France Rocks recently had the pleasure to exchange via email with an exciting new French artist with global influences, Jain, resulting in a very unique and intriguing interview. Jain, who grew up all over the world but considers Toulouse, France her hometown, is in the process of releasing a new EP, available digitally in November.
READ FULL INTERVIEW at Source: France Rocks Original Interview: Jain | French Culture
Going stronger than ever The Django Reinhardt NY Festival and The Allstars have taken the US by storm. They are headed again to NY from Paris, landing at Birdland, their official home, where it all started in 2000, with an ‘idea’ inspired by Producers Ettore Stratta and Pat Philips due to their work with famed Jazz Violinist Stephane Grappelli, Django’s partner, back in the 30’s and 40’s. The Producers set out to bring Django’s style out from underground to ‘overground’ and spread the word: HOT JAZZ is better than ever and here to stay!
READ FULL STORY at Source: Django Reinhardt NY Festival in November | French Culture
10/25/2016 Interview with Francis Cabrel courtesy LINFO.re
Francis Cabrel est à La Réunion pour sa nouvelle tournée. Le chanteur est en direct dans le 19h d’Antenne Réunion.
Source: Francis Cabrel, chanteur – LINFO.re – France, Société
Chanson Du Jour 10/26/2016: Pauline Croze performing “La Javanaise”
I think Serge Gainsbourg’s songwriting was at its best when he wasn’t attempting to shock with his “audio vérité” smutty songs. While 1967’s ” Je t’aime, Moi Non Plus” feels a bit skeevy today, “La Javanaise” feels like a cool breeze while walking along the Left Bank.
In this great 2010 clip from French TV’s Nouveaux Talents, Pauline Croze’ soulful wordless verse (1:35 to 2:20) is particularly merveilleux. Other good versions? Give a Spotify listen to Gainsbourg’s original and also one from (wait for it… wait for it…) Iggy Pop! Continue reading “Chanson Du Jour: La Javanaise”
When did you start making music?When I was nine, my family and I moved to Dubai. There I studied an Arabic percussion instrument called the darbuka or the tabla. Percussion was my first introduction to music. Then from the age of 14 to 17 years old I lived in the Congo in a small town called Pointe Noire; that’s where I made my first songs. After my graduation in Abu Dhabi, I moved to Paris, to attend art school…When I was in the south of France, in a town called Pau, I began making music by taking drum lessons for two years, and Arabic lessons while I was in Dubai. That’s where it all started, really. With rhythm.
Read Full Interview with Jain / Source: Jain Is A Third Culture Kid Ready To Make Her Mark | The FADER
Agnes Obel’s first two albums, 2010’s Philharmonics and 2013’s Aventine, were darkly intimate affairs, the work of a rich, characterful singer at her piano at night. They made her a top five artist in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark, and well-known in her adopted hometown of Berlin, where she’s lived and worked for 10 years. “I have genuinely no idea,” she says almost apologetically, when asked to explain their success.
Her latest music layers 250 tracks on top of each other, and duetting with a male cyborg version of herself. Where does it all come from?
Read Full Story / Source: Agnes Obel: ‘It’s called a Trautonium – and it can electrocute people!’ | Music | The Guardian
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