Tété - Le Premier Clair de l'Aube (2010) ("The First Dawnlight")

"Tété is a French musician, born in Dakar, Senegal on 25 July 1975. His mother is from Martinique and his father is from Senegal.

He is known to be called the French version of Jeff Buckley. Tété's music is not "rock music"; it can more appropriately be described as an intimate, solo classical guitar musical style. He defines himself to be a "troubadour and manufacturer of pop-folk-bluesy songs with intellectual pretensions." His music combines blues, folk and pop influences, such as the Delta Blues, Lenny Kravitz, The Beatles and Bob Dylan."



Personal addendum : so far, Tété is my favorite solo musician. Every single one of his songs are little poems, and the music is so good !
A little example : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAMmr9OYEPw
This CD is not my fav from him, but still it features some very good tracks, such as "Au premier clair de l'aube" and "l'envie et le dédain".
If you want to learn french, or if you already speak it, you've just found your man !

Enjoy