“Marcher sur l’eau, éviter les péages, jamais souffrir, juste faire hennir les chevaux du plaisir...” It is from this verse from the song Osez Joséphine by Alain Bashung that Isabelle Boulay took the title of her new album. An album of covers but also of surprises, as the meeting between the Alsatian artist and the Quebec performer seemed improbable. “I had been exploring his work for years, I found it so demanding, from a literary and musical point of view. It’s as if I watched his songs run like wild horses and thought I wanted to ride at least one. » The horses of pleasure, the album Boulay chante Bashung is, more than a daring gallop, a convincing team. No doubt because the performer approached these eleven songs with respect and humility, while making them his own. As Jean Fauque, who has already written for Isabelle, the author of most of Bashung's songs, confirms: “I had dreamed of a woman singing Alain's songs for a long time. He is the most feminist man I know. »
