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 Nicolas Sarkozy: Decides to watch wife Bruni at Mandela show
French first lady Carla Bruni is going to sing in public for the first time since marrying President Nicolas Sarkozy at a concert in New York on Saturday in order to celebrate Nelson Mandela's 91st birthday.
The French president Nicolas Sarkozy will attend the event, where his wife will perform along with Aretha Franklin, Queen Latifah, Stevie Wonder, Cyndi Lauper and others. On Friday the organizers have brought out this report.
Forty one year old Nicolas Sarkozy released her third album months after getting married to Sarkozy in February 2008. She will perform with former Eurythmics musician Dave Stewart.
Over 18 months ago, Stewart and Bruni-Sarkozy started writing songs that are yet to be released. During an interview with a famous news agency fifty six year old Stewart said that he wrote the melodies, while she wrote the French lyrics.
The duo will perform her biggest hit "Quelqu'un m'a dit" ("Someone told me") and a version of Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind." Stewart said that the former top model's voice was similar to a female version of Dylan's.
Regarding first lady Stewart said, "She is a great songwriter, a great wordsmith, and she has got one of those smoky, husky voices that is like a certain singer, like a Dylan or a Leonard Cohen, but in a female way”.
He continued, "It is addictive to listen to, and she writes very beautiful melodies and plays guitar well."
The Mandela Day concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall also features top African talent like the Soweto Gospel Choir and Senegalese singer Baaba Maal.
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