Category: Music
Friday Nantes Live Inüit “Pretty Puppet”
Five boys on the instruments: Alexis, Rémy, Pierre, Pablo, Simon, with Coline the lead of this group – influenced by jazz, with the sounds of pop, electro even R’n’B.
Chanson du Jour: Camellia Jordana “What Binds Us”
How Charles Aznavour, the ‘French Sinatra’, conquered America
Known as France’s Frank Sinatra, the dapper crooner and actor Charles Aznavour, who got his start as a songwriter and protege of Edith Piaf, died Monday at 94.
Source: How Charles Aznavour, the ‘French Sinatra’, conquered America
Jane Birken avec Beth Gibbons
From Régis Roinsard’s documentary Rendezvous Avec Jane (2005)
The Top Uses of Erik Satie Compositions in Movies or TV
Erik Satie was a French composer who was considered to be a bit of an eccentric person as well. His music is quite capable of lulling a person to sleep or calming them down in a manner that is rather quiet and even unassuming. It’s simply THERE, in a quiet, off-handed way that doesn’t make too many demands and doesn’t offer empty promises that can’t be filled. Keep in mind I’m describing my own reaction to it, but you might have a different one if you listen. To be honest it seems very light and quite pleasant to the ear.
It’s not something that needs to be taken lightly but it is something that make a good background [ . . . ]
Hear all 10 Satie compositions at: The Top Uses of Erik Satie Compositions in Movies or TV
