Le dattier du sultan de Zanzibar – Conte musical

Storyteller and musician, François Vincent revisits tales and myths from oral tradition in a contemporary and musical language. He joyfully mixes spoken and sung while playing the guitar, in the style of talk'in blues. Over time and shows, he has created a completely original style, mischievously playing with meaning and sound. He likes the spoken word as a musical playground, enjoys writing texts that are at once imaginative, sonorous and meaningful.

I started by telling this story solo, then, as the album project was born, I began to imagine it in a sound environment that I would call "oriental reggae-dub". Manu Chehab, for his part, had already largely experimented with the concept of oriental dub with his own group, Elek Traum. Our meeting bore fruit and he was able to give the album the sound that I had in mind.

By François Vincent The Date Palm of the Sultan of Zanzibar, a free adaptation of a Swahili tale collected by Edward Steere in 1870. 

​Show hosted as part of the Histoires d'en découdre festival with the support of the Manche Department – ​​Departmental Library

Online booking recommended, from 7 years old – FREE

Ticket office open Tuesday and Thursday from 14 p.m. to 17 p.m. on 02 33 03 10 30.