Brigitte

Brigitte is a fabulous French duo that I’m listening to a lot at the moment. I only heard of Brigitte because of a Facebook share by a French friend I’ve never met. Why? Well Britain doesn’t really follow European music does it. Such a shame as it means we miss out on gems like Brigitte. We tend to avoid the blandness of Europop or the noise and aggression of German techno, but let’s be honest, it’s mostly because we didn’t pay attention at school and we can’t understand the words of songs in any other language. In fact we can’t even understand American English most of the time – “like a cheese stick, like a cheese stick…”

Brigitte is a feast for the ears and even if you can’t understand the words you can enjoy the sound. They sing, they clap, they play guitar. Sometimes retro, a folky sound, yet contemporary and always always so utterly French! Brigitte are also a feast for your eyes! Sylvie and Mayanne are filles tres jolie (to use a little Franglais) and would look like a million bucks in any costume which is a good thing as they wear more retro-chic, sexy and surreal costumes than you could imagine, not to mention a pair of glasses to make Harry Potter weep!

These girls blend their voices together so sweetly, and I’m glad to say that you can get an idea of their range as Brigitte’s Youtube videos include both professionally produced official music videos like the one below, and informal acoustic performances like the one above. Hey Brigitte, when are you playing a gig in London?

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