Celine Dion sings ...
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... Jacques Brel (for all our Canadian friends). This demonstrates my friend David Stearns's observation that Brel's fundamentally operatic. Celine should make a Brel album.
Jacques Brel
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The Voice of France that came from Belgium
Views from the Emerald Isle (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
30 years ago - on October 9th, 1978 - one of the most famous European voices of the 20th century fell silent forever. On that cool and grey day Jacques Brel - singer, songwriter, existentialist and cultural icon for more than one generation - died in Bobigny, a suburb of Paris, aged 49. The news of his death came as a shock for millions, especially in France, and there are people who are still not...
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Interview: Yelle
Aural States (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
MP3: Yelle - Tristesse/JoieYelle is France’s latest international export. Dripping with pop and style and inescapably catchy music, she is everything that a pop star should be. She puts the majority of American pop to shame, like an adult telling the kids to go home and do their homework. Her densely layered, electro-infused pop is hardly the [...]
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Was Jacques Brel the last true Belgian?
Radio Netherlands English (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
A new documentary film about Jacques Brel exposes the singer-songwriter's love-hate relationship towards Belgium and his countrymen, who he often ridiculed and savaged in his lyrics.
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Arts, Briefly: Jacques Brel's Auction Sales Are Alive and Well
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
A Sotheby’s auction of the Belgian singer and songwriter Jacques Brel’s possessions has generated more than $1.4 million in sales, Bloomberg News reported.
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One final ...
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
... Jacques Brel video.
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Jacques Brel Day: Amsterdam
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
The player for that duet wasn't quite working, so here, instead, is Brel doing Amsterdam: [Part of 30th anniversary of the death of Jacques Brel ]
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Perhaps my favorite ...
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
... Jacques Brel song (also from his last album): Voir un ami pleurer (this link will take you to the lyrics).
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Brel Song Lyrics Exceed Auction Expectations
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
LATEST: A sheet of handwritten lyrics by Belgian singer JACQUES BREL has sold for double its estimated value at a Paris, France auction. The words for Amsterdam, one ...
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MUSIC: Thirty years on, Jacques Brel's voice travels the world
France24 (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Belgium's Jacques Brel is remembered as one of the French-speaking world's immortal singers. To mark the 30th anniversary of his death, his daughter has organised an exhibition, while Sotheby's auctioned the lyrics to one of his greatest songs.
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Remembering Jacques Brel
frogsmoke.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Today is the 30th anniversary (déjà?) of Jacques Brel's death. Although technically a Belgian, he and France adopted each other during most of his career. I first saw Brel on TV when I was in my teens and I was shattered. For me he has always been the greatest writer, composer and performer on [...]
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Jacques Brel day: Rosa
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Who knew that there ever was Jacques Brel in colour? This dates from 1962: [Part of the 30th Anniversary of the death of Jacques Brel ]
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At Jacques Brel Auction, What Economic Meltdown?
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
"Fans of Jacques Brel battled to buy the singer's possessions, including guitars, photos and manuscripts, at a Sotheby's auction last night in Paris. Admirers of the Belgian-born star of French chanson spent a combined 1.03 million euros ($1.4 million), beating a presale estimate of as much as 470,000 euros. Only one lot was unsold...."...
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France remembers Jacques Brel
Charles Bremner (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
There is an excuse today for some musical nostalgia. Jacques Brel died exactly 30 years ago. Most people reading this blog will need no introduction. But I'll provide a little since some otherwise well-educated colleagues in London told me that...
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Jacques Brel
The Poor Mouth (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Today is the 30th Anniversary of Brel's death. And here are some covers of Brel songs Marc Almond Scott Walker And of course the late, great Alex Harvey!
