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Francis Cabrel (born 23 November, 1953 in Agen, France) is a French
singer-songwriter and guitarist. Inspired heavily by Bob Dylan, he has
released a number of albums falling mostly within the realm of folk, with
occasional forays into blues or country. Several of his songs, such as
"L'encre de tes yeux" and "Petite Marie" have become enduring favourites in
French music. Others, such as "C'était l'hiver", about the suicide of a
young girl, have since been covered by other artists such as Canadian
Isabelle Boulay.
Biography Cabrel was born into a modest family, with a working father and
a mother who was a cashier. He has a sister, Martine, and a brother,
Philippe. His paternal grandfather, Prospero Cabrel, immigrated to Gascogne
from Friuli, Italy, in the 1920s with his wife and six children. Cabrel's
mother, Denise Nin, was born in Gascogne to an Italian family who had also
immigrated from Friuli. The family's original surname, Cabrelli, was aban
