Emmanuelle Parrenin

Parrenin was born into a family steeped in classical music: her mother played the harp and her father the violin, and studied ballet as child.

[3] At age 19, she met the hurdy-gurdy player Christian Leroy Gour'han,[4] René Zosso [Wikidata], and Alan Stivell at Le Bourbon folk club.

[2]She and others travelled to remote regions of France and other Francophone countries including Canada to record folksongs.

[3] In 1974 Parrenin released an album with Phil Fromont called "La Maurmariée",[1] developing a "reputation for stark and intelligent interpretations of traditional music.

[2]With Fromont and Claude Lefebvre, Parrenin released a second, more progressive, album "Chateau Dans Les Nuages" in 1976, with included "Eastern elements and general strangeness".

They were a support act for The Clash at Le Zénith arena in Paris in 1981 and did not appreciate the violence of the punk audience.