French-language songs are enjoying unprecedented success in non-francophone countries thanks to artists like Stromae, Aya Nakamura, Celine Dion and Edith Piaf. What makes people who don’t speak the ...

In World War I, France’s favorite song was the lilting Madelon. The first seven months of World War II produced no successor. One try, Victoire, Daughter of Madelon, was a by-blow which died aborning.

Happy Bastille Day, les amis! Let’s face it, the most recent stories describing the French Jewish experience have been disturbing. Between a January attack in Marseilles that led the leader of the ...

The French song -- or la chanson française-- is making a comeback. Inspired by legendary performers such as Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel, a new generation of 30-something singer-songwriters is finding ...