Stolen Song: How the Troubadours Became French by Eliza Zingesser (review)

The troubadours seem to have come back in style in France. The crooner Francis Cabrel’s new album, À l’aube revenant, released on October 16, 2020, includes songs inspired by the troubadours. A new album from the composer and musician Vincent Eckert has earned him the title of “troubadour” (La Dépêche, December 16, 2020). The actor and director Daniel Auteuil has recently described himself as a “troubadour” (Le Figaro, December 15, 2020). Even the journalist and skipper Francis Amedeo has taken up the term, going to far as to call himself a “troubadour cosmique” (Le Figaro, December 3, 2020).