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From Ballads to Trap: Six Decades of French #1 Singles
From orchestral ballads to trap beats, what France was listening to tells you as much about the culture as the charts themselves
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From Ballads to Trap: Six Decades of French #1 Singles
From orchestral ballads to trap beats, what France was listening to tells you as much about the culture as the charts themselves
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When John Cale Made a Disco Record
From New York to Paris, how one disco parody became a Franco-American cult hit.
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Mutant Disco -The Other Side of the Mirrorball
Cristina’s bizarre bilingual disco debut wasn’t just satire—it was the only disco song made by a member of the Velvet Underground.
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Songs I Brought With Me, Songs I Found Here
A look back through my own writing on French music—from NYC to Marseille rap to lost and found disco crates
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Songs I Brought With Me, Songs I Found Here
A look back through my own writing on French music—from NYC to Marseille rap to lost and found disco crates
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Scopitone - France’s Atomic Video Jukebox from the 1960s
The Technicolor jukebox movie machine that brought pop, glamour, and risqué charm to cafés and bars—decades before MTV.
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Scopitone - France’s Atomic Video Jukebox from the 1960s
The Technicolor jukebox movie machine that brought pop, glamour, and risqué charm to cafés and bars—decades before MTV.
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Le Scopitone Francais
France’s short-lived 1960s video jukebox that brought pop music to life in Technicolor
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Le Scopitone Francais
France’s short-lived 1960s video jukebox that brought pop music to life in Technicolor
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Contact and the Strangeness of Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot, bad singing, curated rebellion, and what music taught me about France
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Contact and the Strangeness of Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot, bad singing, curated rebellion, and what music taught me about France