Category: Music

Charlotte Gainsbourg Announces First New Album in 7 Years

 

Rest includes collaborations with Paul McCartney, Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, and others

Charlotte Gainsbourg has announced the long-awaited follow-up to her Beck-assisted 2010 album IRM (and the 2011 compilation Stage Whisper). Rest is out November 17 via Because Music. She’s also shared the title track, which was co-written and produced by Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. Check out the song below, and scroll down to preview her self-directed music video. The album was produced by SebastiAn and features collaborations with Paul McCartney, Owen Pallett, Connan Mockasin, and others. Check out the tracklist and album artwork below.

Rest is the first Gainsbourg album where she wrote the lyrics herself. “In the shadow of my father, writing in French was something I never dared to do,” she said in a statement. Following the death of her sister, photographer Kate Barry, she said she decided to write an album about loss, public life, childhood fears, and more.

Source: Charlotte Gainsbourg Announces First New Album in 7 Years | Pitchfork

Jazz in La Villette: Sarah Murcia celebrates the Sex Pistols, Magic Malik and Vic Moan

Sarah Murcia is a double bassist, singer, composer and eclectic and brilliant arranger. She has performed three times this year at Jazz in La Villette. This week’s evening, with her group, is a re-release of the album “Sex Pistols”. Sarah Murcia is an amateur singer and songwriter, who is a student of the American Academy of Music. Jean-François Jenny-Clark, Jean-François Jenny-Clark, Fred Choulet, Elysian Fields, Sylvain Cathala, Steve Coleman and Kamilya Jubran. She also writes for cinema and dance. In 2001, [ . . . ]

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Autour du Velvet Underground

Entretien avec Joseph Ghosn et Philippe Azoury, auteurs de l’excellente biographie “The Velvet Underground” aux éditions Actes Sud Rocks. L’occasion de revenir sur ce groupe mythique, devenu au fil des décennies une pierre d’angle de l’histoire du rock, aujourd’hui l’objet d’une

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Agnès Bihl returns to the Léo Ferré forum!

We were waiting impatiently: It is at the Léo Ferré forum that  Agnes Bihl will present her new songs on September 28th, 29th, 30th and October 1st at 8:30 pm!

After her cover album Tout fout l’camp, which was released last summer  , Agnès Bihl’s first novel, La vie rêvée des autres, and a successful tour, delighted our ears and our hearts with these four exceptional dates. Following her first five albums filled with engaging and touching lyrics and captivating melodies, we are particularly curious to know what nuggets she has concocted.

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