In the run-up to the fifty-year anniversary of Edith Piaf’s death, Patricia Kaas kicks off a long list of celebrations with Kaas chante Piaf, a tribute album recorded with the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Abel Korzeniowski, and devotes a whole stage show to the “Little Sparrow”.
Marie-France and Chryssie Hynde form an unlikely combination on this duet, which announces a new album from the icon of Parisian 70s nightlife. Belgian group Phantom got back together to provide the music, with lyrics by Jacques Duvall.
Montrealer Jef Barbara is sure to create a stir on the pop scene when his album “Contamination” comes out on 5 March. Looking like a cross between George Michael and Andy Warhol, he says his androgynous image takes inspiration from Prince, Boy George and Grace Jones.
This is the track that will be representing France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. The singer is Anggun, who has already notched up quite a few international fans with a gold disc for exports of her latest album. To leave nothing to chance, the mixing was mastered by Véronique Ferraro, David Guetta’s number one mixer.
The former yéyé star, Sylvie Vartin, who’s clocked up over 50 years in the trade, will be giving five recitals with the Ensemble instrumental de Corse in the south of France this summer.
