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Bonjour Chanson Series 19, Episode 93
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series19
Caption: Florent Nouvel, Credit: Loic Pilon
We bring French Language Popular Music to an English speaking audience. No French language skills are required to enjoy the show which is informati...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 28:10
  • Purchases: 1
Steve Moore: Tears of a Clown Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Steve Moore
Charmed lives lack for something. If you’re born in a state of nirvana or somehow privileged as a member of the elect, what’s the point? It’s only ...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2015
  • Length: 26:07
Bonjour Chanson Series 19, Episode 92
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series19
Caption: Courtesy of Genevieve Morissette, Credit: Jean-Charles Labarre
Six Francophone Artists are introduced in English with one of their songs. No French Language skills are required. The program is informative and ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 28:38
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 18, Episode 90
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 18
Caption: Courtesy of 2Frères, Credit: Kim Gaudreau
Enjoy French Language Popular music although you may not speak French. In this episode the themes are children growing up, the bonds of Family and,...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:02
Bonjour Chanson Series 18, Episode 89
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 18
Caption: Courtesy of Caroline Savoie, Credit: Denis Duquette
We bring French Language Popular Music to English speakers. No French language skills are needed to enjoy the show. Love is in the Air. Two of t...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 24, 2015
  • Length: 28:05
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 18, Episode 87
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 18
Caption: Courtesy of Marie Cherrier, Credit: Marc Lubrano
We bring French Language Popular Music to English speakers. No French language skills are required to enjoy the show. Placing very different song...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 27:52
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 18, Episode 86
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 18
Caption: Courtesy of Pomme, Credit: Lucie Sassiat
The best of French Language Popular Music brought to English speakers. Get acquainted with a young woman, only 19, who writes her own songs and in...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2015
  • Length: 26:52
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 17, Episode 85.
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 17
Caption: Courtesy of Namasté , Credit: Maxime Chanet
From a song based on a wistful poem by Louis Aragon, to a young woman on a wild ride through Paris in a Chevrolet, enjoy the wonderful variety in F...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 17, Episode 83
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 17
Caption: Doriand, by Courtesy of Doriand
In this episode of "Bonjour Chanson" rising stars of the French Music Scene rub shoulders with artists who have been favorites of the public for ma...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: May 28, 2015
  • Length: 28:13
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 16, Episode 78
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 16
Caption: La Ruelle en Chantier, Credit: Courtesy of La Ruelle en Chantier
We introduce a selection of six very different Francophone artists with one of their songs in English. No need to understand French to enjoy the ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 28, 2014
  • Length: 28:32
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 15, Episode 74
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 15
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We invite you to enjoy six Francophone songs with English commentary. The newer songs will surprise you. The traditional ones will charm you.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 21, 2014
  • Length: 27:32
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson, Series 15, Episode 73
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 15
Caption: Iris Koshlev of Peppermoon, Credit: Courtesy of Peppermoon.
We introduce Four French and two Canadian artists in English. They interpret 6 Francophone songs and you do not need to know French to enjoy the sh...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 10, 2014
  • Length: 27:46
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 14, Episode 68
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 14
Caption: Joséphine Draï (with her kind permission)
There are refreshing surprises in this program on French Chanson for English speakers. You do not need to understand French to discover them. Che...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 14, Episode 67
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 14
Caption: Berne, Switzerland
Belgian, Canadian, French and Swiss artists contribute to this program of French Popular Music specially created for English Speaking audiences. No...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 18, 2014
  • Length: 27:51
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 13, Episode 64
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 13
Caption: A Crowded French Riviera Beach in the Summer.
In this episode of "Bonjour Chanson" French artists are outnumbered by their foreign brothers and sisters. Enjoy the best of French Language Popul...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 07, 2013
  • Length: 28:05
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 13, Episode 63
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 13
Caption: Angoulème
Francophone artists from three countries perform in this episode of "Bonjour Chanson": France, Canada and Belgium. This program series was created...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 19, 2013
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 13, Episode 62
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 13
Caption: Le Mans, France
Six Francophone Artists, 4 of recent fame, 2 well-established are introduced in English with one of their songs. No knowledge of French is needed ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2013
  • Length: 26:36
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 13, Episode 61
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 13
Caption: Brussels, Mont des Arts
The French language songs in this episode are full of emotion, ranging from the expression of attachment to one's city to the proclamation of the b...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 05, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 12, Episode 60
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 12
Caption: Nyon, Lake Geneva, Switzerland
We bring French Chanson to English speaking audiences. No need to understand French. This episode spans the range from Jacques Brel to the hot new...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 12, Episode59
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 12
Caption: French postage stamp with portrait of Jacques Prévert by Pablo Picasso, Credit: Olga Popova
Great new French language songs rub shoulders with well-established ones in this episode of "Bonjour Chanson" and they mutually enhance each other....

Bought by KUT and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 27, 2013
  • Length: 28:11
  • Purchases: 2
Love the French Way 15 - Unknown Flavors
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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Gaetane Abrial unabashedly declares her love, passion and desires in the song "Unknown Flavors" co-written with André Manoukian.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:50
Love the French Way 12 - Know that I
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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"I love you", three short words, full of sweetness, but there are undercurrents and a darker side, as Jean-Jacques Goldman tells us in his song "Kn...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 04:56
How to Run Away to the Circus
From: Mary Harris
Caption: Seth Bloom, Rehearsing, Credit: acrobuffos.tumblr.com
How did a nice girl with a degree from Princeton University end up as a globetrotting... clown? Meet Christina Gelsone -- and her husband, Seth. Th...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2012
  • Length: 08:37
Love the French Way 11 - To Dare
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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We have crossed swords, we have suffered sleepless nights. Do we dare reach out to each other with open arms?

  • Added: Oct 17, 2012
  • Length: 05:02
Love the French Way 8 - Mathilde
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
Caption: Mathilde is back! What now?
Following a traumatic breakup, Mathilde is back in town, leaving her ex-partner in a state of panic.

  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:08