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Sting at the Bataclan to “celebrate life, the music in this historic place”

Music, brutally interrupted a year ago at the Bataclan, again resounded Saturday night in the room with a moving concert of Sting ahead observed a minute of silence in tribute to the 90 spectators killed Nov. 13, 2015.It is by a minute of silence as Sting launched his concert: “Tonight we have two tasks to reconcile: first, to remember those who lost their lives in the attack, then celebrate the life, music this historic site, “said the British singer in French. […]

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Tourenne death of Paul, the last of Jacques Brothers

The singer, painter and musician Georges Bellec, a member of the famous group Les Frères Jacques, died Thursday in Senlis at the age of 94 years, announced Friday his only daughter, Sophie Bellec.

Georges Bellec, born March 18, 1918 in Saint-Nazaire, made the Beaux Arts in Bordeaux and Paris. Jazz enthusiast, he created the vocal quartet with his brother André François Soubeyran Paul Tourenne. They name the “Frères Jacques” in reference to the term “Doing Jacques,” that is to say, to fool. The “Frères Jacques” wear leotards, tights, gloves and hats

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Marine Le Pen takes huge lead over Nicolas Sarkozy in French first round presidential election poll 


Front National leader Marine Le Pen has taken a sizeable lead over Nicolas Sarkozy in a new French presidential election poll. The far-right leader had 29 per cent of the vote when pitted against Les Républicains’ former president, who was eight points behind, and held a 15-point lead over the Parti de Gauche’s Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the poll released by Ipsos.

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Pauline Croze and Brazilian Wave


Outside its usual pop-folk trails, the Pauline Croze brunette swaying now offers a getaway with a couple of occasions disk of bossa nova standards, Portuguese and French, Nougaro to Jobim, of Moustaki Chico Buarque. The opportunity to return, but not limited to, the rich relations that the French song with bossa nova, and more broadly, the musical colors of Brazil. Quite a trip!On the stage of La Mano in Paris on May 25 , she sways, smiles, dresses in bright sounds, is adorned with tropical music, befitting him well, these winds swaying rhythms, which is n ‘was not used to see her dressed … We knew the brunette Pauline Croze for her folk-pop-rock songs to groove trends. […]

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