« Il mourut pendant un orage,— une tempête de neige,— dans un éclat de tonnerre. Une main étrangère lui ferma les yeux. » Romain Rolland Vie de Beethoven (1903)📚 🇺🇸 Beautiful text by Romain Rolland about Beethoven’s death🙏🏻 🇫🇷 Texte sobre et délicat de Romain Rolland, racontant le dernier souffle de Beethoven🖤 🇯🇵 ベートーベンの最期を、彼のドラマティックな音楽を彷彿させる言葉で語るロマン・ローランのシンプルで心に染みる文🖤
🇺🇸 Japanese singer Ado has seen a recent meteoric rise to fame with her mega hit “うっせぇわ” (usseewa). This 18 year old singer is shrouded in mystery, as she doesn’t disclose her names nor her face. Her music videos only feature manga – which are pretty fierce by the way. Her husky voice and the rebellious, […]
🇺🇸 When I was living in Europe in the 80’s and 90’s, French music wasn’t globally recognized or popular amongst my friends. The music scene was essentially commercial in style, “les variétés,” so if you were more into alternative music, there was not much to choose from. However in 1986, France passed a law that […]
🇺🇸 Congrats to Hervé who just won the French music awards at the “Les Victoires de la musique” as the revelation of the year! I really like several of his songs too, it’s very well deserved🎵 You can check out a short video clip where he is interviewed in French about his nomination, before he […]