Jane Birkin is back with new album

In France, Jane Birkin is a cultural icon. She has appeared in over 50 films, including Antonioni's scandalous ‘Blow Up’, been a star of numerous theatre productions and recorded more than a dozen albums.

Birkin’s new album ‘Enfants D'Hiver’ is out now and has a similar chilled out, ethereal sound to her 2006 album ‘Fictions’ – although the song ‘Aung San Suu Kyii’ gives it a particular edge with Jane singing about the rightful Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been imprisoned or under house arrest for 12 of the past 18 years.

In 1992, Birkin gave up singing to focus on her family and her humanitarian work. She returned to music in 1998 and has since recorded a number of albums including ‘Arabesque’, ‘Rendez-vous’ and ‘Fictions’.

Birkin has maintained her political commitments throughout her career while her humanitarian interests led her to work with Amnesty International, on immigrant welfare and AIDS issues.

The album ‘Enfants D'Hiver’ is out now. Interview in The Times here. Official Site here. YouTube EPK here.

www.janebirkin.net

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