Click on the link here for Audio Player: M-In Concert According to his bio, M (Matthieu Chedid) has been around a while, has collaborated with a lot of people, including Sean Lennon and Vanessa Paradis. Has released several albums and is rather huge in France and throughout Europe. I
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Phoenix – Lisztomania – 2010 Interesting phenomenon of late – many European bands have taken to singing in English, rather than their native tongue. Makes perfect sense – the English speaking audience is a lot larger than many others (except possibly for
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Francoise Hardy – Chanson D’O – 1971 Perennial favorite Francoise Hardy tonight. Last time (back in June) I posted something from her 1971 album La Question, and tonight I’m posting another track from that album. Chanson D’O is hypnotic, ethereal and sensuous
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Jacqueline Taieb – 7 Heures du Matin – 1967 Another sampling of some classic French “Yè-Yè” of the 60’s. This time from one of the lesser luminaries, Jaqueline Taieb, a French singer born in Tunis who had a string of hit singles
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Mypollux -Plus a Meme – 2008 Hovering between Power-Pop and Heavy Metal, Mypollux is (or was, it’s hard to tell) a French band that’s been going since 2001 (or 2002 depending on which bio you read). They’ve been having a modicum of
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Leo Marjane- Le Refraine De La Pluie – 1941 Something completely different tonight. 40’s French Torch singers. Leo Marjane was hugely popular in France in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Her career came to an abrupt halt in July of 1944 when she
Click on the link here for audio player: Brigitte Bardot – Contact – 1967 Yes, Brigitte Bardot. Probably one of the most recognizable sex symbols to come out of France in the 1950’s and 60’s, Bardot also tried her hand at being a Popstar as well. And tonight’s track is
Another look at the wildly iconic genre of “Yè-Yè” from 1960’s France. This time via France Gall, another in a long line of very talented and hugely popular singer/songwriters in the early 1960’s. Gall, like her compatriot Francoise Hardy, has continued her popularity over the years although she has stopped
