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Respect Old School French Hip Hop

Celeste — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:31:05 +0000

I spent most of this past Fete de la Musique in Paris at a Hip Hop block party. When the DJ put on this French Hip Hop song in the middle of his Old School set, the crowd erupted in cheers and started singing along. It was foreign to me, yet very familiar.

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Kenza Farah: French R&B Singer / Songwriter

Celeste — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:28:10 +0000

Kenza Farah is a successful French R&B singer known for her deeply personal and socially conscious lyrics. She’s one among a cadre of young French Female R&B singers of North African descent on the French music scene today.

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Zaz: Jazz Manouche French Singer

Celeste — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:08:30 +0000

Update: Congratulations to Zaz, winner of Song of the Year for “Je Veux” at Les Victoires de la Musique 2011!!

French music critics are easily excitable, and they get REALLY excited about artists who revive or carry on traditional forms of music. The Female French singer Zaz (Isabelle Geffroy) is one such artist, and you can’t walk into a FNAC these days without tripping over a display for her debut, self-titled album of Jazz Manouche and Chanson Française.

It’s a good thing that her first single, “Je Veux,” is really, really good, or else, all the hype would be for naught, and I would have cast a glance askew at the next French music “revelation” I read about. I’m not a particularly huge Gypsy Jazz fan, but I’ve taken quite a liking to Zaz’s song.

I really like the lyrics too. (Money isn’t what makes her happy. She doesn’t want jewelry from Chanel, a limo, or the Eiffel Tower. She wants love, joy, freedom, etc.) Check it out.

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