Gabriel Yacoub
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Gabriel Yacoub | |
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 ]Yacoub in November 2011] | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 4 February 1952 Paris, France |
| Died | 22 January 2025 (aged 72) Bourges, France |
| Genres | Celtic music, Breton Music |
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| Years active | 1971–2017 |
| Labels | Le Roseau |
| Website | gabrielyacoub |
Gabriel Yacoub (4 February 1952 – 22 January 2025) was a French musician, songwriter and visual artist.
Life and career
[edit]Yacoub was a guitarist and singer with the Alan Stivell group that toured France in 1971. Before he founded Malicorne, Gabriel and Marie Yacoub recorded the experimental album Pierre de Grenoble (1973).[1] Indeed, this was originally intended to be the name of the group. It included contributions from Dan Ar Braz. With Malicorne, Gabriel played acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, épinette de Vosges and banjo, while Marie played electric dulcimer, bouzouki and hurdy-gurdy. In 1978 Gabriel recorded a solo album called Trad. Arr., which featured English fiddler Barry Dransfield as guest.
Solo years
[edit]In the final year of Malicorne, 1986 Yacoub recorded Elementary Level of Faith. After a four-year gap he toured as a duo with Marie. He released Bel which had a string quartet on it and bagpipes from Jean-Pierre Rasle (who had previously recorded with The Albion Country Band). By the time of Quatre (1994), he had appeared on 15 albums.
He finally recorded an album of his songs in English in 2002, The Simple Things We Said. He wrote a book of poetry and lyrics, called Les choses les plus simples.[2]
Personal life and death
[edit]Yacoub was born in Paris in 1952, to a Lebanese father and a French mother.[1] He died in Bourges, France on 22 January 2025, at the age of 72.[3][4]
Discography
[edit]Source:[1]
Gabriel and Marie Yacoub
[edit]- Pierre de Grenoble (1973)
Gabriel Yacoub
[edit]- Trad. Arr. (1978)
- Elementary Level of Faith (1987)
- BEL (1990)
- Quatre (1994)
- Babel (1997)
- Tri (compilation) (1999)
- Yacoub (2001)
- The Simple Things We Said (2002)
- Je vois venir (2004)
- De la Nature des Choses(2008)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "gabriel yacoub : biographie". www.gabrielyacoub.com.
- ^ "gabriel yacoub's production & realisation". www.gabrielyacoub.com.
- ^ "Gabriel Yacoub, fondateur du groupe de folk Malicorne, est décédé | TV5MONDE - Informations". information.tv5monde.com. January 22, 2025.
- ^ "Gabriel Yacoub, fondateur du groupe de folk Malicorne, est décédé à 72 ans". Le Figaro. January 22, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Discography at music-city.org
- Official website
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