Pal\u00e9o Festival 2019 - Jonas Follonier<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Opening the first evening of the Pal\u00e9o festival on the Club Tent stage, Lausanne-based folkeuse Billie Bird established herself as a highly promising bird. We met her in the warm shade of two parasols, after her concert under the big top. To get to know her better and listen to her better.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Jonas Follonier: The music platforms, in their very broad definitions, classify you in the folk\/rock vein. How do you define your musical genre?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Billie Bird: I do so many different things, both on my EPs and live, that I'd define my music as hybrid folk. I like to give myself the freedom to move towards things that are very pop, very rock or very soulful. Which sometimes gives me a slightly mystical side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I first listened to your discography, I got the impression that your songs are becoming more pop rock and less folk. Am I wrong?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You're probably right. My latest EP, Les D\u00e9ferlantes<\/em> (2018), features music that is clearly more pop. But what's important is that it remains a song. That's why I would define my music not only as folk<\/em> hybrid, but also as a song<\/em> hybrid. However, rock remains very much in evidence both in the studio and on stage, the main instrument being the guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n