En Duo: Benjamin & Chiara

Hope you all had a good new year's eve, Filles Sourires kicks off 2006 with a duet-project; all month I will post the best girl/boy-songs. And why not start with genius Benjamin Biolay and his lovely wife Chiara Mastroianni? They released their beautiful album Home in 2004, a duet-album that was inspired by the bad cd's Ben and Chiara took on a roadtrip to The Hague - they thought they could do better. The songs on Home are about the up- and downsides of relationships (Tête a Claques, Folle de Toi), sweet nothings (Dance Rock'n Roll) and smoking marihuana (L'Apologie). The music is very scenic and country-tinged, no doubt inspired by film soundtracks (Douce Comme l'Eau sounds like a closing credits-theme) and the desert-mariachi-rock of Calexico.

Benjamin Biolay & Chiara Mastroianni - L'Apologie
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