It was 1975, and the air inside London’s legendary venues crackled with a tension that the British rock scene hadn’t yet learned how to name. The audience, accustomed to the cerebral, structured sounds of progressive rock or the polished glam of the era, stood waiting in their velvet jackets and platform shoes. They had no … Read more
Le 30 mars 1981, alors que la France vibrait encore au rythme des années disco et que les radios diffusaient les tubes de Jean-Jacques Goldman, une nouvelle tomba comme un coup de tonnerre dans le milieu du music-hall. À Monticello, en Corse, Jacques Dutronc et Françoise Hardy se disaient enfin oui. Après près de vingt … Read more
In the damp, mist-covered hollows of the Appalachian Mountains, a chilling melody was born in 1870, long before it became a staple of American folk history. It was a song born of blood, iron, and a gruesome decapitation that shook a quiet railway community to its core. This haunting ballad would eventually find its way … Read more
Vous rappelez-vous ce soir de 1987 où une voix éraillée, empreinte d’une sincérité brute, a fait chavirer le cœur de l’Europe ? Philippe Lafontaine n’était pas un chanteur comme les autres. Alors que la variété française des années 80 oscillait entre les paillettes du disco déclinant et l’émergence des synthétiseurs, cet artiste belge au regard … Read more
In 1955, the airwaves were dominated by the velvet-smooth crooning of Eddie Fisher. With a million-dollar smile and a voice that seemed to capture the very essence of post-war American optimism, he was truly the golden boy of the generation. Fans flocked to their televisions and radios, hanging on every note, never suspecting that the … Read more
Avril 1971. Le transistor grésille, la France entière bascule dans une insouciance solaire. Une mélodie entêtante envahit les ondes, portée par deux voix qui semblent ne faire qu’une. L’aventure de Stone et Charden commence ici, propulsée par le tube L’Avventura. Pour beaucoup d’entre nous, ce refrain est resté gravé dans les mémoires comme la bande-son … Read more
It was May 1980, a time when the post-punk fog was thick over Manchester and the world was mourning the loss of a voice that echoed with haunting sincerity. Ian Curtis, the enigmatic frontman of Joy Division, had taken his own life at the age of twenty-three, just as the band was poised for an … Read more
In the golden era of the early 1960s, the jukebox was the heartbeat of every American diner, and a smooth, polished vocal could catapult a singer into superstardom overnight. For Eydie Gorme, a seasoned songstress with a reputation for sophistication and vocal precision, the recording studio was meant to be a place of artistic control. … Read more
The year was 1981, and the air in Washington D.C. felt heavy with the scent of ozone and impending chaos. While the rest of the country was preoccupied with the gleaming, neon-lit promises of the early MTV era, a basement-dwelling firestorm was brewing in the nation’s capital. A group of defiant teenagers known as Minor … Read more
It was 1968, the height of a cultural revolution where the air was thick with the scent of rebellion and the static of a changing world. The Doors had arrived, storming onto the American music scene with a dark, poetic intensity that felt less like a rock band and more like a fever dream. In … Read more