Philippine Lavrey is a French beauty with a silky smooth voice that had The Voice France coaches spinning on their seats.
She is a singer-songwriter-instrumentalist from Le Havre who became famous for this performance.
Lavrey covers “The Sound Of Silence” by Simon and Garfunkel, and what a cover this is.
Philippine discovered her passion for music at an early age.
She is self-taught, learning the piano at the age of five. she would accompany her mother in an accordion club where she played percussion for them and then the accordion.
Lavrey was 13 when she decided to learn singing and guitar on her own.
Her talents are clear to see and hear as she serenaded the audience with the folk classic.
It’s a song covered by so many artists since it lends itself well to individual styles.
Lavrey plays her guitar gently, singing the words with so much emotion.
Paul Simon wrote this song over several months in 1963 and 1964.
That’s a long time ago, and yet the song still has us listening intently thanks to its words.
It was released in October of 1964 to commercial success,and that led to Simon and Garfunkel disbanding.
Until 1965 when the song started playing on the airwaves again, leading to Tom Wilson, the producer, to remix the track by overdubbing it with instruments.
The song was re-released on September 1965, though Simon and Garfunkel had no idea of what was done to their track.
Philippine here knew what to do with it, adding her own style to the ballad and impressing all who were watching and listening,
She looks and sounds fantastic, a subtle confidence glowing all while her family watches from backstage excited and anxious.
Lavrey’s tone is relaxing and yet there is a power there that conveys her singing with a lot of passion.
She is a delight to listen to.
The coaches are all smiles, and who wouldn’t be with a voice like that?
High praise from this viewer who commented,
“I love it when someone does a cover and doesn’t just parrot the original but brings something new and absolutely owns it. Beautiful version of a classic.”
And to think English isn’t Lavrey’s first language.
It’s a song that was a top-ten hit in multiple countries worldwide,including Australia, Austria, West Germany, Japan and the Netherlands.
“The Sound Of Silence” is considered a classic folk rock song, and was added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically important”.
And it is always such a pleasure to listen to.
There are so many renditions from so many different artists but Lavrey’s cover has to be on that top 5 now.
She got all four coaches to spin with a smile on their faces, and even got a standing ovation in the end.
Is she good, or what?
Watch and listen to this French beauty sing a beloved classic in the video below!
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