Bonjour Chanson Series 6, Episode 27

Play Track 01 seconds 23 to 46 ? “Reveries”.

Start text segment 1 ? Welcome to “Bonjour Chanson”. We think French Language Popular Music is special. Here is an opportunity to find out for your self. We’ll tell you about 6 artists and one of their songs in English before you hear them in French. No language skills are required. You heard an excerpt from the song “Daydreams” by Claire Lise. More about this artist at the end of the show when we’ll play the entire song.

Our first song is by Calogero whose Album “L’embellie” or the “The Brightening”, published in 2009 has received a lot of attention. He composed the music to all the songs and invited a number of well-known artists to write the lyrics. The creation of this album was therapeutic for the artist. It helped him recover from a depression after separating from his companion of seven ye...
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