Very interesting - Audionamix ADX Technology isolated the vocal track from Dame Vera Lynn's iconic 1930's mono recording of " We'll Meet Again " for record label Universal Music , and worked with Universal's sound engineers to: "clean up and re-master the voice track into a high definition stereo component. This was seamlessly integrated with the new orchestration and the contemporary...
Listen Shopping-Eek A Mouse Buying a Book - Joe Tex How Much is that Doggie in the Window - Annie Jackson, Barbara Jones, Matz Ztefrens, Joe Livoti and Rolf Harris Lost in the Supermarket - The Clash Billy Broke my Heart at Walgreens (I cried all the Way to Sears) - Ruby Wright Ayres the Bakers - Boycott Coca Cola Experience Warrior in Woolworths - X-Ray Spex Duo - Carlos D'Allessio Fairytale in the...
My sweet readers, what are your plans for the weekend? My dad is coming from Michigan to visit, and we'll be taking him to brunches , seeing art exhibits and inevitably watching Seinfeld reruns. I can't wait. Have a wonderful weekend, and here are a few great posts from around the web... Scratch n' sniff holiday cards . Thankful pigeons . Oh, no! I will cry if Budget Travel folds . I love that magazine....
It looks like Marion Cotillard is finally getting the breakthrough she deserves. After winning an Oscar for her part in the Edith Piaf biopic La Vie en Rose she now stars in the musical film Nine. In the movie she gets to sing two numbers, including the killer song Take It All, written by Maurey [...]
We had a great night at the splendid Binsey pub 'The Perch', its been redefined in recent years and now offers a fantastic range of exquisitely presented French food. We had been invited to perform some French opera and songs last night, the small and intimate audience were very appreciative and we've been invited back on Valentine's day, so watch this space!! The two Gina's did fantastically well...
We all have guilty pleasures in life, though it is whether we admit to them. So in the words of Edith Piaf ‘non, je ne regrette rien’… and last Friday I settled down to watch ‘Classic Albums: Duran Duran - Rio’ on BBC4. And what was shockingly embarrassing was that I still remembered the words from the album after [...]
Sunday night dinner was just the two of us this week, my hubby and me. After two years of him working a continent away he has finally come home for good - or at least as "for good" as a man with his occupation can expect and I was in the mood for something romantic, something French, something bistro-like. Actually I was in the mood to go to France but alas that was out of the question. The...
As you know now, I finally got to listen to Secret 's music much later than I should have done . About the same time I was already listening to Edith Piaf, and I first couldn't believe my ears when I heard what sounded like an evident borrowing from the song Milord . Many years later, when I had the change to revisit both songs, I was entirely convinced that Piaf's theme from Milord did feature in...
Last night, I had the pleasure of spending some time with my favourite country-noir angel Marianne Dissard. She played the Paris Appelle festival in The Hague, her first concert in Holland (if I'm not mistaken), and also the first time we met. Four years after I put a song of hers on my first French compilation , and experiencing the advantages of social media ( twitter , Myspace ). But nothing beats...
Wherein searching through my list and skipping the Christmas songs All Her Favorite Fruit, Camper Van Beethoven Autumn Leaves, Edith Piaf Baby Seed, Momma Stud Banana Boat, Edric Connor The Banana Boat Song, George Clinton Banana Boat Song (Day-O) Banana Chips, Shonen Knife Banana Juice, The Mar-Keys Banana Pancakes, Jack Johnson Belleville Jungle, Les Triplettes De Belleville Big Apple, Urban Dance...
This is it: the first part of fall is over already. The trees on the banks of the Seine are still russet and gold, a last flamboyant display of color before the bareness of winter. So to illustrate the turn of the season I chose this painting by John Everett Millais, as apt an illustration of autumn as his Blind Girl is of summer. And I can't mention autumn leaves without thinking of Edith Piaf's interpretation...
Catherine Malandrino and Cointreau have teamed up to bring you the ultimate Cointreau gift bottle - a vessel for the aperitif that features The Statue Of Liberty, the best thing France ever gave us besides Edith Piaf . The bottle, created by the French design firm Betc , features a metal lace casing and Swarvoski crystals. It is available during the month of November at Colette in Paris for $75 USD....
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