Joan Pau Verdier
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Joan Pau VerdierJoan Pau Verdier (born Jean-Paul Verdier on 1 February 1947 in Périgueux
, Dordogne
, France
) is a French
singer who performs in both Occitan and French
. He was one of the main figures of Nòva chançon
musical renewal wave during the 1970s.
Périgueux
Périgueux is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.Périgueux is the prefecture of the department and the capital of the region...
, Dordogne
Dordogne
Dordogne is a départment in south-west France. The départment is located in the region of Aquitaine, between the Loire valley and the High Pyrénées named after the great river Dordogne that runs through it...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) is a French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
singer who performs in both Occitan and French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
. He was one of the main figures of Nòva chançon
Nòva cançon
Nòva cançon , or Nòva chançon , "New Song", is a musical renewal wave that swept through Occitania in the 1970s. Its leaders were Joan Pau Verdier, Claudi Martí, Patric, Maria Roanet and Mans de Breish, most of whom are still very active singers. Nòva cançon was a phenomenon similar to Catalonia's...
musical renewal wave during the 1970s.
Discography
- 1973 - Occitània sempre (LP)
- 1974 - L'exil (LP)
- 1974 - Veiqui l'occitan (single)
- 1974 - Dança liura (single)
- 1975 - Faits divers (LP)
- 1976 - Vivre (LP)
- 1977 - Tabou-le-chat (LP)
- 1978 - Le nuage dans la tête (LP)
- 1979 - Apollinaire Street (single)
- 1979 - Le chantepleure (LP)
- 1981 - Ballade d'Adrien - OST of Pierre Denis' "Histoire d'Adrien" (single)
- 1981 - Vieillir auprès de toi (single)
- 1982 - Machita (single)
- 1983 - Plus rien à perdre (single)
- 1986 - Chante Croze - Chante souvenir (EP)
- 1987 - 5e saison (LP)
- 1990 - Bigaroc - Le chant du sud (LP)
- 1992 - Pirouettes (LP)
- 1993 - Les grandes chansons (2LP)
- 2001 - Léo, domani (CD)
- 2002 - Verdier Bonnefon Salinié chantent Brassens (CD)
- 2006 - Verdier Bonnefon Salinié chantent Brassens, volume 2 (CD)
- 2007 - Joan Pau Verdier/ Léo Ferré, Avec le temps / Coma lo temps (audiobook)