François & Yasmine

When François Marry, driving force behind François & The Atlas Mountains, was in preparation of the Âge Fleuve album, he listened to a lot of river-themed songs. Like Take Me To The River by Talking Heads (or better, Al Green) and La Rivière by Olivier Marguerit. The one river-song that stood out, was River Man by tragic folkhero Nick Drake, he writes on instagram. I’m always envious of people who haven’t heard of Nick, for discovering his music, his legacy, is such a bittersweet joy (he died very young, alas, but he made at least three albums that are masterpieces).

Longstoryshort: François translated River Man to French, and asked singer Yasmine Hamdan to join him on his wonderful rework.

If you want more River Man-covers, I made a playlist with over 4 hours of versions.