***I am simply an American fan who discovered Catherine's music by venturing into a random mom and pop record store one day. They had Catherine playing over the speakers and I was floored. I bought all of her albums that day. I noticed there were no my space pages dedicated to her so I started one. I am just a fan. I do not speak French so I apologize for not getting back to any of you.***About the same time that Brigette Fontaine started releasing records that combined the tradition French chanteuse style with more radical and progressive music forms, Catherine Ribeiro was going along a similar route though remaining even more obscure internationally than Fontaine. Whereas Fontaine's voice is usually soft and sweet, Ribeiro can sometimes hit more harshly with lower tones, even sounding like Nico with far more emotion, over an experimental backing that can include folk rock, progressive rock, improvisation and more.
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Her unique voice certainly hints at her troubled upbringing. Born in 1941 in France to Portuguese immigrants, Ribeiro's early childhood was quite traumatic. With the constant bombs going off from the ... Posted by on Sat, 27 May 2006 00:12:00 GMT
