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Alain Rozan was born in France and immigrated to the United States in 1981.

Alain started writing songs and playing guitar at the age of 13 after hearing the Bob Dylan record “The Times They’re A Changin’”. He writes and sings in French and English and could be categorized as a French folk and American folk/rock singer songwriters. He has played in many New York venues such as Life Café, Bar B, Lakeside Lounge and at many Bastille Day celebrations including a legendary one in 1995 where he sang 3 songs 23 times in 23 different restaurants/clubs in one day and without amplification, accompanied only by his dear friend, Walter Kuehr, the New York master of the accordion.

Alain is also an actor and played in several French plays by Jean-Paul Sartre and Jean Anouilh, among others, under the direction of the late Marcel Lidji and his Studio Dramatique.

He lives in New York City.

Alain’s first release “Histoires d’Amour “ is a collection of 8 original songs written in French in a style that brings together Bob Dylan’s songwriting with the songwriting of\ Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel and Serge Gainsbourg. It is available worldwide on ITunes, Amazon and all major digital music retailers. It features, Erik Della Penna on acoustic guitar (member of the band Kill Henry Sugar and lead guitarist for Joan Osborne, Natalie Merchant and Joan Baez), David Philips on Stand-up bass, Thomas Massucci on Accordion and Richard Pagano on percussion. It also features a cameo by Jazz legend Lawrence “Butch” Morris on the coronet.

Alain’s new release "Boogie Woogie” is Alain’s tribute to the American roots music of his heroes. Rockabilly, Funky Blues, Minor Blues, Reggae, Folk Rock, Irish Folk, Country, Zydeco and a Jazz, all in original songs, save for a cover of the beautiful Serge Gainsbourg ballad “L’Herbe Tendre. “Boogie Woogie” is a raucous but also tender and unabashedly politically incorrect album!

It was recorded with The Reprobates, a group composed of Erik Della Penna on lead guitar, Michael Cooper on rhythm guitar (and lead on “She’s my baby”) now a National Correspondent for The New York Times, Michael Goldwasser (Producer, Bass Player and Guitar Player for the Easy Star All-Stars and House Producer for Easy Star Records) Tom Massucci on accordion and Frantz Hillaire on drums. “Boogie Woogie" features a cameo by the late great jazz icon Eddie Harris on saxophone, French singer Brigitte Orliac on vocals on three tracks and New York Rocker Mike Rimbaud on guitar and voice on “Real American”.