Music - Mathis & Benoît

Sitting on top of the world

12 songs, out on April 7th 2022

12 songs recorded face to face with their Gibson & Martin guitars, Mathis's voice and with a little help from their friends: Steve louvat on banjo, Manu Bertrand & Christian Séguret on mandolin, Aurore Voilqué & Christian Séguret on Fiddle.

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Here’s to you Mr Watson

6 songs EP, released in April 2021

"Pick a song at random in the extensive repertoire of traditional American music, and you're likely to hear a version by Doc. Revisiting his songs was an obvious choice for us, performing this warm music, initiating a rich dialogue with fellow musicians in the Internet era, introducing our old master Doc Watson to a whole new generation of Southern music fans is a major source of joy and satisfaction for us." Mathis Haug et Benoît Nogaret

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Roll on Buddy!

Much like the songs of the old African-American troubadour Lead Belly, the repertoire of Artel Lane “Doc” Watson is a formidable celebration of the traditional southern sounds of the 20th Century. Born in North Carolina right before the Great Depression, this blind singer and guitarist owed to his handicap a truly egalitarian vision of the music styles of the Old South.

Mathis HAUG & Benoît NOGARET pay the old master a fitting tribute, borrowing from his repertoire six songs heavily influenced by Doc’s Blues, Folk, Country and Gospel heritage.

Their EP Here’s to You Mr. Watson, recorded live in the studio the way Doc used to do it himself, is endowed with the freshness and spontaneity of family picnics and kitchen concerts.

“Roll on Buddy” with its ragtime feel, “Worried Blues” which reminds us that only the blues can cure the blues, the lilting melody of “Cuckoo Bird,” “Little Sadie” and its hair-raising account of a killing spree, the innocence of “Liza Jane” and the poignant beauty of “Rock, Salt and Nails” are inspired acoustic dialogs that feature Benoît’s intricate virtuoso playing and Mathis’s soulful vocals.

Roll on Buddy!

Much like the songs of the old African-American troubadour Lead Belly, the repertoire of Artel Lane “Doc” Watson is a formidable celebration of the traditional southern sounds of the 20th Century. Born in North Carolina right before the Great Depression, this blind singer and guitarist owed to his handicap a truly egalitarian vision of the music styles of the Old South.

Mathis HAUG & Benoît NOGARET pay the old master a fitting tribute, borrowing from his repertoire six songs heavily influenced by Doc’s Blues, Folk, Country and Gospel heritage.

Their EP Here’s to You Mr. Watson, recorded live in the studio the way Doc used to do it himself, is endowed with the freshness and spontaneity of family picnics and kitchen concerts.