Biography for Emily Loizeau
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A singer-songwriter and pianist, Emily Loizeau is part of a new wave of artists bringing a breath of fresh air to the french music scene. Nominated for the Prix Constantin (the french Mercury Prize), she has been one of 2006's revelations, her debut album L'Autre Bout Du Monde meeting both critical and public acclaim.

About Emily

Influences / Most favourite artists : Bob Dylan, Georges Brassens, Tom Waits, Randy Newman, Antony & The Johnsons, Nina Simone, Rufus Wainwright, Sufjan Stevens
07/02/1975 : Birth of Emily Loizeau - Emily with a « y » as her mom is english
1981 : Emily starts piano
2001 : Writes her first song
March 2005 : Emily signs to Fargo and becomes the label's first french act
28/02/2006 : Release of her debut album L’Autre Bout Du Monde
15/11/2006 : Emily nominated for Prix Constantin, as one of the top 10 new acts in the country
16/11/2006 : Emily wins Prix Adami-Coquatrix (named after the founder of Paris music-hall Olympia)
18/12/2006 : Triumph for her show at The Cigale aftera tour of over 60 dates
March 2007 : Emily covers Michel Polnareff's Ça N’arrive Qu’aux Autres for a tribute album
April 2007 : Emily covers Bob Dylan's Make You Feel My Love for the compilation « Even Cowgirls Get The Blues »

April 2007 : Emily is invited by Irish artist Duke Special and they both end up recording in the studio a french version of the Duke's "Portrait", to be released in September.
May 2007 : The video of the single "Je suis jalouse", directed by prodigious 19-year old UK director Leo Bridle, gets more than 300 000 views on YouTube in a few days.
June 2007 : Two-week tour in India, alongside french acts Mademoiselle K and Anaïs

Comme le dit la chanson qui donne son titre à son premier album, Emily Loizeau est venue " de l'autre bout du monde " pour signer le premier disque français de la petite histoire de Fargo. En entendant son chant léger, son humour un peu noir et ses piques amusées lancées contre la déjà mythique " Adèle de Bayeux ", Andrew Bird a été séduit et a accepté de rejoindre (en français !) Loizeau pour l'aider à (forcément...) " faire son nid ". Enregistré " comme à la maison ", avec surtout un piano et une voix, L'Autre Bout Du Monde s'impose comme un premier disque de chanson française aux accents anglais qui doit sans doute autant à Tom Waits et Randy Newman qu'à Jeanne Moreau ou Michel Legrand.