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Raul Midon
Born on March 14th 1966, Raul Midon’s music allies Latin grooves with pop and jazz. This blind guitarist-vocalist from New York spent several years working as a backup singer for the likes of Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez and Shakira before devoting himself to a promising solo career. Midon’s albums betray his numerous influences including those bestowed on him by his Argentine flamenco dancer father and his African American mother. In 2007, he released his third solo album World Within a World. |
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Raul Midon, Paris October 2007
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Midon goes over the challenges he has had to meet in order to assert himself as a major solo artist. He describes the musicians and styles that have influenced his distinctive sound. Despite his recent success, he says, he continues to struggle in the United States and believes European audiences are more receptive to his music and one-man shows. And he has a hard time relating to the policies of his current rightwing government.
SETTING: In the Zebra restaurant of Paris’ 16th district, Raul Midon cuts an unusual figure. Draped in his khaki overcoat and necessarily dark glasses, he opens up with a little bit of shyness to the probes and queries of the journalist. But once he warms up, Midon is hard to stop in his passionate defence of his music and his denunciations of the world around him.
This interview was made possible thanks to the precious work of the French PR company LC Les Filles and its gregarious founder Christine. It was first broadcast by the English department of Radio France International and its flagship programme World Tracks.
February 2008
Interviewed by Daniel Brown
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