When Christian Paccoud is on stage holding his accordeon close to his heart you just feel like standing on the flanks of an eruptive volcano. He juggles with anxiety, fears and hopes with a tragical force beyond any measure. There is no weak second here, no time to rest. He never lets go, unsubmissive and ravaging.
Christian Paccoud has been singing for more than 25 years. Writer and composer, he has never given a damn about becoming a star. Shy and gruff anarchist, his best way to tell about himself is through other people. The ones he loves, the ones left aside by a too quickly growing society, the kids from Reims, the friends from Ivry... Christian Paccoud is a unique and rare choc : he disturns what we thought we knew about chanson, the nice hierarchies worked on for so long. Paccoud is a fist in your face, a spit in the soup. Along the notes of his instruments he marches, demonstrates, dances tango and twirls around .....
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