Georges Brassens in Cardiff
Babylon Wales (Free subscription) | 09/30/2007
Unless (like me) you are a fan of the French chanson tradition you are unlikely to have heard of Georges Brassens . Yet in France he is an absolute icon. During his lifetime he was more popular than greats like Boris Vian and Léo Ferré ; as esteemed as Jacques Brel ; and held in as much affection as Edith Piaf. His moustachioed face was as familiar to the French public as Elvis Presley's was to the...

















