He studied at the Institute of Political Studies of Grenoble, where he taught from 2001 to 2005. In parallel, he became a journalist (radio, daily press and magazine) specializing in music and more broadly the live performance (theater, contemporary dance, street arts). He is passionate about
traditional music. From 2006 to 2009, he was editor of the magazine
Trad Magazine. In autumn 2009, he released on the label
Frémeaux & Associés an anthology of traditional music of France in 10 CDs (whose visual is the work of the American draftsman
Robert Crumb). More than 50 associations and archives centers in the region, as well as the
INA, the
National Library of France, the Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean (MuCEM), the
Laval University of Quebec and the Swiss National Sound Archives are partners of this publication, which brings together nearly 300 field recordings between 1900 and 2009. This work was rewarded in January 2010 by the International Grand Prix of Discography of the
Académie Charles-Cros, mention "Heritage". He is also dedicated to the promotion of French music abroad. He collaborates with the English language magazine fRoots and has made several compilations for the British label World Music Network: The Rough Guide to Paris Café Music (2002); The Rough Guide to the Music of France (2003); The Rough Guide to Gypsy Swing (2005); The Rough Guide to the Music of Paris (2007); The Rough Guide to Paris Café 2nd Edition (2010). He is the author of the website "Languages of France in songs" for the
Hall of the song and the
Ministry of Culture (
General Delegation to the French Language and Languages of France). He collects 78 rpm records, mainly the music of
ball musette of the 1920s and 1930s. In autumn 2010, he released on this theme a box of 2 CDs entitled "Accordion Musette/Swing Paris 1925–1954", fourth volume of a series of reeditions initiated in the early 1990s by the guitarist Didier Roussin, still at
Frémeaux & Associés. It is shared today between Paris and
Savoie, where he investigates the oral heritage (song, story, etc.) and works on various projects of publications and exhibitions in this field. In September 2011, he released, in collaboration with
Alain Basso and the association Terres d'Empreintes , a book-CD on the traditional song in
Haute-Savoie. This book, entitled "Bella Louison" with reference to a well-known harvest song in Savoy, showcases 40 years of sound collecting (from 1966 to 2005). This publication is followed in autumn 2014 by that of "Kroka la nui, traditional songs in Savoie", == Notes and references ==