Ben L'Oncle Soul ‎– À Coup De Rêves CD

Benjamin Duterde (Ben L’Oncle Soul), was born in France, 10th of  November 1984, and is one of the most exciting soul singer-songwriters of our days.

After graduating from scool in 2007 (Beaux-Arts in Tours), Ben starts to sing in a gospel choir called Fitiavana. Noticed by the also French singer Laure Milan, he does the first part of her concert at l’Olympia. After, he puts available in the international a soul version of the acclaimed song Seven Nation Army of the White Stripes and he conquers the public. On July 2011 he performers at North Sea Jazz Festival, and later that year he appears on Later… with Jools Holland on BBC 2.

His trademark bow tie was borrowed from his grandfather, and gave him his nickname “Uncle Ben”, in reference to the iconic face of Uncle Ben’s rice brand.

This album arrived to my hands as a gift, and what a gift! I already knew the artist from his first album and was anxiously waiting for the always difficult second album.

This is old music, with no intentions to be other thing. We are not speaking about neo soul. We have here honest, traditional old school soul, something that was missing for a long time. And if this was already a plus, imagine in French. Songs like Hallelujan!!! and Attends-Moi attain another level by being in the language of Jacques Brel. In Simply Beutifull we are transported to the universe of Marvin Gaye and others, but always with honesty, honouring the masters.

Label: Mercury Music Group ‎– 3769194

Country: Europe

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)