French singer Catherine Ribeiro has died, aged 82
nme.comLe Monde reported yesterday (August 23) that Ribeiro’s representatives confirmed the news to Agence France-Presse. No cause of death has been revealed, only that she passed away in a retirement home in the French city of Martigues.Ribeiro leaves behind an illustrious career that involves leading progressive rock group Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes, active from 1968 to 1981.
The band gained a cult following for their avant-garde theatrics and political focus that breathed transgressive life into their psychedelic folk-inspired sound.Ribeiro was born in Lyon, France in 1941 to Portuguese parents.
Prior to her music career, Ribeiro tried her hand at acting with appearances in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1963 film Les Carabiniers and 1964 Italian western film Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West.She released her first EP ‘Dieu Me Pardonne’ in 1965, pursuing a path as a yé-yé singer before convening with multi-instrumentalist Patrice Moullet to form Catherine Ribeiro + 2Bis three years later.
The group was later renamed Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes.Ribeiro’s work with Alpes displayed an about-face turn from yé-yé star to daring experimentalist.
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