Tartine de Clous

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Tartine de Clous (Geoffroy Dudouit, Thomas Georget and Guillaume Maupin) are a singing trio originally from the department of Charente in western France. Following in the footsteps of some of the great French groups of the late 20th century folk revival (such as Mélusine and La Bamboche), they sing largely unaccompanied three-part harmony arrangements of the traditional songs of their native land.

https://klofmag.com/2025/01/tartine-de-clous-compter-les-dents/

"a beguiling mixture of conviviality and melancholy" "a beguiling world of traditional Francophone song, performed unaccompanied (or occasionally with a background drone) and recorded largely on the hoof: in bars, around tables, in the street, and with all the accompanying background noise that those situations dictated. The intention was to create a ‘veillée’ or vigil, where music exists in a real and physical human context. The result was a music that reached into the past but sounded grippingly present." (Klof Mag)