The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. While it’s easy to group foreign language music into a genre of its own, within ...
Spotify is expanding its DJ feature in beta to Premium users in over 75 markets and adding four new languages, French, so ...
In the summer of 1974, a French love song was dominating the UK charts, soundtracking a brand new summer of love thanks to ...
Classical vocal music—whether opera, arias, choral, or art song—can be an acquired taste. I wouldn’t call myself a devotee, but sometimes new classical vocal recordings really captivate me. Two such ...
In World War I, France’s favorite song was the lilting Madelon. The first seven months of World War II produced no successor. One try, Victoire, Daughter of Madelon, was a by-blow which died aborning.