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TOP 10 French albums of 2010
RFI Musique’s selection
29/12/2010 -
This time every year we find ourselves looking back over the past 12 months to see which albums stood out the most. Ranging from familiar talents to new faces and chanson to rock, our selection may be biased, but it gives a good idea of just how eclectic French creation can be.
Chamfort and the Yves-Saint-Laurent story
Alain Chamfort has been pretty quiet over the past five years. Today he breaks his silence with a new album entitled Une vie Saint-Laurent ...
Françoise Hardy
A new release from Françoise Hardy is always an event. With her 26th album La pluie sans parapluie, Hardy recreates her fragile world, calling on a new generation composers...
Gush, family fashion
Four family members are pumping some fresh air into French pop rock. Gush, who sprang onto the live scene last year, will be one of the attractions at the Solidays festival this weekend.
Camélia Jordana, unassuming diva
The 2009 semi-finalist of the reality talent show, Nouvelle Star, has done impressively well. She could have foundered with a one-hit début album, ...
Jamaica
Keep that holiday feeling with a dose of Jamaica’s electro-pop. The Parisian twosome have just brought out their first album No Problem,
Stromae soars high
Stromae is an astounding electro-house and hip-hop phenomenon, and he’s francophone. His first single, Alors on danse,
Sly Johnson’s metamorphosis
Sly Johnson, ex-beatboxer with Saïan Supa Crew, has come out with a soul-infused first album, 74. Against an infectious groove and melody background,...
Yann Tiersen on fresh tracks
The sixth studio album by Yann Tiersen is a heady, electric offering that will come as something of a surprise to fans of Valse d’Amélie.
Aaron, fiery pair
Following the dazzling success of their first album, two-man band Aaron’s new offering, Birds in a Storm, takes their dark, dreamy music into a realm of changing moods.
Yael Naim’s inner world
Three years after the huge media success of her first album, Yael Naim is back with a new opus, She Was a Boy. Accompanied once more by David Donatien,
