Wikio - Jacques Brel

Late at Tate - 28 August - Night of Bling (Liverpool Art and Culture)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:08:37 GMT

... of multi award-winning Irish/ French chanteuse Camille O’Sullivan, who sings the dramatic songs of Jacques Brel, Tom Waits and Nick Cave. O'Sullivan recently played at Glastonbury and sold out at the Sydney Opera House and the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh. Throughout the evening, DJ Gavin Kendrick warms up for the final performance with 'unbounded sounds from antiquity to infinity' and...

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quote of the day (Voix de Michèle)

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:25:00 GMT

"Il y en a qui ont le coeur si vaste, qu'ils sont toujours en voyage." --Jacques Brel (There are those who have hearts so vast that they are always traveling.)

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Jeff Barone: Open Up (All About Jazz)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:35:09 GMT

... session for the group, giving everyone room to stretch out. His own first extended solo feature is Jacques Brel's “If You Go Away,” a tune that provides Barone the opportunity to display his awesome technical, harmonic and melodic chops. The title track possesses shades of Chuck Mangione, with Dubaniewicz and Magnarelli blowing energetically in ascending crescendos. Drummer Rudy Petschauer...

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Member states drag feet on European digital library (Information Policy)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:25:03 GMT

... a mouse include the Gutenberg bible and the voices of opera singer Maria Callas and Belgian singer Jacques Brel. Despite the foot-dragging by member states, the commission said it is determined to push ahead with plans for a European Digital Library by the end of 2008. "My goal is to have a European Digital Library, called Europeana and rich in content, open to the public before the...

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In the spotlight: How Camille O'Sullivan sashayed from the drawing board to the cabaret stage (The Independent)

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

... collapse. Distraught, dishevelled and in floods of mascara-streaked tears, her spectral version of Jacques Brel's "Marique" – a yearning prayer to a lover lost in battle – proved to be one of the most moving moments of the entire festival. It was clear that O'Sullivan had turned her performance into a personal catharsis, cabaret as black art. And the flustered man in the front row...

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The black angel's death songs with Camille (Metro.co.uk)

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:06:34 GMT

MUSIC REVIEW: Camille O'Sullivan stands tall in her glittering red shoes. Her lips smeared a vampish scarlet, her body just about clad in black silk, she playfully sits on laps as she performs Jacques Brel's The Bulls, just moments after entering in widow's weeds to sing his defiant, haunting My Death.

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Ne me quitte pas (Links and Things)

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:02:00 GMT

Jacques Brel though I prefer this version, but it has embedding disabled.

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In My View: Camille O'Sullivan (Metro.co.uk)

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:46:45 GMT

Camille OSullivan talks about interpreting the songs of Tom Waits, Jacques Brel and other mens men, and why she doesn't sing women's songs.

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Three Versions of Jacques Brel’s Next (RosieBell)

Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:45:42 GMT

Alex Harvey performs the song with malevolent relish to a rock cabaret with strings accompaniment. His voice goes from wheedling to rasp in the Glaswegian accent which hangs onto words like "arses". Brilliant. Scott Walker half declaims and half sings with precise diction. Scott Walker did an album of Brel songs but that heavy orchestration doesn’t suit them. I could only find half a video for...

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Life in the cardboard factory... (Cloudland Blue - A Diary)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:58:00 GMT

Playlist Girls Aloud – Discography on Shuffleplay Young Marble Giants – Colossal Youth Various – MC 70s Reggae Loane – Jamais Seule Jacques Brel – J’arrive The Violet Archers – Sunshine at Night Young Marble Giants - Singles and Salad Days Young Marble Giants - John Peel Session (EP) Jacques Brel - De 24 Grootste Successen Enjoyed the uplifting pop sounds of the magnificent...

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Belgium: the Ground Zero of Postmodern Politics (The Lighthouse)

noreply@blogger.com (Cassandra) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:56:00 GMT

I n honour of the ongoing political and constitutional crisis at the neighbours herewith a very early vid noir of the unique artist Jacques Brel , who died much too young and whose biography truly fits that illusive amalgamate epithet, Belgian. But just as there are no Europeans, the Belgians are the owners of a similar non-existent pseudo ethnic label. The tribal Belgae have just as...

