Marie-Pierre Arthur 's brand new album Aux Alentours being a fave drug at FS headquarters right now, we've got an excellent reason to throw a retrospective look over the shoulder: Actually, her self-titled 2009 debut features a lot of that distinctive Opal/ Mazzy Star feel from those Early Recordings times when Kendra Smith was still around – including the highly artful Ma tête à off, a super laidback country slow burner with a tenderly floating quality. Similarly captivating: Her version of Nino Ferrer 's 1972 smash hit La maison près de la fontaine, slightly countrified for the [...]
At the last L'Amour Electronique I gave this by ace Jocelyne track an airing: A driving beat, some ringing telecaster guitar licks, tenor sax, horns and a pocket of backing vox - it's a soulful little number alright, and not even the dubious muted trumpet solo can take the wind out of its sails. "et la la la la la" Jocelyne - La La La La La [this Jocelyne track was [...]
Nino Ferrer performs "Alexandre" & "Ho! Eh! Hein, Bon!" Live (!) on "Music-Hall de France" July 2nd, 1966. I find it amazing how cool this combo sounds with just 3 pieces, Organ, Bass & Drums, with Nino singing and playing bass. So cool. It can be found on The Bedazzled Video Hour (and a half) 2011 - "French Pop Rarities 1966-1967" . See it live at the WFMU Record Fair - Saturday, October 29
I'm very pleased to have been asked to present a program in the WFMU Record Fair A/V Room for the 7th year in a row. The theme for this years Bedazzled Video Hour (and a half) is "French Pop Rarities 1966-1967". We combed through our archives and put together an amazing selection of Ultra-Rare French Pop Clips broadcast in those classic years of 1966 and 1967. FaceBook Event Page Saturday, October 29 · 5:30pm - 7:00pm WFMU Record Fair A/V Room 125 W. 18th Street (Between 6th & 7th) The complete [...]
Not sure the show or date - probably 1966. maybe 1967.
When tormented Italian-French superstar Nino Ferrer met lovely Afro-American model, dancer, and singer Radiah Frye, he probably fell head over heels in love. On his 1966 single Je veux etre noir, Nino had already declared that he wanted to be black, and now he had a perfect companion to funk up his groove – exactly what he did on Nino and Radiah et Le Sud in 1974, a fine album with an even finer cover on which Radiah exposed her impeccable body to the public. Before she pursued a brief career as an actress [...]
Au début des années 60, le jazzman borgne James Booker est au sommet de son art, organiste hors-pair, il donne la réplique à Fats Domino , Lloyd Price ou encore Arthur Rubinstein à New Orleans. Le titre " Gonzo " le propulse en tête des charts américains, succès éphémère car les singles suivants ne rencontrent pas leur public et Booker sombre progressivement dans l'anonymat et les drogues dures. Le single " Big Nick " est symptomatique de cette époque noire, édité en 1961 chez Peacock Records, il passe quasiment inaperçu. [...]
Nino Ferrer - L'Arbre Noir (1979)
1991 was quite a remarkable year, when a certain MC Loulou (Serge's baby nickname, by the name) & Les Standardistes – the operators, for our non-native speakers ;-) – invented the art of mash-up with Gaston, y'a l'téléfon, flavoring a delirious dancefloor tune, based on Nino Ferrer's Le téléfon, with splinters from miscellaneous other Nino Ferrer tunes, from Les cornichons to Je veux être noir – a clever, weird and whacky homage to an uncompromised artist, reminiscent of the intertextual fun coolness of Dutch 80s entrepreneurs Gruppo Sportivo. MC Loulou & Les Standardistes [...]
What a wonderful year. I don't know quite how to sum it up, it's just been so completely packed full of astoundingly good music. I'm really happy with the direction everything's gone in terms of this blog and the kind of music I've been digging, and I really really appreciate all you groovy people dropping by and lapping it up. I hope it's been a help to the artists and labels behind the music too, it's so important to support and encourage the people who are responsible for all the beautiful sounds that have been floating around in 2009. It [...]
When tormented Italian-French superstar Nino Ferrer met lovely Afro-American model, dancer, and singer Radiah Frye, he probably fell head over heels in love. On his 1966 single Je veux être noir, Nino had already declared that he wanted to be black, and now he had a perfect playmate to tighten up his groove – exactly what he did on Nino and Radiah et Le Sud in 1974, a fine album with an even finer cover portrait on which Radiah exposed her impeccable body to the public. Before she pursued a brief career as an actress in Spermula [...]
BOOM! TISH! BOOM! TISH! BOOM! TISH! BOOM! TISH! It's 1966, and Nino Ferrer 's rhythm-section is coming on like a pair of cavemen with a back-to-basics Kick'n'hi-hat stomp and a dirrrty old bass line. Some jazzy Hammond organ tones give it a bit of lo-fi warmth to counter Ferrer's ever-so-slightly sleazy vocal stylings, as he lists all the things he keeps losing: his uncle, his sausage, his cousin Célestin, who's an academician… Then, 54 seconds in a chimeric transformation takes place: the organist goes off on one and Nino gets gruffer and gruffer, until [...]
La chambre à coucher présidentielle. - Ben alors, mon poupoupidou, qu'est-ce qu'il t'arrive ? Tu as l'air triste comme un crocodile ! - Moi je dis que je ne comprends pas pourquoi on parle tant de l'investiture de Cabann Ocanada... - Cabann Ocanada ? Aaaaaaaaah ! Barack Obama ! - Cabane, baraque, c'est pareil ! Qu'est-ce qu'il a de plus que les autres, hein ? Pourquoi on ne parle que de lui ? Alors que moi je fais la paix avec Israël et la Palestine, que je règle tous les [...]
WFMU's 2007 Marathon is in its waning days! If you haven't stepped up to the plate with a rallying cry, now is the time to make yourself heard and align yourself with truly independent media as we mosey further into the 21st Century. There've already been so many red-letter moments in this years' fundraiser, and your chances to be a part of the memories are running thin, so please show your support by making a pledge! And don't forget that tonight is Yo La Tengo night on Pseu Braun's show! Tune [...]
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