Click opera (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
2003's Oskar Tennis Champion is my first proper album of the new decade, if you see Folktronic as a belated summation of 90s themes. Oskar draws its power from two collaborations with women artists: the Milky album Travels with a Donkey I made with my ex-wife Shazna in New York in early 2002, just before leaving for Tokyo, and the Mashcat mini-album Mashroom Haircat , recorded with Emi Necozawa when...
My Buenos Aires Travel Guide (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
The French Week in Buenos Aires "Vivi Francia 2009" will take place from October 26 to November 4, 2009, organized by the French-Argentine Commerce and Industry Chamber (CCIFA), and sponsored by the French Embassy and the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires. A series of activities to enjoy French culture, art, gastronomy, fashion, music and architecture, free and open to all,...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
"THERE isn't an equivalent to chanson in the English-speaking songwriting world," laments Leon Rosselson. "What I like about France is that they have this genr
One1more2time3's Weblog (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
RAYMOND PEYNET was born in paris in 1908. he became quite famous around the world through his LOVERS or LES AMOUREUX, a young poet and his girlfriend. the images were reproduced on porcelain, scarves and as dolls, in books and everything else you can imagine in merchandise. GEORGES BRASSENS and CHARLES AZNAVOUR dedicated songs to [...]
Connaissances (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
I would have liked to post the original video of this song, but this live version is not bad. If you'd like to watch the official video it is here on You Tube. Renan Luce was born in Paris in 1980 but grew up in Brittany. His songwriting is said to have been influenced by the 20th century singer and songwriter Georges Brassens. He released his first album Repenti in September 2006
Earning My Turns (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
Just came back from the delicious Les plages d'Agnès . Varda lived on a boat in Sète as a child, so she could not avoid including a snippet of Sète native Georges Brassens's Supplique pour être enterré sur la plage de Sète , maybe my favorite among his songs.
Phil Beard (Free subscription) | 28/08/2009
Paris’s weekly book market is to be found on Saturdays and Sundays at the southern fringe of the 15th. in the former horse market in rue Brancion. The old horse market was part of the Vaugirard abattoir that occupied the site until the late 1970s and was later replaced by the Parc Georges-Brassens. Access is by Métro to Porte de Vanves (line 13) or Convention (line 11) but the best approach...
AudioPorn Central (Free subscription) | 27/08/2009
Sandra Nkake - La Mauvaise Réputation (Blackjoy Radio Edit) [mp3] this is Sandra Nkake a beautiful and very talented singer from France this gem is the Blackjoy remix for Sandra’s Georges Brassens cover La mauvaise réputation was originally released in 1952 this nu version is a timeless classic APC TOP 10 for sure [via Fairtilizer]
T O O G (Free subscription) | 25/07/2009
It was fun to discover this new musical project by a friend. Being a huge fan of Georges Brassens, he started to cover songs in the Georges Brassens style, and it gives amazing results. Of course, if someone's reading this blog outside of France, he won't have heard of the actress Isabelle Adjani as a singer (Le Pull = Pull marine, a 1984 Serge Gainsbourg's song), or the french rappeuse Diam's (La...
News From Nowhere (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
Reading the news the other day that 30 chimpanzees had escaped their enclosure at Chester Zoo , I was reminded of that delicious Georges Brassens song, Brother Gorilla, which the late Jake Thackray used to feature in many of his performances. There is a good clip of Jake doing the song on YouTube and I am enclosing a link with this post. The song dates back to the days when France still used capital...
Peter's Paris (Free subscription) | 22/06/2009
Georges Brassens is an icon in France; one of the most celebrated poets, singers-songwriters. He’s maybe not so well-known abroad; his songs are very particular and difficult to translate. He died at the age of 60 in 1981. I already talked about him in a post about a year ago, more particularly about a park which has got his name, Parc Georges Brassens . He had his house at rue Santos-Dumont,...
breath of life (Free subscription) | 15/06/2009
To debut at 35 in the young-oriented music industry is a rarity, and in this case a delightful rarity.
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 05/06/2009
Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens, Édith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, Léo Ferré, Serge Gainsbourg, and… Iggy Pop?
Filles Sourires (Free subscription) | 30/05/2009
Thanks for all your contributions to the Gentils Garçons giveaway . I picked three winners. This is from Brazilian correspondent Luciane: I'm very much a beginner when it comes to french music. So, to me, listening to a new song is like tasting a new and unimaginable flavor of macaron. It always surprises me and the macaron jar is colorful and never-ending. Sometimes, a little rush of the heart...
frogsmoke.com (Free subscription) | 26/05/2009
Remember the recent upheaval about the forbidden and censored poster showing smoking movie heroes? Well, common sense has prevailed, and new rules make them legal again. From now on it's not a crime anymore to show a smoking person on a poster, provided the following these three rules are adhered to: 1. The advertised goods may not [...]
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