Chanson

This is from Guinea, from 1967, nine years after the country became the first in West Africa to declare itself independent of France by rejecting de Gaulle's new constitution. Read More

One of the biggest events of 2009 in French music was also its saddest, with Alain Bashung summing up his multifarious career on his Bleu pétrol tour that ended just weeks before he died of cancer at age 61. Read More

Last Saturday, Camille O'Sullivan stood on stage at London's Royal Albert Hall in front of 5,000 people. Read More

"We sing in English too... just not today," said Automelodi singer Arnaud Lazlaud at the start of their set at Cafe Campus. Read More

Anybody who has fallen for the kooky charms of Julie Feeney is likely to be similarly impressed by this whimsical Dublin-based singer. Read More

Louis Vuitton may have charmed Japanese wallets, but if Dominique Cravic and Daniel Colin have their way, musette will soon enchant Japanese ears and minds. Read More

E ven before the band Rupa & the April Fishes began a tour that would take them to over two dozen cities in America, Canada and Europe, bandleader Rupa Marya was being sought out for interviews by major publications and radio including America's prestigious National Public Radio. Read More

Sounds of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms and other composers filled the air Tuesday in the Music Building's Concert Hall during the Mu Phi Epsilon Musical Showcase. Read More

E ven before the band Rupa & the April Fishes began a tour that would take them to over two dozen cities in America, Canada and Europe, bandleader Rupa Marya was being sought out for interviews by major publications and radio including America's prestigious National Public Radio. Read More