Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Keny Arkana - Victoria

Keny Arkana is a French rap artist. She is active in the alter-globalization movement with "La Rage Du Peuple," a collective (cf. English "clan" or "crew") formed in 2004 in the Noailles quarter of Marseilles.

Born in Marseilles in 1983 of Argentine heritage, Arkana began rapping in 1996. She formed the collectives Mars Patrie and later Etat-Major, gaining performance experience in the Marseilles underground scene, culminating in the 2003 release of Etat Major's first mixtape.

After several solo appearances on various projects, Arkana released her first EP "Le Missile est Lancé". Her first album "Entre ciment et Belle Étoile" was released in October 2006. Her first single, "La Rage," released in 2006, pointedly references the 2005 civil unrest in France.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Pascal Obispo - Chanteur ideal

Pascal Obispo (born 8 January 1965 in Bergerac, Dordogne, France) is a French Occitan singer/songwriter.

Pascal Obispo started singing in 1980. He got his first record deal in 1990, Le Long du Fleuve. When his second album came out(Plus Que Tout au Monde) his songs became a huge success and are still very popular today. Some of his most famous songs are Plus que tout au monde, Laurelenn, Tombé pour elle, Lucie, Personne and Fan. He is also well known for his various escapades, his unconservative behavior, his haircut, etc. His name is an anagram of the painter Pablo Picasso.

Obispo used his popularity to help with humanitarian work and particularly with work to stop the AIDS epidemic. He has worked with many other well-known artists such as Florent Pagny, Johnny Hallyday, Patricia Kaas. (*)

Thierry Amiel - De la haut

Thierry Amiel (b. October 18, 1982) is a French singer and songwriter from Marseille, France. He rose to fame after coming in second place to Jonatan Cerrada on the first edition of the French 'Pop Idol', A La Recherche De La Nouvelle Star.

Thierry grew up in Auriol, a town in Bouches-du-Rhône. Keen on music from a young age, in 2001 he quit his studies in Psychology and tried unsuccessfully for both Rêve d'un soir and Popstars 2. His break came in 2003 when he competed in A La Recherche De La Nouvelle Star, losing narrowly in the final round. Shortly afterwards, his first album Paradoxes, along with his first single, Les Mots Bleus, were released, Paradoxes coming 3rd in the top 50 albums of its opening week. After three years, Thierry released his second album on the 20 November 2006, titled eponymously Thierry Amiel. The album gained 16th place in the top selling albums of France, with the single Cœur Sacré peaking at 6th place in top singles.(*)


Vanessa Paradis - Divine Idylle

Vanessa's fifth studio album "Divine Idylle" is to be released in 2007. The lead single of the same name hit French radio in June 2007. Vanessa terms this CD a return to her strong pop roots.

Mathieu Chedid -M- & Sean Lennon - L'Eclipse

Video for L'Eclipse by Mathieu Chedid (aka -M-) and Sean Lennon


Gregory Marchal - De temps en temps

Emmanuel Moire - Mon Essentiel

Emmanuel Moire is a French singer born in Mans on June 16th 1979. Between 2004 and 2007, he has embodied Louis XIV as a member of the cast of the musical Le Roi Soleil.

Emmanuel Moire released his first solo album, titled "Là Où Je Pars", on November 13th 2006 along with his first single "Le Sourire". (*)

Christope - Double Je

Christophe Willem, born on August 3, 1983 in Enghien-les-Bains, France, is a French singer and the winner of the fourth edition of Nouvelle Star. (*)

Olvia Ruiz & Adamo - Ce george

Sofiane - Rêver

Monday, July 16, 2007

Zazie - Je suis un homme

Calogero - Pomme C

Calogero (born Calogero Maurici on July 30, 1971 in Échirolles, near Grenoble) is a French singer.

By the age of six Calogero had already taken an interest in music. He quickly learned to play several instruments, including the flute, piano and bass, and in 1986 became the lead singer and song-writer for a band called Les Charts, that he started together with his brother, Gioacchino, and a childhood friend, Francis Maggiulli. Between 1989 and 1997, Les Charts released 5 albums : L'océan sans fond (1989), Notre monde à nous (1991), Hannibal, (1994), Acte 1 (1995), and Changer (1997).

As the band began to lose its momentum, Calogero decided to launch himself as a solo artist and gathered important connections by writing songs and collaborating with already popular artists, such as Zazie and Pascal Obispo. The latter helped produce Calogero's first solo album Au milieu des Autres (2000). His second album, CALOGERO (2002) was a huge success with the hit singles "En apesanteur", "Aussi libre que moi", "Tien an men" and "Prendre racine". Finally, in 2004, Calogero released 3, featuring "Face à la mer" a duet with French rapper Passi and several other top singles such as "Yalla" and "Si seulement je pouvais lui manquer".

Calogero's moving lyrics and frail, tender voice have made him one of France's top pop/rock singers.

Calogero has released his fourth studio album "Pomme C" on 12 March 2007. (*)

Rose - Ciao bella

Rose, de son vrai nom Keren Meloul, est une chanteuse française, née le 24 mai 1978 à Nice. Elle est également auteur et compositeur.

