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...lovers with their emotion-charged lyrics and rousing delivery, sometimes, but not always, accompanied by the accordion. Charles Aznavour, Serge Gainsbourg, Françoise Hardy and others - with their haunting and spirited ballads of regret and doomed love - were in vogue around the world. Now, Delerm and artists like Keren Ann, Benjamin Biolay, Carla Bruni and Thomas Fersen are making chansons chic again. The new-old sound incorporates elements of big band, swing, old-fashioned melodrama and whispery vocals. "Many musicians have a certain attitude, saying they do one kind of music but claim a certain pop aspect as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's the Same Old Song | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

...long time and hadn’t been impressed by her little-girl warbling routine, but a friend recently dragged me to see her in concert and she was fantastic. I’ve reformed and am now a big fan. I recently fell in love with Keren Ann’s song “Que N’ai-Je” from her Nolita album. The unfortunately-named Keren Ann is an Israeli-born French singer/songwriter and her voice has a totally sexy vulnerability reminiscent of her fellow countrywoman Carli Bruni. I love the variety of styles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EAVESDROPPING: What Harvard's Playing | 4/8/2005 | See Source »

...usually impossible to understand the lyrics (although that hasn't kept Lil Jon from having a successful career). But if you want to enjoy one upside of the global economy, here are five albums by international women with something to say - in English, but with distinctive pronunciation. Keren Ann Nolita The previous two albums by this Indonesian-Dutch-Israeli-Russian (who splits her time between Paris and New York City, naturally) were such delicate exercises in mood that they seemed to avoid hard consonants, as if the tiniest plosive could break the spell. Here Ann gets a bit more sonically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 5 Great Albums With Foreign Accents | 3/20/2005 | See Source »

...KEREN ANN - NOLITA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 5 Great Albums With Foreign Accents | 3/13/2005 | See Source »

...He’s in touch with everything that’s going on and affecting the neighborhood,” says Keren Schlomy, acting president of the MCNA while Pitkin is running for a council seat...

Author: By Imtiyaz H. Delawala, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Neighborhood Activist Vies For Council Seat | 10/18/2001 | See Source »

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