Inside Stephan Eicher's locomotive - 40 years of memories from French-speaking Switzerland (Swiss Press Local 2026, by François Barras) - Swiss Press Award

24heures, Tribune de Genève

François Barras

During a train journey between Geneva and Lausanne, the Bernese singer shares his story in an interview along the shores of Lake Geneva. From one station to the next, each stop inspires a theme, a memory, and leads to a chapter. He discusses la dolce vita, the Röstigraben (the cultural divide between French- and German-speaking Switzerland), Swiss folklore, but also the disability insurance (AI) that worries him and his newfound artistic freedom.