Young and Insolent: Moussu T e lei Jovents and "La Grand"

Moussu T e lei Jovents, a Marseilles-based band, brings us the random tune for today, called La Grand. The band splits its time between Marseilles, a French commune called La Ciotat, and Recife, Brazil. They are inspired by the music of Marseilles between 1920 and 1930 and the melting pot that the city was and remains. They range musically from the blues to reggae to Brazilian music to music hall, and they are very comfortable singing in Occitan, the regional language of the southern third of France. They have released eight albums. La Grand can be found on Moussu T e lei Jovents' 2006 album Forever Polida. The song is a description of a girl, "...free and without fear, young, brunette and insolent..." selling candies on a Marseilles street.

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