Music
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French touch
From poodles on album covers to Hermès neckerchiefs, Corine embodies a new wave of French electro-pop artists reclaiming the '70s with organic live sound, personal lyrics and unapologetic glamour.
Backstage pass
Ensconced in her regular dressing room, the Greek pop singer likes to while away the time before performances by pampering her voice and avoiding diva-ish cliché.
The shore thing
Summer by the sea demands a particular kind of playlist. We ask three sunkissed selectors to pick their hottest tunes.
Buffy Sainte-Marie
The 1960s singer-songwriter and passionate advocate of indigenous rights, gives us a lesson in eating lobster at her favourite restaurant in Vancouver.
On record
The star of ‘Deutschland 83’ reveals that acting is just a side hustle – his first love is music.
Throwing signs
At a packed San Antonio theatre, three ASL interpreters translate Cypress Hill's profanity-laced hip-hop for deaf fans experiencing live music, blending linguistics, performance and physical stamina into something extraordinary.
Must the show go on?
Dave Stewart, Adam Levine and Ryan Tedder back a new NBC format pairing unknown songwriters with established stars — testing whether television can finally make the craft of composition compelling viewing.
Seeking the light
Jean-Michel Jarre, forefather of electronica, spends his evenings holed up in his Paris loft with a film projector.
Culture
A round-up of the best French television, film, music and media. Plus: art from New York and Ukraine.
Feast for the senses
France has an enviable history of nurturing some of the world’s great artists – so these galleries, bookshops and record shops could be hiding the next big thing.
