Several events are organized for the first anniversary of the singer’s death on May 25. JP Nataf, Laura Cahen, Laetitia Masson will meet in Clermont-Ferrand for a concert evening.
“If I were to miss you”, sang Jean-Louis Murat, who died on May 25, 2023. Concert in Clermont-Ferrand, books and record reissue will mark the first anniversary of his death. La Coopérative de Mai, a contemporary music scene in the Auvergne town where the performer of At Mont Sans-Souci loved to perform, is offering a concert on May 25 with the participation of musicians close to him or admirers. JP Nataf (des Innocents), Alex Beaupain, Laura Cahen, Jeanne Cherhal, Morgane Imbeaud, Frédéric Lo and Florent Marchet are announced.
“I remember his instant charismasays JP Nataf in the press release presenting this concert. Jean-Louis is an affectionate gruff, there is only one Murat!”. For Jeanne Cherhal, Murat “represents both an incredible capacity for work, as well as a very sensitive and sensual sense of poetry”.
The scenography will also highlight other distinguished guests, such as the journalist Pascale Clark, who worked closely with Murat, the writer and playwright Éric Reinhardt, who maintained a correspondence with the artist, and Laetitia Masson, director of Falling in love againdocumentary about the album’s recording in Nashville The ordinary course of things.
“He was my soul mate, not in the family sense, in the existential sense”expose Laetitia Masson. “His songs are a constant source of inspiration for my life and for my films. I dive into it to feed, like a vampire into a tender neck”, continues the filmmaker. Éric Reinhardt recounts being welcomed by a “Ah, my brother in arms!” by the artist he came to greet for the first time after a concert. The writer salutes “his immense historical erudition, his romantic stature, his rebellious non-conformism”.
Before this evening concert in Clermont-Ferrand, in the afternoon, a round table will be organized around the publication of two books. There will first be The days of the jaguar, on April 18, published by Le Boulon, by Pierre Andrieu, journalist and music columnist (Plugged, Rock&Folk, New Noise…). Then will appear The undone link, on May 16, published by Séguier, by Franck Vergeade, music editor-in-chief of Les Inrockuptibles. Also note the release of Roman crowdon April 18, also published by Le Boulon, by Antoine Couder, radio producer on France Culture.
Fans and turntable owners will be watching for the appearance on May 24 of the limited edition triple vinyl (500 numbered copies) of Acacia scent in the garden, recorded in 2003 live and in a single take at the Guillaume Tell studio, near Paris. Until now, these songs only existed on DVD for this concert filmed by Don Kent.