He is a figure of French folk song who has just left us today. It was his long-time companion Marie Sauvet who made the announcement on her Facebook page. At the time, he and the young woman founded the French folk group Malicorne in the early 1970s. Singer and former Alan Stivelle musician Gabriel Yacoub has just passed away at the age of 72 following a long illness in Bourges in Cher. The group, initially composed of four musicians, chose to revisit the traditional folk repertoire in French in its own way.
One last date in 2017
In total, throughout these years, around ten records between folk and progressive rock were released, the best known remaining the Almanac released in 1976. Malicorne knew how to recreate “the magic of the music of yesteryear, combining modern technology and rare or traditional instruments from around the world, such as cromornes, bagpipes, hurdy-gurdies, harmoniums and mandoloncellos “, it is now indicated on the official website of singer Gabriel Yacoub. In 2017, the singer had his farewell to the stage during the Chant de mer festival in Paimpol in Brittany in front of several thousand spectators.
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