Christophe Willem

This is the other of The Girl's favorite French singer. Without fail, the moment she hears the first few bars of any of his songs, she would jump up & down shouting "Christophe" - she is his biggest fan.

He was the winner of the fourth season of Nouvelle Star (the French version of The American Idol). He has an amazing voice & it took me a while before I could put his face to the voice. Listening to him sing, you would think you're listening to a female vocal.

Here he is performing one of my favorite of his songs, Jacques a dit. If you like it, don't forget to check out the beautiful video here.

Nadiya

Nadiya is one of The Girl's 2 favorite singers. We used to play her CD in the car & whenever this song comes on, she would be punching her hands in the air exactly like Nadiya does in the official video (which I cannot imbed).

What's with French sports personalities becoming singers ? There's Yannick Noah (tennis), Lorie, the Britney Spears of France (figure skating) & Nadiya who was the 800m French champion in 1989. These are only the ones that I know of.

I managed to locate a clip of Nadiya performing Roc.

Destination Ailleurs

J'adore Yannick Noah. He went from becoming the last French player to win the singles title at Roland Garros (French open) in 1983 to performing bare foot on stage. He is very active in charity work & one of his hit songs "Aux arbes citoyen" highlights the need to protect the environment.

Destination Ailleurs translate to mean destination elsewhere which is very appropriate for us right now. For those of you in colder climates, hope this will take you briefly away to somewhere warm & sunny.

La debacle des sentiments

I realised that even though I try to cover all aspects of French life as I know it on this blog, I hardly talk about it's music. And music is such a big part of my life here. I listen to French radio when I'm doing my chores, when I'm driving or when I'm surfing the net.

You might have heard of Carla Bruni, otherwise known as Mdm Sarkozy, our first lady or maybe even Yannick Noah, who has gone from being a tennis star to a very successful singing career. But other than that, most French singers/musicians are hardly known outside the French speaking community. How many of you know Johnny Hallyday ? Perhaps one of the most famous pop star here (he doesn't even have a wiki page in English).

So I now start my series of favorite French songs & this is my current fave from 2 excellent French artists - Calogero & Stanislas (bet you've not heard of them right ?)

I will be in Singapore for the next 3 weeks so I've scheduled a couple more posts for you to enjoy while I'm away.