En scène avec Jacques Brel (In the Spotlight with Jacques Brel)

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The Voice of France (La voix de la France) - Revisited

To celebrate France’s love of culture, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes featuring francophone artists and performers. This episode, the story of Simone, who unknowingly became the most “listened-to voice in France.” Stick around until the end for an update on what S ...  Show more

In The Spotlight with Jacques Brel (En scène avec Jacques Brel) - Revisited

To celebrate France’s love of culture, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes featuring francophone artists and performers. This episode, the story of Arnaud, who launched a career impersonating one of France’s most beloved male singers, Jacques Brel. Stick around until t ...  Show more

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Jacques Brel
Witness History: Witness Archive 2015

In 1966 the Belgian singer-songwriter suddenly announced on stage that he was going to stop performing. At the time, he was world famous, having sold tens of millions of records around the globe. The song Ne Me Quitte Pas was among his many hits. We hear from his daughter, France ...  Show more

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Burt Bacharach is a living legend. He's written hits sung by Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Costello, Dusty Springfield and so many more. With that kind of a resume, he doesn't need to still be working at 92. But he recently found a new muse in collaborator Daniel Tashian ...  Show more

Quand Matthieu Chedid sur scène reprenait le classique "Au suivant" de Jacques Brel
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Celui qui chante "La tendresse" en s'accompagnant à la guitare chez lui, c'est Matthieu Chedid. Moment de grâce des concerts à domicile qu'il a donnés et diffusés sur les réseaux pendant les semaines de confinement. Matthieu Chedid est un des artistes de sa génération les plus gé ...  Show more

Edith Piaf
LanguaTalk Slow French: Learn French With Gaëlle | French podcast for A2-B1

In this episode, Gaelle presents the life of the world famous singer: Edith Piaf. Everyone is familiar with her most famous song, “La vie en rose”, but few really know who she was and where she came from. She sang about love so beautifully following a lot of hardship and broke ...

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