The recent passing of Jane Birkin was a reminder of just how attached French people are to la chanson française, which literally translates to "French songs" but is much more than that. Chanson ...

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The genre of the realist-inflected arthouse musical has intermittently thrived in France , ever since it was kick-started by Jacques Demy's The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Les Papapluies de Cherbourg). It ...

Zaho de Sagazan has become a shooting star of contemporary French pop music by reimagining the chanson genre for a younger, ...

REVIEW: French director Christophe Honore, left, arrives with actress Chiara Mastroianni for Friday's premiere of "Les Chansons d'Amour," screening out of competition at this year's festival. (Reuters ...

Russian prison songs, with their tales of prison life and search for expiation, constitutes one of Russia’s most distinctive music genres. Radio Rossii, a Russian nationwide wire radio station, runs a ...