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.