France Archives - Beautiful Song Of The Week

March 10

Week 774: “Après la Pluie” by Jean-Louis Matinier and Kevin Seddiki

Looking at an accordion, it’s hard to imagine how anyone came up with the idea…

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October 21

Week 754: “Pointillism” by Laurent Dury

Hiroyuki Doi was a successful chef in Japan until his mid-thirties, when his younger brother…

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July 1

Week 738: “Golden Hour” by Dolkins

When you were a teenager, did you have that one friend who suddenly got deep…

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May 1

Week 677: “You Left Me” by Croquet Club

It is 1830. Industrialization is in full swing. Labourers, made redundant by advances in agricultural…

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November 28

Week 655: “Flamingo Island” by Anthon Jean-Paul

My parents didn’t watch much TV when I was a kid, but when they did…

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May 2

Week 625: “Makeba” by Jain

I sometimes shy away from including dance tracks on this list, which isn’t really fair.…

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January 17

Week 610: “Mystery of Love” by Sufjan Stevens (Thibault Cauvin cover)

We’ve featured plenty of soundtracks on this blog over the years, and a healthy amount…

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April 19

Week 571: “Salve Regina” by Francis Poulenc

We’ve all got our contradictions. I, for example, will diligently rinse out food cans before…

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May 11

Week 522: “10 Years Ago” by FKJ

10 years ago this week, Beautiful Song of the Week began. I already did a…

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March 9

Week 513: “The Swan” by Camille Saint-Saens

One of Camille Saint-Saens’ best-loved works is his 1886 suite, The Carnival of the Animals.…

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October 21

Week 493: “The Border” by Nicolas Godin

Nicolas Godin’s homeland of France shares a 623km border with Spain, and for something as…

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August 19

Week 484: “Oscarine” by Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal

In my 20s, I was in the early days of a relationship with a woman…

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June 3

Week 473: “I Carried This For Years” by Ibeyi

A good friend of mine has two siblings: his twin brother, and their older sister.…

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August 27

Week 433: “A La Claire Fontaine” by Genevoise

There is something very special, almost magical, about traditional folk songs. They exist everywhere and…

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June 25

Week 424: “Le Depart (version acoustique)” by L’Imperatrice

There are three things I remember about going off to my first summer job as…

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April 9

Week 413: “Quand Vas Tu Rentrer?” by Melody’s Echo Chamber

On the last day of May 2017, Melody Prochet tweeted excitedly about her upcoming US…

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July 10

Week 374: “A Grand Love Theme” by Kid Loco

At 38, a pro athlete is an ‘elder statesman,’ and a politician is a ‘young…

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January 16

Week 349: “Surprises” by Ibrahim Maalouf

There are not many cities in the world with an archaeological history as rich as…

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December 19

Week 345: “Nuit” by Marc-Antoine Charpentier

For all its talk of merriment and happiness, Christmas can be a stressful time. It…

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September 5

Week 330: “Trois Beaux Oiseaux De Paradis” by Maurice Ravel

French is a great language for singing. The letter E alone can give you at…

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