Long Courrier

Description

Few loves last a lifetime, and even fewer artistic careers keep the creative flame intact. Areski Belkacem is one of those rare artists for whom the urge to create remains undiminished. With Long courrier, his third solo album in nearly 60 years, he delivers twelve songs like so many love letters, carried by disarming sincerity. Far from commercial dictates, Areski follows his own path, true to an intimate vision of music. Here he celebrates love, pleasure, the hidden beauty in everyone, and marginal souls, with tenderness and depth. His gentle voice and compositions blending percussion, chaabi guitar, piano, accordion and electric guitars extend this poetry of the heart – always in echo with his longtime partner, Brigitte Fontaine. 8-page booklet.