Chloé Mons

Chloé Mons born in Lille on 1 December 1972 is a French actress and singer Chloé grew up in Lille in a family of musicians She is the sister of Barnabé Mons the leader of the psychedelic rock group Sheetah Les Weissmullers She later became the muse of the American photographer Tom Sewell In 2001 she married the singer Alain Bashung whom she met during the filming of the music video La nuit je mens and with whom she recorded the Cantique des cantiques for their wedding using music by Rudolphe Burger They have a daughter together named Poppée In 2006 inspired by Calamity Janes Letters to My Daughter she wrote and composed La Ballade de Calamity Jane Alain Bashung her husband and Rodolphe Burger the guitarist and leader of the band Kat Onoma helped bring the project to life In the same year she published her debut solo album Chienne dun seul which she performed on stage during the first part of her husbands tour La Tournée des grands espaces In 2009 she wrote composed and selfproduced her second solo album Par la rivière an opus she defines as punkcountry and that she played alone or with a small band in France and the United States Her third solo album Walking was recorded at the end of 2010 in Kingston New York and produced by Malcolm Burn who has worked with Bob Dylan Iggy Pop and Emmylou Harris among others She brought Walking on tour accompanied by guitarist Yan Péchin After her husband Alain Bashungs death in 2009 Mons published a diarystyle book recounting her husbands final hours The book Let Go was released on 2 March 2012 by the publisher Fetjaine 2012 also marked the release of Il Buio a duet album with the guitarist Xavier Boussiron The album comprises covers of various hits from the 1950s from Peggy Lees Johnny Guitar to Adriano Celentanos Ciao Ragazzi Also of note Salvatore Adamo joins Mons to rejuvenate his original song La Notte Then in November 2012 Mons reunited with the team from Walking to record Soon and then left for southern India Mysore Karnataka to film American Diary My California and Mysore Express In 2016 she played Dominique in Alain Klinglers musical Je nai rien contre le réveillon The same year she released her eighth album Alectrona in which she contrasted the codes of rock n roll with the classical form of chamber music She wrote and composed 10 songs which she then entrusted to Blixa Bargeld for production Mons is the sister of Barnabé Mons leader of the Lillebased psychedelic rock band Sheetah Les Weissmullers She became the muse of the American photographer Tom Sewell before marrying the singer Alain Bashung in 2001 She met Bashung while shooting the music video La nuit je mens and for their marriage they recorded Song of Songs set to Rodolphe Burgers music They have a daughter named Poppée Source Article Chloé Mons from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30