Jean‑François Dutertre, born on March 31, 1948 in Paris, was a French singer-songwriter and musician. He became part of the folk‑revival scene in the late 1960s, joining the first French folk club, Le Bourdon, and collecting traditional material in Québec, Ireland, and the Vosges. His breakthrough came with the 1973 release Chants à répondre et à danser on Le Chant du Monde, followed by L’épinette des Vosges (1973) and La Ronde Des Milloraines - Compositions Pour Épinette Des Vosges Et Vielle (1977). Dutertre recorded Si l’amour prenait racine (1980), and Chansons traditionnelles de Normandie (2002). He co‑founded the folk group Mélusine, contributed to numerous compilations, and later served as executive producer for Le Chant du Monde’s traditional music anthology. He died on March 10, 2017.
