{"id":6695,"date":"2012-03-07T11:37:23","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T00:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=6695"},"modified":"2012-03-07T11:37:23","modified_gmt":"2012-03-07T00:37:23","slug":"birkin-sings-gainsbourg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/?p=6695","title":{"rendered":"Birkin sings Gainsbourg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-6697\" title=\"birkin\" src=\"https:\/\/soundslikesydney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/birkin-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a powerful homage to her partner and mentor Serge Gainsbourg, chanteuse, star of film and stage, style icon and darling of the French avant-garde, Jane Birkin, will give one special Sydney concert &#8211;\u00a0<em>Jane Birkin Sings Serge Gainsbourg<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>For more than a decade she was muse to the legendary French singer, songwriter and <em>enfant terrible <\/em>Gainsbourg. He was a cult hero in France and his death\u00a0in 1991, warranted something of a national day of mourning. Together they produced six albums and continued to collaborate professionally long after their relationship finished in 1980. In her long career, Jane Birkin has starred in countless films and released dozens of recordings. 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