Francis Cabrel signs “Un gramme de terre”, an unpublished song for 10 voices

Le chanteur dévoile, ce jeudi 18 septembre, un tout nouveau morceau mélangeant différentes langues régionales dans le cadre d’un documentaire qui leur est consacré.

The singer is releasing a brand new track this Thursday, September 18, mixing different regional languages ​​as part of a documentary dedicated to them.

Invested in the defense of regional languages, as evidenced by the multilingual show he initiated in 2022 in his town of Astaffort (Lot-et-Garonne), Francis Cabrel appears in the credits of the documentary “Une langue en plus” soon to be broadcast on France TV.

An original creation and a documentary that tells the story

For the occasion, the author of “La corrida” wrote a new song entitled “Un gramme de terre”, which has the particularity of bringing together, around Francis Cabrel, 9 artists singing in their regional language. So many voices that resonate Basque, Breton, Occitan, Catalan, Creole, Corsican, Alsatian through the artists: Pantxix Bidart, Bleunwenn, Agathe Catel, Edwàr, Pauline Junquet, Liza l’Occitane, Valérie Louri, Primaël Montgauzí, Elisa Tramoni, the majority of whom come from the Rencontres d’Astaffort launched in 1994 by Francis Cabrel.

 

“I found that the idea of ​​this little seed that manages despite the difficulties of producing new ones so that the story continues, is a beautiful image to talk about these languages ​​that we do not want to recognize, but which refuse to disappear thanks to so many beautiful initiatives” , comments Francis Cabrel about this new song.

A musical creation whose creation with 10 voices will be recounted in the documentary “Un gramme de Terre, au Jardin de Francis”, which will follow that of “Une langue en plus”, broadcast on September 24 on France Télévisions.

Source: Francis Cabrel signs “Un gramme de terre”, an unpublished song for 10 voices

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Listen to “The French Connection” Ep. 9

This Sunday’s FRENCH CONNECTION on WRIU 90.3 FM may be the last

( This program originally aired on WRIU, Kingston, 90.3 FM on Sunday, August 31, 2025 )

THE FRENCH CONNECTION:: WRIU 90.3 FM :: August 31, 2025:
  • Francis Cabrel “Quin l’esquimau” (Bob Dylan)
  • Jeanne Cherhal “Super 8″
  • Rodolphe Burger “Stephanie Says” (Lou Reed)
  • Jain “Come” (2017)
  • Jain “Makeba” (2017)
  • Liz & Lisa “Fais Do Do”
  • Pomme “Ceux qui Revent
  • Pierre Bensusan “Le Lendemain de la Fete”
  • Léo Ferré “Je t’dore a Legal” (Ferre/Baudelaire)
  • Léo Ferré “Le Vampire” (Ferre/Baudelaire)
  • George Brassens “Puisque Vous Partez en Voyage” (Jean Sablon)
  • Asleep at the Wheel “Friendship First” (Brassens)
  • Francis Cabrel “Je t’amais, Je t’aime, Je t’aimerai”
  • Pierre Bensusan “So Long Michael”
  • Edith Piaf “Je Ne Regrette Rien”