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Piaf had oceans of talent to back up the hype, earning her a global following. Since 1997, her greatest hits album has sold over 4 million copies, half of them outside France. "That's a kind of international recognition that today's French-language artists just don't achieve," says Cécile Prévost-Thomas, a sociologist specializing in French song. Piaf's success abroad reminds the country of a time when its cultural exports could achieve popularity while remaining defiantly French. The passing of that era is lamented amid the proliferation of American Idol?style reality shows...
...tracks often begin sparsely but gather power and lush instrumentation as they progress. Most listeners will find it hard to make blanket statements about his music, which would probably thrill Wolf. More than just Bright Eyes with a dreamy foreign accent, Patrick Wolf brings a refreshing burst of talent and energy into today’s limping rock scene. With an impressively broad musicality, Wolf takes command of synths, guitars, pianos, and violins. Sporting its fair share of hooks, beeps, and drum machines, “The Magic Position” often hides its own musical depth with flashy...
...artist with no real talent releases a single that’s boring, repetitive, and anticlimactic, then the music video should compensate with an interesting plot or stunning special effects. Sadly, Ciara’s new music video for “Like a Boy” merely consists of her dressing up in drag, grabbing her crotch every available moment, and threatening to “act like a boy” to one that has presumably done something to hurt her. The dancing is good but it’s common to every female R&B/pop video...
...characters face parallel each other—though they are 25 years apart, both Lucien and Nathaniel are lost and wondering what will become of their lives. “Twilight of the Superheroes” is the most striking part of the collection, but Eisenberg’s talent for capturing the depth of her characters shines throughout all of the stories. Much of what makes the book so engaging is the diversity of the relationships and people that Eisenberg explores. “Some Other, Better Otto” is particularly engrossing because of the types of connections...
...Angeles and his large eastern Berlin studio. On Nov. 6, 2002, the artist boarded a Luxair flight from Berlin to Luxembourg. It crashed in heavy fog 10 km from its destination, killing him and 19 others. He was 35 years old. Five years later, Michel Majerus' bold, outsize talent has returned to the country of his birth, to a museum that may help gain for Luxembourg the artistic glory that was once within his grasp...