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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.”

Français avec Nelly - 12 Songs to Improve Your French (2 videos)

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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Watt’s In - Baden Baden : J'ai Plongé dans le Bruit Interview Exclu

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The French pop group Baden Baden talk about their second studio album, Mille Éclairs (A Thousand Lightning Bolts), on this episode of "Watt's In." The band members discuss their creative process and the differences between playing onstage and in the recording studio. You'll also hear a few excerpts from their song "À tes côtés" (At Your Side).

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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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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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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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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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Le Journal - Retour sur scène de Julio Iglesias

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

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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Le Journal - Gainsbourg

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

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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Télé Lyon Métropole - Buridane

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The original lyricism, the striking rhythms, and the fragile melodies of up-and-coming singer-songwriter Buridane have made her career take off. She’s now launching a tour all over France and has been asked to perform at several big music festivals.

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Caption 13 [en]: but we do songs... French songs, uh... so, uh... that are textual.
Caption 13 [fr]: mais on fait de la chanson... française, euh... donc, euh... à texte.

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Les Nubians - Le multiculturalisme

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We’re all a part of this big, happy family that is humanity. Now if only we could get our “universal citizen” passports…

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Caption 9 [en]: certain notions that are ostensibly French,
Caption 9 [fr]: certaines notions qui se veulent françaises,

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Les Nubians - Présentation

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Meet Les Nubians, two singer-songwriter sisters who grew up in both Paris and Chad and whose music has been nominated for several awards, including a Grammy (and not just in the World Music category, thank you very much). We know we’re big fans!

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Caption 6 [en]: From a French dad and a Cameroonian mother, born in Paris,
Caption 6 [fr]: De papa français et de mère camerounaise, nées à Paris,

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Bertrand Pierre - Victor Hugo

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

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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Caption 8 [en]: Some... some... among the French poets, the Rimbauds, the Apollinaires,
Caption 8 [fr]: Des... des... parmi les poètes français, des Rimbaud, des Apollinaire

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Neïmo - Interview de Neïmo

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

From Scratch is not only the name of Neïmo’s first album, it also sums up their ethos. Original and full of energy, Neïmo is a distinctive part of a rock and roll trend: made in France but sung in English! According to the band, rock and roll is best done in its original language. Hear about how they mix their inspirations and influences with their innovation.

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Caption 11 [en]: Uh... We sing in English. For a French band,
Caption 11 [fr]: Euh... On chante en anglais. Pour un groupe français,

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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 13 [en]: so we're going to create with music a kind of African Fnac [French book and music megastore],
Caption 13 [fr]: donc on va créer avec la musique genre Fnac africain,

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