Bénabar

On Tour
Play Radio
Listen to Bénabar Radio, featuring artists like Renan Luce, Aldebert, Thomas Dutronc, Cali and more…

1,528,826 plays (117,730 listeners)

Send Bénabar Ringtones to Cell
Buy
Add to my Library
Bénabar (Bruno Nicolini, born June 16, 1969) is a French songwriter and singer, who could be compared to Vincent Delerm and other singers from his generation. As many of them he was influenced by Georges Brassens, Renaud Séchan, Jacques Higelin and also Tom Waits. His songs describe day-to-day life events with humour and a tender cynicism. His songs draw influence from French Chanson and a heavy influence is placed on the piano or the accordion and on typical French fanfare (brass band) for the most upbeat of them. This genre of music is very typically French and differs from most in that emphasis is placed on appreciation of the lyrics and that it is linked to a specific culture of modern “guinche” (slang for “guinguette”) appreciated a lot by Bobos among others.

He began his career in the cinema, working as an assistant on Le Brasier (1991) and directed three short subjects Nada Lezard (1991), Sursum corda (1994) et José Jeannette (1992). He then turned to music, working for some time with his friend Patchol who gave him his nickname (Bénabar being the “verlan” of Barnabé, the name he was using on stage). With “Les associés” he sang for several years in small places in France, Belgium, Switzerland before becoming more and more popular after the release of Bénabar (2001) that enabled him to be the opening act for Henri Salvador. He was nominated as a Revelation for the “Victoires de la musique 2003” but did not win it.
Read more… Edit

Popular tags: french, chanson francaise, nouvelle scene francaise, singer-songwriter, francais  See more

Shouts: 67 shouts

Share this artist:

Top Albums

See more

Top Tracks

1  
114
2
102
3
79
4  
70
5
69
6
64
7  
61
8
59
9
57
10
56
11
53
12
47
13
45
14
43
15
41
Buy all tracks at Amazon MP3
See more

Shoutbox

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up (it’s free).
See all 67 shouts

Videos

See more

Events

See more Add event

Listening Now

Top Listeners

See more

Recent Activity

Related Journals

See more

Groups (35)

See more

More Information

Links
Labels
“A Last.fm Works Wonders.”

More Last.fm Sites: Blog | Music Manager | Build | Playground (Subscriber VIP zone) | Best of 2011

© 2012 Last.fm Ltd. All rights reserved. | Terms of Use and Privacy Policy | Updated Feb 11, 2009
Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Text may also be available under the GNU Free Documentation License.