Catherine Ribeiro
French singer (1941–2024)
- Folk
- rock
- chanson
- progressive rock
- Singer
- songwriter
- actress
- Philips
- Mercury
- Musea
Musical artist
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Catherine Ribeiro (French pronunciation: [katʁin ʁibeʁo]; 22 September 1941 – 23 August 2024) was a French singer. Ribeiro was an experimental folk and avant-garde performer whose work has attained a cult following.[1] With her band Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes, she released several albums in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including Catherine Ribeiro & 2Bis in 1969, No.2 in 1970, and Paix in 1972. From the late 1970s, Ribeiro also released music as a solo artist. Public figures who have expressed appreciation for her work include the musicians Kim Gordon and Julian Cope, as well as the French mathematician Cédric Villani.[2] Ribeiro died on 23 August 2024, at the age of 82.[3]
Discography
Studio albums
With Alpes
- Catherine Ribeiro + 2bis (1969)
- N°2 (also known as Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes) (1970)
- Âme debout (1971)
- Paix (1972)
- Le Rat débile et l'Homme des champs (1974)
- Libertés ? (1975)
- Le Temps de l'autre (1977)
- Passions (1979)
- La Déboussole (1980)
Solo
- Le Blues de Piaf (1977)
- Jacqueries (1978)[nb 1]
- Soleil dans l'ombre (1982)
- Percuphonante... (1986)
- 1989... déjà ! (1988)
- Fenêtre ardente (1993)
Live albums
- L'amour aux nus (1992)
- Vivre libre (1995)[nb 2]
- Chansons de légende (1997)
- Live au Théâtre Toursky (2002)
- Catherine Ribeiro chante Ribeiro Alpes (2006)
- Catherine Ribeiro chante Ribeiro Alpes Live intégral (2007)
EPs
- Dieu me pardonne (1965)
- Le Chasseur (1966)
- La nuit et le vent (1966)
- Lorsque le bateau viendra (1967)
- Vivre libre (promotional CD) (1995)
Singles
- "Aria" / "La solitude" (1969; Festival 878), with 2bis
- "Sœur de race" / "Voyage 1" (1969; Festival SPX 79), with 2bis
- "Thème en bref" / "Silen Voy Kathy" (1970; Festival SPX 128), recorded live at the Port Leucate festival in July 1970 with Alpes
- "Jusqu'à ce que la force de t'aimer me manque" / "Roc Alpin" (1972; Philips 6837 102), with Alpes
- "La petite fille aux fraises" / "L'ère de la putréfaction" (1974; Philips 6837 208), with Alpes
- "Un regard clair (obscur)" / "L'ère de la putréfaction" (1974; Philips 6837 223), with Alpes
- "Une infinie tendresse" / "Prélude médiéval" (1975; Festival 6837 288), with Alpes
- "Les Partisans" / "La Varsovienne" (1976; Philips 6042 243), with the Choirs of the Soviet Army
- "Dernière sortie avant Roissy" / "Le bonheur tout de suite" (1977; Philips (6172 036), soundtrack from the film by Bernard Paul
- "Hymne à l'amour" / "Les amants d'un jour" (1977; Philips 6837 442)
- "Chanson de la ville à prendre" / "Aria populaire" (1979; Fontana 6172 763), soundtrack from the film by Patrick Brunie
- "Amour petite flamme" / "Dans le creux de ta nuit" (1982; Philips 6010 618)
- "Jour de fête" / "Carrefour de la solitude" (1982; Philips 841 267-7)
- "Guet-apens" / "Sans amarres" (1982; Philips 6010.515)
- "Plus de reproches" / "Insoumission mondiale" (1986; Phonogram)
- "Elles" / "Soleil" (1986; Ioana Melodies 020)
- "Stress et strass" / "Le Cerf-volant" (1993; Mantra)
Filmography
Year | Title | Credit(s) | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1963 | Les Carabiniers | Actress | Cleopatra | |
1964 | Buffalo Bill, l'eroe del far west | Actress | Moonbeam | |
1966 | We Are All Naked | Actress | La nièce | |
1968 | Happening | Actress | Nicky | |
1975 | Ne | Actress | ||
1976 | Les écrans déchirés | Actress | Short |
References
Footnotes
- ^ Jacqueries was reissued on CD under the name "Catherine Ribeiro chante Jacques Prévert", following legal difficulties with the beneficiaries of Jacques Prévert.
- ^ There is also a DVD. Vivre Libre, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, 31 January – 12 February 1995
Citations
- ^ "Cult heroes: Catherine Ribeiro threatens dark magic, even as she teeters at the brink of epic". The Guardian. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Catherine Ribeira + Alpes − Rock progressive extrémiste | eclipsed Rock Magazin". www.eclipsed.de. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "La chanteuse Catherine Ribeiro est morte". lemonde.fr (in French). 23 August 2024.
- ^ Hoby, Hermione (30 June 2015). "Cult heroes: Catherine Ribeiro threatens dark magic, even as she teeters at the brink of epic". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes: N°2/Âme Debout/Paix". Spectrum Culture. 24 September 2018. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
External links
- Official Site
- Catherine Ribeiro discography at Discogs
- Catherine Ribeiro at IMDb