music

  • Goettingen: The song that made history

    Inspirational and heart-warming story on BBC Radio 4 Today programme on the French singer, Barbara's song, Goettingen. Sung entirely in German, this song came out shortly after a treaty was signed 50...

    READ MORE | 22 Jan 2013

  • Folklorist’s Global Jukebox Goes Digital

    Very exciting news: the folklorist and ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax's huge collection of original sound recordings and films of folk musicians is to be digitised and will be shortly available for stre...

    READ MORE | 3 Feb 2012

  • Pardon My French

    Fun piece on the BBC web site on the hilarious Pardon My French web site dedicated to spoofs in French of famous English songs. The idea of the site is to have a light-hearted jibe...

    READ MORE | 6 Jan 2011

  • Lettre Anonyme

    Something très ludique for Friday. If you're learning French and you enjoy audio cut-ups and sound collages then you'll love this video of Etienne Charry's Lettre Anonyme, a mischievous, twiste...

    READ MORE | 14 May 2010

  • Best Gypsy Jazz bars in Paris

    Great piece in The Guardian on the best clubs and bars in Paris to hear live Gypsy Jazz--or Jazz Manouche in French--as played and popularised by the legendary Django Rhinehardt. The nice thing about...

    READ MORE | 4 Mar 2010

  • Music Boosts Capacity for Language

    New research from a leading neuroscientist demonstrates that music lessons help children improve their language skills, according to a Press Association report. Not sure that this should come as a sur...

    READ MORE | 2 Mar 2010