Filles Sourires (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The ten best French albums (not necissarily from France, but songs sung in French) (mostly) were round up by ten ( twelve , actually) people. You might have checked out the websites of the artists. Here are songs from the ten (twelve, actually) Number One choices. Here's to another ten years of great French music! Lina - Redevenir Modeste (2003) ( Sky's top ten) Coralie Clément - Salle des...
Filles Sourires (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Anna Maria from Sweden, a regular guestposter on FS, counts down her faves. Mylene Farmer is pictured (no. 3) 1 Vanessa Paradis - Divine Idyllle Peaceful and cute songs by mrs Depp. She has reason to be content. 2 Claire Diterzi - Tableau du chasse Inventive and lovely songs. The French Kate Bush? Quite possibly. 3 Myléne Farmer - Avant que l’ombre Still haunting and has some of her best...
Filles Sourires (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Frans_S is a key figure for this blog. Without him, many tracks here would not've been posted. Here's his list. Pictured is Mareva Galanter (no.5) 1. Coeur de Pirate - Coeur de Pirate (2008) Suddenly there she was. Beatrice! A tattooed young girl with piano and songs that stuck in your head and heart. Deserves a place in the list, and not only to proof that there is French music in other countries...
Filles Sourires (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Mordi, he of the brilliant Blowupdoll blog , made his list of poptastic French albums of the past 10 years. Alizée (no.7) is pictured. 1. Calogero - Pomme C. (2007) The emotive vocals of calogeo enfused with the songwriting of zazie make this album a pop/rock french masterpiece. 2. Carla Bruni - Comme Si De Rien N'etait (2008) i was surprised how much i enjoyed this - it blended all my favourite...
Filles Sourires (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The roundup of the best French albums of the decade continues (all week!). FS-contributor Maks lines up his faves: 1 Arno - Charles Ernest (2002) Hors categorie. Not only because of it's brilliant Elisa cover with Jane Birkin on it. The Belgium phenomenon and chanteur de charme who as easily sings about his rising sissoyen as he sings about love and death made with Charles Ernest a landmark for himself....
Filles Sourires (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Here's my list. Camille is pictured (no.8) 1 Coralie Clément - Salle des pas perdus (2002) The reason why Coralie Clément is in the header of this blog, is this album. My interest in French music, sung by sultry girls really took off when I first heard Salle. The whispered songs, the smokey atmosphere, the lyrics (by Benjamin Biolay), it's the holy trinity of Filles Sourires. 2 Benjamin...
Filles Sourires (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
The end is nigh! Well, the end of the decade that is, and whilst almost everyone is rounding up the best ten albums of the past ten years, why don't we? I asked several contributors and FS-friends to make up a list. I will post those lists in the upcoming days. Here's the first, by official FS-contributor Sky. (Pictured is Clare Muldaur from Clare & the Reasons, no.10) 1 Lina - Redevenir Modeste...
frogsmoke.com (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Benjamin Biolay (wiki) is a French singer, songwriter, musician, actor and record producer. He is the brother of singer Coralie Clément, whose two albums he wrote and produced, and has worked with many icons of French music, including Juliette Gréco, Julien Clerc and Françoise Hardy. He also wrote the scores for several films. Today, his [...]
blowupdoll (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
i'm too sure why or how this came about but this collection of songs sung by french actresses appeals very much to me. check out virginie ledoyen cover niagara and listen as valerie lemercier manages to make one of all time fave songs (par amour, par pitie) still sound heartbreaking. listen to marianne sing and chat at the bbc in 65 and 66. her voice is amazingly pure, innocent and very very english!...
Filles Sourires (Free subscription) | 07/25/2009
Two album to look forward to: La Superbe by our hero Benjamin Biolay , and Le Clan des Miros by Renan Luce . Two gentils garçons who made strong albums before, and the first songs off their news cds are very, very promising. Luce returns to the mandolines that made Repenti such a brilliant song, Biolay takes his time (over 6 minutes) on the titletrack, brings out Coralie Clement (I guess),...
Read:My:Back (Free subscription) | 07/13/2009
[Click here to listen with your preferred media player] * = new or recent release Baby Gramps - "Cape Cod Girls" - Rogue's Gallery - Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys B. Fleischmann - "Static Grate" - The Humbucking Coil...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 06/21/2009
NoBuny @ Bruar Falls Saturday night (marcus_in_ny) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Make Music NY * Beyonce @ MSG * Nobunny @ Death by Audio * Punk Island @ Governors Island * Your Nature @ Studio at Webster Hall...
Filles Sourires (Free subscription) | 04/30/2009
Today's Queen's Day in Holland, and if you're in Amsterdam I urge you to go here . If you cannot make it, you have another chance tomorrow. Two songs for this special day, by Coralie and Françoise + Henri. Coralie Clement - La reine des pommes Françoise Hardy & Henri Salvador - Le fou de la reine
motel de moka (Free subscription) | 01/26/2009
Image: Robert Boynes. The way things work is by admitting or opening away. This is the simplest form of current: Blue moving through blue; blue through purple; the objects of desire opening upon themselves without us; the objects of faith. The way things work is that we finally believe they are there, common and able to illustrate themselves. The way things work is that eventually something catches....
Free Warez Download (Free subscription) | 01/02/2009
INFO: CD 1 01 - Flying Lotus ft. Jose James - Visions Of Fiolet [02:10] 02 - Tape Five ft. Brenda Boykin - Far Far Away [04:03] 03 - Guts - And The Living Is Easy [05:12] 04 - Maya Azucena - Junkyard Jewel [03:42] 05 - Jehro - Continuando [03:35] 06 - Camille - Gospel With No Lord [03:34] 07 - Saskia [...]
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