Brigitte Fontaine est Folle

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The curious French chanteuse Brigitte Fontaine’s oeuvre was a touchstone for a number of 90s alt-rock icons like Beck, Sonic Youth, Björk, Jarvis Cocker, and Stereolab. But only with recent reissues of her third and fourth albums—1968’s playful Est…Folle and 1971’s more avant-garde Comme à La Radio (which she recorded with Art Ensemble of Chicago)—is her music domestically available in the US.