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French Punk - Frustration

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate 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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Leçons de guitare - Leçon 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

In guitar lesson number three of this series, it's time to learn a song now that you know how to play rhythms. The song is called "Les Mots" [The Words] by La Rue Ketanou. So pick up your guitar (if you have one) and play along while you learn a little French!

Yacine Boularès - La Tunisie

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate 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.

Yacine Boularès - La musique tunisienne

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate 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.

Les Nubians - Les langues

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate 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!

Mai Lingani - Mai et Burkina Electric

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Burkina Faso

Though Mai Lingani grew up in Côte d’Ivoire, she is one of the most popular singer/songwriters in Burkina Faso, where she was born. In 1998 that country presented her with its highest award for a musician, the “Prix national de la chanson.” In addition to her beautiful French and melodious English, Mai also speaks (and sings in) three African tongues: Moré, Dioula, and Bissa. Please enjoy our interview with this delightful talent!

Mario Canonge - Ses propos - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Martinique

Viewer Discretion Advised
Mario has been influenced by Martinique, and he discusses what it means to represent and build upon French Caribbean rhythms on the world stage.

Captions

Melissa Mars - Melissa et son premier album

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Meet Melissa Mars: actress, singer, songwriter, storyteller, dreamer, “Martian.” In the first of her interviews with Yabla, Melissa tells us how her career got launched.
Matches in Transcript
Caption 1 [en]: Hello! I am Melissa Mars. Uh... I'm an actress, singer, uh... French or... Martian.
Caption 1 [fr]: Bonjour! Je suis Melissa Mars. Euh... je suis actrice, chanteuse, euh... française ou... martienne.

Les Nubians - Le multiculturalisme

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate 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…
Matches in Transcript
Caption 9 [en]: certain notions that are ostensibly French,
Caption 9 [fr]: certaines notions qui se veulent françaises,

Les Nubians - Présentation

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate 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!
Matches in Transcript
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,

Bertrand Pierre - Victor Hugo

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate 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.
Matches in Transcript
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

Bertrand Pierre - Autre Chose

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Bertrand Pierre is back to tell us more about his album: Autre Chose, a tribute to the lesser-known love poems of Victor Hugo.
Matches in Transcript
Caption 31 [en]: at a French high school, at a French Alliance, uh...
Caption 31 [fr]: dans un lycée français, dans une Alliance Française, euh...

Bertrand Pierre - Sa formation

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

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…
Matches in Transcript
Caption 16 [en]: "Pow woW" if I say it the French way.
Caption 16 [fr]: "Pow woW" si je le dis à la française.

Phil Cambron - Ses révélations

Difficulty: difficulty - Advanced Advanced

Canada

Singer-songwriter Phil Cambron talks about the “chanson vivante” scene in Montreal, his musical tastes and his ambitions.
Matches in Transcript
Caption 28 [en]: but I think a place for the French language, well, that's super important too.
Caption 28 [fr]: mais je trouve qu'une place pour le français, ben, c'est super important aussi.
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