Son pseudonyme vient du film The Rose de Mark Rydell, inspiré de la vie de Janis Joplin.

Après des études de droit, elle a été professeur d'école pendant deux ans avant de se lancer dans la musique.

On a pu la voir d'abord en première partie d' Alain Souchon en Mars 2006 à l'Olympia et en Juin 2006 au Zénith, ainsi que de Skye au Café de la Danse, Patxi à l'Européen, Jehro au Bataclan. Elle fait aussi les premières parties d'Axelle Red à la Cigale, Olivia Ruiz et de The Servant lors de leurs tournées fin 2006/début 2007.

Cette fan de Janis Joplin et qui ne le cache pas, est un vrai mélange entre celle-ci et Bob Dylan

(*)

Marilou - Danser sur la lune

Marilou Bourdon dit Marilou est une chanteuse québécoise, née le 20 septembre 1990, à Longueuil.

Monday, June 25, 2007

Tryo - Hymne de nos campagnes

Tryo is a French 'unplugged' reggae acoustic band, popular in Europe and in Quebec, consisting of 3 French guitarists, a Latin American percussionist, and a producer : Guizmo, Christophe Mali, Manu Eveno, Daniel "Danielito" Bravo and Bibou.

Tryo have been wildly popular throughout France partly due to their politically charged lyrics, whilst also showing a fun side with a range of humorous songs, especially true in their live performances.

They take a left wing stance, criticizing various French politicians such as Charles Pasqua (named in corruption scandals concerning suburban low cost housing or HLM) and Le Pen and world leaders (George Bush, for example) in their music. The band also have a 'tolerant' view on cannabis, most obviously demonstrated by 'La Main Verte' from the 'Mamagubida' album.

The drug references have been notably toned down in their later albums. This, along with other factors such as fewer political references and their popularity amongst a younger French crowd, have led some fans to accuse Tryo of becoming more commercial as they progress.

They have sold more than 900,000 albums worldwide and celebrated their 10 year anniversary in 2006, followed by a nationwide tour. (*)

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Shy'm - T'es parti

Emmanuel Moire - Ca me fait du bien

Emmanuel Moire is a French singer born in Mans on June 16th 1979. Between 2004 and 2007, he has embodied Louis XIV as a member of the cast of the musical Le Roi Soleil.

Emmanuel Moire released his first solo album, titled "Là Où Je Pars", on November 13th 2006 along with his first single "Le Sourire". This is the second single

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Monday, May 7, 2007

Superbus - Lola

In 1999, Jennifer Ayache went looking for musicians to make a group. She met Michel Giovannetti, a guitarist; and François Even, a bassisit; who already knew each other from another group, and formed a new band. They started out as a three-piece before 2 other members joined. Those two were later replaced by Guillaume Roussé (on drums), and Patrice Focone (on guitar). Roussé quit the band in 2005, and was replaced by Greg Jacks. The band got their name from the Latin word superbus, meaning superb. It is said that the lead singer Jennifer Ayache stumbled upon that word when browsing a Latin dictionary. Superbus' style is influenced by a vast array of bands, from No Doubt to Sum 41, via Weezer, Blink 182 and Sublime. (wikipedia)

Saturday, March 31, 2007

AaRon - U-turn (Lili)

AaRON (Artificial Animals Riding On Neverland) is a french duo (Simon Buret and Olivier Coursier) This song is the main theme from the movie Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas from Philippe Lioret.

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Les enfoirés -Aimer à perdre la raison

Les Enfoirés (French for "The Dumbasses"), is the name given to the singers and performers in the yearly charity concert for the Restaurants du Cœur (Les Restos du Cœur). (wikipedia). The other good thing is that they make old songs a little bit modern. I never heard of Jean Ferrat (wikipedia), until I read the new Enfoires song is a reprise of the song from 1971.


Patrick Bruel - Je fais semblant

New song from Patrick Bruel. Here singing with Nolwenn. The original clip can be found at the site of TV-channel TF1 (here)
It can also be found at the official site, where you'll find more clips of Patrick (http://www.patrickbruel.com - audio/video)

Zazie - Des rails

Saturday, March 3, 2007

Vitaa - Fleur de toi

Very popular song. One time it was played at all the music stations at the same time...



(Making of)

Diams - Ma France à moi


Saturday, February 3, 2007

Bruel & Dominique - J'te mentirai

Nice song from Bruel. Still a shame she has lost in the final...




(tekst en vertaling)

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Edith Piaf - Non je ne regrette rien

In twee weeeks the film La Mome about Edith Piaf will be shown in the cinemas. So I will put some Edith Piaf songs here. The most known:




(tekst en vertaling)

Sunday, January 7, 2007

Elisa Tovati - Garçon facile

The newest clip of mademoiselle Tovati


Benabar - Diner

As a waiter, I like clips in restaurants etc. According the dutch wikipedia, the main person does everything to avoid a dinner.


Elisa Tovati - Debile Menthol

As mentioned before: une belle fille dans une belle ville