Alan Clayson, Gail Hendrickx

Clayson Sings Chanson has been on the road since 2011, initially to tie-in with La Vie Bohème, the most recent edition of his Jacques Brel biography. Media coverage has been fulsome with phrases like 'mesmerising', 'a man possessed', 'a performer without equal' and 'a wonderful evening by a master raconteur at the top of his game'.

Although much of the repertoire is from Brel's portfolio, Clayson deliver items by other chansonniers, Gallic and English, and ventures into curious but connected realms. Prior to his renown as a music historian, Alan Clayson was popular in the late 1970s as leader of the legendary Clayson and the Argonauts and has since become 'one of the more extraordinary figures to emerge from rock 'n' roll.

"It is difficult to explain to the uninitiated what to expect'' (The Independent).