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) | 11/05/2009
And finally, the list of Thomas Bohnet . He's a dj, a promotor, a cd-compiler and a nice guy. Pictured is Keren Ann (no. 4). More lists? See here . 1 Benjamin Biolay - Rose Kennedy (2002) Biolay`s fantastic debut, with songs between Chanson and Pop. Elegant and with international flair. 2 Noir Desir - Des visages des figures (2001) The most important rockband. With the big hit Le vent nous portera....
Filles Sourires (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Alexandre/SOM is a regular contributor to FS. Here's his list. Emily Loizeau (no.4) is pictured. 1 Keren Ann - Nolita (2004) I could put any of Keren Ann album in this list. I've chosen this one because Que n'ai-je is maybe one of the best French song ever ! A classic. 2 Daphné - Carmin (2007) When I discovered this abum I couldn't stop listening it. The voice of Daphne is incredible. "Mourir...
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
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...
Sound of the City (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Back in September, Bowery Presents took over booking at the Brooklyn Bowl, adding the concert space/cool-dad mecca to a coterie of venues that already included Bowery Ballroom, the Music H...
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
A reader asked in the comments section of AllMusic Loves 2004, our previous feature listing our editors' favorite releases from a given year, "What next? AllMusic Loves 2005!?!?" Yes, exactly. As we said when we looked back at 2000, we are covering each year of the decade until we reach the end. Having passed the midpoint, we grapple with a year highlighted album-wise by the apex of record-collector...
Band Weblogs (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Chilean born and L.A based songstress Yael Meyer is set to release a new album. Her second independent release 'Heartbeat EP', will be available via iTunes and amazon mp3 on November 10th 2009). The EP features all new material written by Yael Meyer. Recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Bill Lefler (Ingrid Michaelson, Tim Myers, Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes) 'Heartbeat' includes guest appearances...
Filles Sourires (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
On his new album, Lucien Nicolet aka Luciano , samples Keren Ann's Liberty (from her latest, untitled album) for his track Celestial. To quote the press-bio: 'Luciano concots a heady, heavenly song that builds and builds so gently, you never notice your feet leaving the ground.' Luciano is a Swiss-Chilean dance-producer who's new cd Tribute to the Sun also sports collabs with Martina Topley-Bird and...
BOTH BOTH (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Keren ANN AND Cat PETERSON
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Tribute to the Sun (Cadenza), which could easily be a reggae album's title, is actually the product of Swiss-Chilean DJ Luciano, worlds apart from the Jamaican crooner.
Modern Marie (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
cookies, Eleni's Bakery NYC . 1. Birds – Emiliana Torrini 2. Caged Bird – Alicia Keys 3. Spanish Bird Song – Keren Ann 4. Blackbird – Evan Rachel Wood 5. Jailbird – M. Ward 6. Maybe Sparrow – Neko Case 7. Pretty Bird – Jenny Lewis 8. Electric Bird - Sia 9. Two Birds – Regina Spektor 10. Meadowlarks – Fleet Foxes
Filles Sourires (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
Ricky Koole is one of Holland's best, if underrated singers. She's a succesful actress, but made three albums so far with breezy countrypop and -rock. All covers, slightly re-arranged. Her drive is to unearth lost classics, to introduce great songs to a wider audience. She gets help from 'pop-professor' Leo Blokhuis , Ricky's partner and a really nice guy, I might add. Together with Dutch tv-host...
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