Word: rockingly
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...define most French musicians by where they fit on the Chanson Française spectrum, that openly defined yet traditional Gallic brand of dramatic songcraft made famous by singers like Charles Aznavour and Edith Piaf decades ago. Is a band's m.o. to perform "chanson" with an ironic rock twist? Is that chanteuse doing classic chanson writ modern? It seems that French musicians can't just simply be musicians. But Keren Ann can, and she's not even French...
...also with a slight French curviness, a few of the hard consonants of Hebrew - and for certain words, what sounds like an Irish inflection. Maybe even a hint of Dutch traces in there as well. But when she sings, it's with the elocution of a modern American folk-rock troubadour...
...joined a cheering crowd of 10,000 celebrating Sarkozy's victory in the Place de la Condorde. "France is the only country in the world with a 35-hour work week - that's ridiculous!" agreed 21-year-old engineering student Fabien Pioli against the din of aging rock and rollers singing into the Paris night. "France needs an audacious leader, and I think Sarkozy will improve things for us. If he doesn't, I'm moving...
...students looking to “Graduate” from 90s band Third Eye Blind, rock duo Mates of State may help fill that void. The band is scheduled to perform at Cambridge Queen’s Head pub on May 11 as part of an indie rock show. The performance is being organized by the College Events Board (CEB) and Campus Life Fellow John T. Drake ’06. The concert will be free and open to all Harvard affiliates, according to a CEB press release and the board’s chair, Adam Goldenberg...
...Center D. Inside, sheets of plastic enveloped the rostrum, a man in a top hat and a clown suit jogged across the stage, and a black four-string Ibanez bass leaned upright next to a drum set. The plastic would be necessary; the bass and drums would not. Pop-rock group OK Go’s appearance last night was billed as a “Battle of the Bands,” but instead of making music, the group famous for dancing on treadmills was challenged to a game of “Double Dare...