Emmanuelle Parrenin

Emmanuelle Parrenin is a French singer and multi-instrumentalist who plays hurdy-gurdy, harp, spinet and dulcimer. She took part in the French folk revival of the 1970s and is best known for Maison Rose, the solo album she recorded in 1977, which found a cult following after it was reissued. Parrenin's father Jacques led his own string quartet. At 19 she was part of the group around the Paris folk club Le Bourdon, and she collected traditional songs in France. She recorded La Maurmariée with Phil Fromont and Chateau Dans Les Nuages with Fromont and Claude Lefebvre.