Bonjour Chanson Series 6, Episode 28

Play Track 01 seconds 05 to 32 ? “Le Diner”.

Start text segment 1 ? Welcome to “Bonjour Chanson”. We’d like to show you how wonderful French Language Popular Music can be. No language skills required. We’ll tell you about the artists and their songs in English and when you’ll hear these songs in French they will be like a friend. You heard an excerpt from “The Dinner Party” by Benabar. More about Benabar at the end of the show when we’ll play the entire song. My name is Charles Spira and I’ll be your host.

The first song is by Barbara Carlotti. Born in 1974, she learned about Simon and Garfunkel from her father and about classical music from her mother. She received a thorough training in musicology and took jazz-singing classes. We’ll listen to the song “Paris Beach” from 2005. For a number of years now, the Municipality of Paris, each sum...
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