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Les Nubians - Les origines et les influences

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Hélène et Célia nous indiquent leurs influences, origines, et inspiration musicales. Quand à leur retour en France elles rencontrent des préjugés sur l’Afrique et les Africains, Les Nubians utilisent la musique pour peindre un tableau plus réel de la culture africaine.

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Français avec Nelly - 12 Songs to Improve Your French - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly suggests some songs for more advanced French speakers: Charles Aznavour's "La bohème," Angèle's "Balance ton quoi," Stromae's "Formidable," Serge Gainsbourg's "La javanaise," and Orelsan's "Tout va bien."

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Caption 126 [en]: I'll see you soon in a future video.
Caption 126 [fr]: Je vous dis à bientôt dans une prochaine vidéo.

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Oldelaf - interprète "Bérénice"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Oldelaf's "Bérénice" is a beautiful love song with a somewhat tragic (but very comical!) ending. You'll both laugh at and be moved by Oldelaf's poetic language and soulful crooning.

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Caption 31 [fr]: Vos bas contre vos jambes longues
Caption 31 [en]: Your stockings down against your long legs

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Watt’s In - Indila : Dernière Danse Interview Exlu

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Indila, a French singer whose first single "Dernière Danse" (Last Dance) topped the chart in 2013, talks about her debut as a singer. She felt more comfortable as a writer and composer of melodies and only recently started singing onstage.

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Caption 49 [fr]: mais par contre de mélanger la plume française et une... et une mélodie qui vient de moi
Caption 49 [en]: but on the other hand, to mix classic French writing and a... and a melody that comes from me,

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TLT Toulouse - Musique : Le dub à l’honneur

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Musée des Abattoirs (Slaughterhouse Museum) in Toulouse devoted an entire exhibition to dub music, a subgenre of reggae. The exhibition featured a selection of Jamaican-style sound systems and culminated in a big dub concert.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Le festival Rio Loco et le musée fusionnent au nom de la culture dub.
Caption 3 [en]: The Rio Loco festival and the museum are merging in the name of dub culture.

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Yacine Boularès - La Tunisie

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The musician Yacine Boularès talks to us about his large family, which spans two continents, and explains the origins of French influence in Tunisia.

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Caption 19 [fr]: une grosse influence, euh... de la culture française
Caption 19 [en]: a large influence, uh... of French culture,

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Yacine Boularès - La musique tunisienne

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Yacine Boularès, a young French musician of Tunisian origin, demonstrates some of the differences between Western and Arabic music on his saxophone. If you like what you hear, check out Yacine's jazz band, Afro Groove Collective.

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Caption 25 [fr]: et les esclaves sont venus avec leur culture.
Caption 25 [en]: and the slaves came with their culture.

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JT - La musicothérapie pour les aînés

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this nursing home in France's Pays de la Loire, musical therapy is used to stimulate the minds of residents suffering from Alzheimer's and other mental disorders. The directors of the program and the home explain the benefits of this still underdeveloped technique.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Dans d'autres cultures, je pense à la culture africaine, en Amérique du Sud, euh... en Inde,
Caption 6 [en]: In other cultures, I'm thinking of African culture, in South America, uh... in India,

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Melissa Mars - Ses propos

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Melissa Mars talks about her third album, À la recherche de l’amour perdu, and the making of the video for her hit single "Love Machine."

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Caption 14 [fr]: que je monte sur, euh... ma voiture rouge customisée, c'est un espèce de... de...
Caption 14 [en]: that I put together on, uh... my customized red car, it's a sort of... of...

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Télé Lyon Métropole - Instinct Lyrical

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The members of the Lyon-based group Instinct Lyrical are into “intergenerational” rap—rap they hope will have a message for their neighbors of all ages.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Maman, tu t'es battue contre les problèmes de la vie
Caption 21 [en]: Mom, you battled against the problems of life

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Le Journal - Mozart à l'Opéra de Vichy

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Mozart fans, take note: Go in through the back door of the Vichy Opera House to see Jérôme Deschamps and his talented crew’s reimaginings of the famous composer’s works. Don’t worry—all the tunes are still pure Wolfgang.

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Caption 26 [en]: no matter the costume, no matter the set, at the height of emotion.
Caption 26 [fr]: quel que soit l'habit, quel que soit le décor, au plus haut de l'émotion.

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Les Nubians - Les langues

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

What can multilingualism bring you? It sheds light, penetrates cultures, and gives off an emotional echo. In this clip, Les Nubians remind us of all the reasons we should be glad we’re using Yabla French!

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Caption 31 [fr]: à mon... à mon humble avis, de rencontrer les cultures, de pénétrer une culture,
Caption 31 [en]: in my... in my humble opinion, to encounter cultures, to penetrate a culture,

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French Punk - Frustration

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

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 sadder, but it’ll be more lucid.”

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Caption 8 [fr]: J'suis pas fan de la culture américaine,
Caption 8 [en]: I'm not a fan of American culture,

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Le Journal - Youssou N'Dour

Difficulty: Intermediate

France, Senegal

Youssou N’Dour, one of the world’s most beloved French-speaking musicians, hails not from France, but from Africa.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Puis cette musique, son mbalax, puisée très loin dans la culture sénégalaise.
Caption 2 [en]: Then this music, the mbalax sound, drawn from deep within Senegalese culture.

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NoJazz - DJ Mike

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

DJ Mike, from the electronica band NoJazz, tells us about one of his teachers, who suffered from two rather unfortunate problems…

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Caption 24 [fr]: Enfin ça... ça, par contre, ça doit être vrai. Je pense qu'c'est vrai.
Caption 24 [en]: Well that... that, on the other hand, that's gotta be true. I believe that's true.

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