The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. While it’s easy to group foreign language music into a genre of its own, within ...

If you are a fan of French Songs or just an adventurous music lover, the most popular French songs of all time are a must for you to listen. From the classic chansons to the elegant new scene, French ...

Ten minutes into our interview, Héloïse Letissier, the French singer who performs under the name Christine and the Queens, starts apologizing to me. She’s worried she’s not making any sense in English ...

Classical vocal music—whether opera, arias, choral, or art song—can be an acquired taste. I wouldn’t call myself a devotee, but sometimes new classical vocal recordings really captivate me. Two such ...

In the summer of 1974, a French love song was dominating the UK charts, soundtracking a brand new summer of love thanks to ...

Happy Bastille Day, les amis! Let’s face it, the most recent stories describing the French Jewish experience have been disturbing. Between a January attack in Marseilles that led the leader of the ...

In World War I, France’s favorite song was the lilting Madelon. The first seven months of World War II produced no successor. One try, Victoire, Daughter of Madelon, was a by-blow which died aborning.