Piers Faccini: Continental Drifter
Multilingual songwriter and artist Piers Faccini has created a new Mediterranean hybrid music, drawing on his mixed Italian, French, English, and Roma background, with influences from north Africa and...
View ArticleAll-French Music, Part II
Elliott Forrest co-hosts with David Finckel performances from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. This week features an all-French program with works by Debussy, Poulenc and Francaix.Program...
View ArticleGig Alert: Brigitte
ARTIST: BrigitteGIG: Tonight at the Standard Hotel, and tomorrow at Le Poisson RougeIn the 1960s and early 70s, Brigitte Bardot was one of the most, ahem, desirable names in film. Her name has become a...
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Celebrating the Music of Augusta Holmes
With the assistance of some futuristic medical technology, Sunday would have been the 169th birthday of French composer Augusta Holmès. Though famed during her life, she has since fallen out of...
View ArticleGuitarist Blick Bassy Shares His Cameroonian Raw Materials
The Cameroonian guitarist, Blick Bassy, now resides in rural France and wields a convincing banjo as well. The tunes on Bassy’s magic record, Akö, were intended to be an homage to the Mississippi...
View ArticleClassical Up Close: Nick Phan and La Bonne Chanson
Behind some of the most beautiful French songs ever written is the story of a broken marriage, sexual confusion, and an alcohol-and-drug-infused romp across Europe.You’re invited to explore some of the...
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