French officials who combat online hate are investigating racist attacks targeting the Mali-born French pop superstar Aya Nakamura, who was rumored to have been booked to perform at the opening ...

Françoise Hardy, the French chanson singer, songwriter, fashion “It Girl” and darling of the 1960s “yé-yé” French pop movement, has died. She was 80. Her death was announced Tuesday on Instagram by ...

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LONDON (Reuters) - Among stereotypes the British and the French like to cultivate about each other is a widely held British view that French pop music is dreadful. But a new radio station, ...

The boundaries of pop music are amorphous, since it incorporates elements of seemingly every other genre. Yet for a genre of music that borrows from so many different traditions, there are a handful ...

Zaho de Sagazan has become a shooting star of contemporary French pop music by reimagining the chanson genre for a younger, more dance-oriented audience. By Thomas Rogers Reporting from Paris The hall ...

French film director franois Truffaut once said that English filmmaking was a contradiction in terms. The Brits have been saying the same thing about French pop music for decades. For the discerning ...

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PARIS (Reuters) - Singer France Gall, whose hits -- including a Eurovision triumph with Serge Gainsbourg -- made her an icon of French pop music, has died aged 70. Gall passed away on Sunday after a ...

French electro-pop band Yelle announced on Wednesday it was canceling a North American tour slated for the fall due to the “very worrying” political climate in the United States. The band cited ...

In this Slate Plus exclusive, Hit Parade host Chris Molanphy welcomes music journalist Barry Walters, whose forthcoming book, Mighty Real, charts queer music history from 1969 to 2000. In this ...

Françoise Hardy, the French icon and singer known for evoking romantic existentialism in her music, has died at the age of 80. Her son, Thomas Dutronc, confirmed her death in a Facebook post. Sharing ...