''Voyage d'une mélodie'', (''Journey of a melody'') is a 2011

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Enrico Macias Gaston Ghrenassia (born 11 December 1938), known by his stage name Enrico Macias, is an Algerian-French singer, songwriter and musician of Algerian Jewish descent. Early years Gaston Ghrenassia was born to a Sephardic Algerian Jewish family i ...

, after five years of absence due to the death of his wife. The critically acclaimed album comprises music explorations by Macias into many cultures where he interprets songs in

, Spanish, Tamazight (Berber language),

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. There are a number of collaborations with artists as duets in the album including

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, Théodore Bikel and Claude Zuffrieden. The album was partly produced by

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, partly by his son Jean-Claude Ghrenassia. The release is in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of Enrico Macias' prosperous musical career.RFI interview: Enrico Macias’s ongoing journey - Latest album, ''Voyage d’une mélodie''
/ref> He promoted the album and interpreted songs on the French TV programme ''Vivement Dimanche'' on France 2.

Track list

#"Tu n'es pas seul au monde (4:05) #"Snitra" (2:48) - duet with Idir #"Lehaim encore un verre (2:59) - French version of "Sprayz ichmir") #"Adio Kerida" (3:51) #"De loin (Tzores)" (4:25) - duet with

#"La Nuit" (4:02) #"Yalali" (3:05) #"Les Séfarades" (2:41) #"Mi corason" (3:03) #"Taht' el fil Yasmin" / "Lighrou Meni" (4:17) #"Paris tu m'as pris dans tes bras" (2:56) - duet with Théodore Bikel (Yiddish) #" Ne dis pas" (3:19) French adaptation of "Hirsh Glick" by Claude Zuffrieden) #"Shalom aleikhem" (2:51) - duet with

#"Sprayz ichmir" (Noch ein glasses) (3:00)

References

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