In 2003, French musicians Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux had the kind of strange idea… Read the postWeek 141: “A Forest” by The Cure (Nouvelle Vague cover)
Here are five things that I didn’t know about the iconic French crooner Yves Montand:… Read the postWeek 126: “La Vie En Rose” by Yves Montand
Camille is strange. But it’s a good strange. It’s the kind of strange that draws… Read the postWeek 123: “Pour Que L’Amour Me Quitte” by Camille
The pre-millennial brand of trip-hop popularized in the 90s by groups like Portishead and Sneaker… Read the postWeek 89: “La Femme D’Argent” by Air
Decorations. Costumes. Candy. Halloween is a day that’s usually all about the sights and the… Read the postWeek 77: “Violente Valse” by Caravan Palace
Erik Satie was a tragically romantic figure. For starters, he lived in Paris in the… Read the postWeek 67: “Gymnopédie #1” by Erik Satie
Picking a Daft Punk song for a list like this might seem like a surprising… Read the postWeek 51: “Nightvision” by Daft Punk
I took piano lessons for almost a decade as a child, but by mid-high school… Read the postWeek 29: “Clair De Lune” by Claude Debussy
Keeping with the European theme of last week’s entry, this week we move west to… Read the postWeek 20: “Les Deux Pianos” by Yann Tiersen