweet longing that's in the song.
Leine got to know Biolay via a friend, who pressed her to listen to the French prince of dark thoughts. At the time, she was working on a song that she felt needed French lyrics. When she heard Pénombre, all fell into place. She's not a big fan of BB, nowadays she's more into Camille. Wonder if Leine can bark like a dog the way Camille can. Or is she more like a pussycat?
Leine - La Pénombre des Pays-Bas
Benjamin Biolay - La Pénombre des Pays-Bas
By the way: Ben has a new single out, a remixed version of Rendez-vous Qui Sait. See video here.
Benjamin Biolay - Rendez-vous Qui Sait
I love Leine and loved her even more after seeing her perfom live. A great winner of the "Grote Prijs van Nederland"
BeantwoordenVerwijderenerm.....Guuz......I´m not sure, if Biolay would like to be named "Ben"........:)
BeantwoordenVerwijderenBossa-fied reprise? Indeed! And it's puuurrrrrfect. :)
BeantwoordenVerwijderenIf you want to heard beautiful bossa's of Biolay himself, heard the wonderful album he wrote for Coralie Clément, "Salle des pas perdus"...
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