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Best of the Belgians (RosieBell)

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:09:59 GMT

There are a lot of jokes about the lack of famous Belgians but two famous people that I admire, Adolphe Sax and Jacques Brel, were Belgian. Sax invented the saxophone, and Jacques Brel wrote harsh. wonderful songs. “Next” (“Au Suivant”)...

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Much ado about Bruni's Nothing (atHome Top Story)

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:30:00 GMT

It is as if Bruni has shrouded herself in a cocoon of que sera sera as she sings of love, longing and loss. Most of the disc is typical French fare. This is a mild, 21st-century update on the traditional chanson that endures in the scratchy, indelible voices of immortals like Edith Piaf and (Belgian) Jacques Brel.

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further Brel-liance (one more cup of coffee)

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:29:00 GMT

I bought the 'best of' Jacques Brel off iTunes last night... £7.99 for 20 of his finer moments. It'll be nice to have some Brel on my iPod, but the studio versions don't quite capture him at his most incredible: you really need to see his expressions and his acting out of the songs. For example, here he is performing his classic break-up song 'Jef' . That's the version with the...

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TONIGHT - Secret Society @ (Le) Poisson Rouge, July 9 (Darcy James Argue's Secret Society)

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:28:00 GMT

... to avoid (Le) Poisson Rouge entirely, as it is said that the place is haunted by the ghost of Jacques Brel. It is with some alarm that we note that Secret Society appears to have lured into its orbit heretofore respectable members of the Jazz Community, including trumpeter Tim Hagans , who was last spotted fraternizing with the Society at the New Languages Festival . Other co-conspirators...

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Church and destroy (part 2): Bible studies and brimstone (The Guardian Music blog)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT

... and "biological terrorism". Last night ended with mewithoutYou singer Aaron strumming and singing Jacques Brel, Amazing Grace and self-penned songs about truth and self-doubt, surrounded by attentive kids sat in a semi-circle on the concrete outside the docking bay. It looks uncannily like every picture of Jesus preaching to his followers you've ever seen. Meanwhile, about five yards...

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Album: David Bowie (New Musical Express)

news@nme.com — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:36:29 GMT

... half a year before its official release, alongside unmissable covers of The Velvet Underground and Jacques Brel.More live albums should be like this. This is Bowie at his passionate and sexy best, before aloof archness and theatrics became his sole modus operandi. This feels real. Unlike most live albums, ‘Live Santa Monica ’72’ genuinely captures a special moment in time, rather...

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When David Bowie wasn't a household name (LA Times)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:49:09 GMT

... than stick to the Ziggy songs in the concert, Bowie used tunes from various albums as well as Jacques Brel's "My Death" to convey a wide range of sometimes uplifting, sometimes dark themes. For the encore, he turned to "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide," a delicate, anthem-ish number from "Ziggy." Reaching out to the audience, Bowie offered these soothing words: "You're not alone . . . gimme...

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Neil Clark: Britain has turned away from European cultural influences (The Guardian)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:00:01 GMT

... (with Demis Roussos), Bert Kaempfert, Sacha Distel, Serge Gainsbourg and many others. The music of Jacques Brel and Gilbert Becaud was hugely popular, being covered by a whole host of British performers.

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Give it a try... (Cloudland Blue - A Diary)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:59:00 GMT

Playlist The Bad Plus - Full Discography on Shuffleplay The Bad Plus - Blunt Object Live in Tokyo New York Dolls - Rock’n’Roll Scott Walker - Boy Child 67-70 Scott Walker - Sings Jacques Brel Scott Walker - Tilt Free - At Last Free - Free Ron Sexsmith - Cobblestone Runway The Clash - The Clash Nico - The End War Tapes - Dreaming of You (Download) Well now, how could I have forgotten that,...

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