She hears the singer on the radio and she is in love. This song from Clara Luciani’s new album, released ten days ago, is a tribute to the radio. And we told you about it this week on France Info, our house has just changed its name: it is now called Maison de la radio et de la musique, which is a way of confirming the old and faithful relationship of the Radio antennas. France with the artists.
Yes, even we at France Info who don’t play a lot of songs on the air, we particularly like these singers with whom Clara Luciani reminds us that we can fall in love just by listening to them. Moreover, she is not the only one to admire a colleague or a colleague. The French song is full of declarations of love to artists. Here are a few…
In the second episode of These songs that make the news airing this weekend, you hear excerpts from:
Clara Luciani, The singer, 2021
Francis Lemarque, When Montand sings, 1994
Patrica Lavila, I have never seen Jacques Brel sing, 1975
Léo Ferré, To a dead singer, 1967
Jeanne Cherhal, A goodbye, 2019
Henri Salvador, Mr. Boom Boom, 1963
Serge Lama, Idol, 2017
Dominique Walter, The harder will be the hush, 1968
Jacques Brel, La, la, la, 1967
Jacques Brel, To get old, 1977
Clara Luciani, The singer, 2021
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Remember: during the summer of 2019, La Playlist de Françoise Hardy was a journey through the musical baggage of an author, composer and performer considered to be the arbiter of the elegance of pop in France.
In July and August 2017, we spent Un été en Souchon, during which Alain Souchon guided us on a tasty walk through a lifetime of love for song.
All summer 2016, in the company of Vincent Delerm, we wandered around in La Playlist amoureuse de la chanson, truant exploration of popular heritage. You can also extend the delicacies of this summer column with the French song lover dictionary, co-published by Plon and franceinfo.
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