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Blind from age two, this composer, organist, and influential instructor studied on the Organization des Jeunes Aveugles (Country wide Institute for the Teen Blind) in Paris. Langlais’ tranquility instructor was Albert Mahaut, a previous pupil of César Franck. He examined piano with Blazy and body organ with André Marchal, who …

Although MC Solaar was the only French rapper of note through the ’90s, many hip-hop production crews made inroads in the quintessentially American design, including DJ Cam, the Mighty Bop, and La Funk Mob. The last mentioned team was produced by Increase Bass and Philippe Zdar in the first ’90s, …

Serge Gainsbourg was the filthy older man of well-known music; a French vocalist/songwriter and provocateur notorious for his voracious hunger for alcohol, smoking cigarettes, and ladies, his scandalous, taboo-shattering result produced him a tale in European countries but just a cult number in the us, where his lone strike “Je …

French singer/songwriter Vianney performs using his tone of voice, acoustic guitar, and loop pedals and layers to create support vocals and percussion. Given birth to in Paris to a musical family members — his dad was a vocalist and guitarist — it wasn’t a long time before Vianney Bureau (aka …