Before I even put the cd in to listen to I read Corneille’s story. His story is a very tragic one where he lost his family and his music is where he hid until now.
Corneille was born in Germany, but both of his parents were from Rwanda. He lived in Germany for seven years before meeting his home. He then lived in Rwanda feeling like a stranger, because of his Western upbringing. 10 years after moving there, he was lucky to survive the genocide of 1994. This was when he lost his entire family.
Instead of hating the world he decided to embrace life and the fact that his family showed him nothing but love.
“Music has been the place where i could go to hid and forget about the world. I couldn’t make sense of a majority of the things that happened to me, so i used music as a shield. But over time, music has become a vehicle to channel out everything that I’ve been keeping from myself for all these years. And the new album is definitely the most honest, real assessment of everything that’s happened in my life, because I’m not trying to hide as much.”
So now I introduce Corneille – The Birth of Corneille
Listening to his music, especially the first song Back to Life, I can hear his appreciate for the friends in Germany that took him in after he lost his family. I mean, he has lived his music. He has a soft sound and defiantly fits in with the R&B music style. I have a great appreciate for his lyrics and his music. I think that artists that are truly able to express themselves show true talent.
Interesting story!
I hope his music will be a big hit with his audience.
Ive heard he is really good, is his genre same as Craig David? Have a nice day
What an inspirational story depicting the power of the human spirit.
The site is beautiful and so is this CD!
What a sad story but inspirational too!
I’m glad you liked the baby turtles. They weren’t taken by me, unfortunately! They are Stephen Fry’s pictures. He’s away in lots of different places making a TV programme(s) and twittering about his adventures!
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