Voyage d'une mélodie is a 2011 multilingual

Multilingualism

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 album by the French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 singer of Jewish Algeria

Algeria

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n origin Enrico Macias

Enrico Macias

Gaston Ghrenassia, known by his stage name Enrico Macias, is an Algerian French Pied noir singer and musician...

, after five years of absence due to the death of his wife. The critically acclaimed album comprises music explorations by Macias into many cultures where he interprets songs in French

French language

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, Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

, Tamazight

Berber languages

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 (Berber language), Arabic

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, Hebrew

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 and Yiddish

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. There are a number of collaborations with artists as duets in the album including Idir

Idir

Hamid Cheriet better known by his stage name Idir is an Algerian musician of Berber origin.- Biography :...

, Yasmin Levy

Yasmin Levy

Yasmin Levy , born on December 23, 1975 in Jerusalem, is an Israeli singer-songwriter of Judaeo-Spanish music.-Career:Her late father, Isaac Levy, was a composer and cantor, pioneer researcher into the long and rich history of the Ladino music and culture of Spanish Jewry and its diaspora, being...

, Daniel Lévi

Daniel Lévi

Daniel Lévi , is a French singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.-Biography:Daniel Lévi was born in Constantine, French Algeria. He spent his childhood in Lyon, where he was preparing for his job as a musician studying piano for a decade at the conservatory in the city. In 1983, he composed and...

, Théodore Bikel and Claude Zuffrieden. The album was partly produced by So Called, partly by his son Jean-Claude Ghrenassia.

The release is in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of Enrico Macias' prosperous musical career. He promoted the album and interpreted songs on the French TV programme Vivement Dimanche on France 2

France 2

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.

Track list

1. "Tu n'es pas seul au monde (4:05)
2. "Snitra" (2:48) - duet with Idir
   Idir
   Hamid Cheriet better known by his stage name Idir is an Algerian musician of Berber origin.- Biography :...
   
   
3. "Lehaim encore un verre (2:59) - French version of "Sprayz ichmir")
4. "Adio Kerida" (3:51)
5. "De loin (Tzores)" (4:25) - duet with Yasmin Levy
   Yasmin Levy
   Yasmin Levy , born on December 23, 1975 in Jerusalem, is an Israeli singer-songwriter of Judaeo-Spanish music.-Career:Her late father, Isaac Levy, was a composer and cantor, pioneer researcher into the long and rich history of the Ladino music and culture of Spanish Jewry and its diaspora, being...
   
   
6. "La Nuit" (4:02)
7. "Yalali" (3:05)
8. "Les Séfarades" (2:41)
9. "Mi corason" (3:03)
10. "Taht' el fil Yasmin" / "Lighrou Meni" (4:17)
11. "Paris tu m'as pris dans tes bras" (2:56) - duet with Théodore Bikel
    Theodore Bikel
    Theodore Meir Bikel is a character actor, folk singer and musician. He made his film debut in The African Queen and was nominated for an Academy award for his supporting role as Sheriff Max Muller in The Defiant Ones ....
    
     (Yiddish
12. "Ne dis pas (3:19) French adaptation of "Hirsh Glick" by Claude Zuffrieden)
13. "Shalom aleikhem" (2:51) - duet with Daniel Lévi
    Daniel Lévi
    Daniel Lévi , is a French singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.-Biography:Daniel Lévi was born in Constantine, French Algeria. He spent his childhood in Lyon, where he was preparing for his job as a musician studying piano for a decade at the conservatory in the city. In 1983, he composed and...
    
    
14. "Sprayz ichmir" (Noch ein glasses) (3:00)

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