Monday, August 11, 2008

Diane Tell

Diane Tell Pleiade 2424 165 (1977)

Singer, songwriter, guitarist, b Quebec City, to a Canadian father and US mother, 24 Dec 1957. Her childhood was spent between Paris, Montreal and Val-d'Or, Que. She studied violin and classical guitar at the CMM, and jazz guitar at Saint-Laurent College.

She hosted radio shows on Montreal station CKOI and, when she began singing, opened for Rick Derringer, Chris de Burgh and Leo Sayer. She sang in bars of Montreal's West End prior to recording her first album. Her romantic lyrics coupled with melodies inspired by jazz and South American music charmed critics immediately. Following a one-year stay in New York, she launched her second LP featuring the hit 'Gilberto'.

'Gone are the wooden clogs and prehistoric skirts, gone are the homespun recordings where spontaneity covered up for lack of technique, gone is the musical macrame and the political guilt feelings: Diane Tell heralds the era of technocrats and professionals, image-makers and career-builders,' Nathalie Petrowski wrote in Le Devoir (Montreal).

For her debut release, Diane Tell's beautiful Brasilian tinged pop-jazz album is sung entirely in French against a sophisticated selection of melodies.

1) Les Cinémas-Bars
2) Un Verre d'Amour
3) Bien
4) En Pleurer Ou En Rire
5) La Valse
6) Je N'En Peux Plus
7) Rendez-Vous
8) Mon Métier
9) La Vieille Mort
10) Un Nuage De Mots
11) La Vallée De La Mort

9 comments:

Quimsy said...

http://rapidshare.com/files/136525925/Diane_Tell_-_Diane_Tell__1977_.zip

J Thyme...kind said...

My good buddy Greg introduced me to her music a few years back. He'll be glad that you're posting this.

Economiewurm said...

Thanks.

pawlyshyn said...

Wow, where did you find this one? Her first three albums are superb, then she moved to Paris and went totally pop. That song "Gilberto" is a bossa that appears to be a tribute to João Gilberto, according to the non-offical site www.dianetell.info/. The lyrics are a bit vague. So since you're in a French mode, how about some early Catherine Lara -- pretty incredible stuff. Anyway, thanks!

Egan Ehlers said...

Thanks.

Anonymous said...

Cheers M8

jean.o.matic said...

Thanks I was looking for this old LP of mine to digitize. You saved me one to do. Cleaned up the cover picture available here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23817901@N05/3577296523/

jean.o.matic said...

Oops! LP cover was reposted here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23817901@N05/3578126434/

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I think that Diane Tell started writing songs at the age of 12 and signed her first record deal at 18.I really like her music, I think that she is wonderful!!22dd