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Length: 3:48
Accent: French
Saxophonist Alex Terrier talks about how he came to be a jazz musician and shares some photos. Come take a glimpse inside the life of this gifted artist.
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Length: 3:12
Accent: French
Alex Terrier’s second project as a bandleader, “Roundtrip,” is a critically-acclaimed album in the vein of John Coltrane. Listen to it in full—and for free!—here.
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Length: 3:13
Accent: French Canadian
From dreams to reality, putting forth “a little bit of energy each day,” Annie Chartrand, a vocalist who debuted singing behind her bathroom door, burst onto the music scene in 2006. Here is an interview with the singer of Ma Blonde Est Une Chanteuse [My Girlfriend Is a Singer]—a group which is actually part of a love story…
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Length: 3:14
Accent: French Canadian
The lovely singer tells us in franglais about franglais. She discusses her experiences growing up bilingual in Quebec, her international travels, and why it’s not always a good idea to tell someone if you’ve ripped your pants…
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Length: 3:14
Accent: French
Remember Bertrand Pierre, the smooth crooner of “Si vous n’avez rien à me dire”? He’s back to tell us about his background as a musician, and how he stumbled across the Victor Hugo idea…
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Length: 3:20
Accent: French
Bertrand Pierre is back to tell us more about his album: Autre Chose, a tribute to the lesser-known love poems of Victor Hugo.
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Length: 3:19
Accent: French
Bertrand Pierre was inspired by Victor Hugo, and Victor Hugo was inspired by his very active love life. As it turns out, Hugo’s little love poems make for great song lyrics.
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Length: 2:48
Accent: French
Unique and talented young singer-songwriter Charles Baptiste brings us “Sale Type”: a lighthearted song for the broken-hearted. Sing it from the rooftops, Charles!
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Length: 3:36
Accent: French
Charles-Baptiste returns to us with a new existential song: “Je Sais,” or how he moved on to a new stage in life.
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Length: 2:27
Accent: French
Men, women, love: Charles-Baptiste tells us what’s special (and what’s universal) about his love life in New York, and lets us in on the secret to his success. You have to get your hands dirty!
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Length: 2:54
Accent: French
Rock and roll, garage, hard-core, street punk — from Black Flag to Agnostic Front to Crisis, Frustration isn’t just a sentiment, it’s a way of life! With Frustration, “Your life will be more sad, but it’ll be more lucid.”
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Length: 2:42
Accent: French Canadian
Meet troubadour Hugo Bonneville, a socially aware singer-songwriter whose love of words makes his lyrics pure poetry. Hugo shares with us what being a musician means to him.
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Length: 3:20
Accent: French Canadian
Hugo Bonneville talks about the relationship between music and money, the success of his first album, and offers us all the sound advice to take a good long look at ourselves.
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Length: 1:47
Accent: French
As Laurent Voulzy is walking down the beach, he chances upon a fan, and sings a little duet with her. At his concert that night, she’ll be in the front row. Can that “change the face of the world”?
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Length: 2:18
Accent: French
Julio Iglesias tours France for the first time in 27 years and is very warmly received, especially by the ladies. Julio not only sings a few songs in French, but can speak it as well, and proves as much during an on-camera interview.
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Length: 2:49
Accent: French and Senegalese
Youssou N’Dour, one of the world’s most beloved French-speaking musicians, hails not from France, but from Africa.
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Length: 1:51
Accent: French
The French singer Serge Gainsbourg is still remembered long after his death by fans, English rockers, and songwriter (and first lady of France) Carla Bruni.
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Length: 2:05
Accent: French
You’ve heard of Elvis impersonators? Well France has Claude François impersonators! Meet Tom Evers, who performs in the style of Podium at the very same club where the real Claude used to come to relax, comme d’habitude.
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Length: 3:51
Accent: French
Les Nubians record with the late great father of Bossa Nova, Henri Salvador. “Que le Mot Soit Perle” is a sweet song dedicated to all children orphaned by AIDS.
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Length: 3:43
Accent: French
Hélène and Célia tell us about their musical influences, origins, and inspiration. When they encountered prejudice about Africa and Africans upon coming back to France, Les Nubians used music to paint a truer picture of African culture.
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