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Love the French Way 13 - Write to Me
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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La Grande Sophie (Tall Sophie) asks her lover to keep writing and open up to her.

  • Added: Dec 14, 2012
  • Length: 04:40
Bonjour Chanson Series 12 Episode 56
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 12
Caption: Rennes
The six Francophone songs in this episode form a colorful palette of very different emotions. You'll hear about the artists and their songs in Engl...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Nov 29, 2012
  • Length: 25:45
  • Purchases: 1
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
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 9 - Early September
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
Caption: Et Maxence, aka Carole Nortier
The singer/songwriter 'Et Maxence' found her audience through the internet. Her song "Early September", about a relationship full of doubts, is in ...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 05:23
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
Bonjour Chanson Series 11 Episode 54
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 11
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We introduce 6 Francophone artists in English and listen to one of their songs. You'll hear recent songs and older ones. They are equally addictive!

Bought by KUT and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 26:31
  • Purchases: 2
Love the French Way 5 - Simple as "Good Morning"
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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A poem by Jacques Prévert, "As Simple as 'Good Morning'" has become a song that celebrates a serene and contented love. Vanina Michel interprets...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:10
  • Purchases: 1
Love the French Way 4 - Aicha
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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A man promises pearls, diamonds and riches to a woman. She responds: I have no need for these treasures. Bars on the window are bars even if they ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 24, 2012
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 1
Love the French Way 3 - Bluer Than Your Eyes
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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Edith Piaf in an upbeat mood, interprets a beautiful love song written especially for her by Charles Aznavour.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Love the French Way 2 - The Dress and the Ladder
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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A young man takes his girlfriend to a cherry orchard. They ascend a ladder together. Thus starts a magnificent love song about young love, writte...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 1
Love the French Way 1 - Hotel of the Caravelles
From: Charles Spira
Series: Love the French Way
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A beautiful spring day, a small city, a man and a woman cross paths. They may have encountered each other before..., thus starts the beautiful love...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 05, 2012
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 10, Episode 49.
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 10
Caption: Rennes
A selection of six diverse French language artists are introduced in English with one of their songs. The genre may prove to be addictive!

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 12, 2012
  • Length: 26:19
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 10, Episode 48.
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 10
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We introduce Six French Singer/Songwriters in English and invite you to listen when they interpret one of their songs in French. It may be habit-fo...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and KUT


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 25:08
  • Purchases: 2
Best of the Best: The 2011 Third Coast Festival Broadcast and Promo
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
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The Third Coast International Audio Festival brings the best new documentaries produced worldwide to the national airwaves in a special two-hour pr...

Bought by Prairie Public, KERA, WEZU, KOSU, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2011
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 58
Bonjour Chanson, Series 9, Episode 45
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 9
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An exciting mixture of French chansons that will lift your spirits. Extraordinary French rap, blues, a tender ballad. A wonderful compilation of gr...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Sep 27, 2011
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson, Series 9, Episode 44.
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 9
Caption: Toulouse
From the famous rock song "Dare Josephine" by Alain Bashung to a song by the French film music composer Alex Beaupain, this episode of"Bonjour Ch...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 09, 2011
  • Length: 27:04
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson, Series 9, Episode 43.
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 9
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Each episode of "Bonjour Chanson" introduces an entertaining selection of French Language Popular Songs to English speaking audiences. No need to ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 09, 2011
  • Length: 24:31
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson, Series 8, Episode 38.
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 8
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We bring a wonderful mixture of French Language Music from Yesterday and Today. All human life is there and you do not need French Language skills ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 27:07
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson Series 8, Episode 37.
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 8
Caption: Belle Ile, Port Coton
We continue our exploration of French Language Popular Music in a program specially created for English speaking Audiences. Six artists are introdu...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 25, 2010
  • Length: 26:50
  • Purchases: 1
"German Soul: The Music of Xavier Naidoo"
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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BORN IN MANNHEIM. GERMANY IN 1971, XAVIER NAIDOO IS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE BRIGHTEST STAR TO EMERGE ON THE GERMAN POP AND SOUL MUSIC SCENE. XAVIER N...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 58:09
Bonjour Chanson Series 8, Episode 36
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 8
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We bring you a wonderful mix of French Language Songs from today and from the past. The melodies are beautiful and we tell you about the artists a...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 15, 2010
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson, Series 6, Episode 27
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 6
Caption: Courtesy of Jim Rothschild, Baltimore, MD.
French Language Popular Music can be like magic. You do not need to speak French to experience it. Just sit back and let the melodies envelop you.

Bought by KUT-HD


  • Added: Oct 03, 2009
  • Length: 26:03
  • Purchases: 1
Bonjour Chanson, Series 5, Episode 25
From: Charles Spira
Series: Bonjour Chanson Series 5
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Six Songs from French Popular Music are Presented to an English Speaking Audience.

Bought by KUT-HD


  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 1
Wangari Maathai and the Fig Tree
From: Bill Baue
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Wangari Maathai tells Sea Change Radio Co-Hosts Francesca Rheannon and Bill Baue the story of a great fig tree that stood near the village where sh...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2009
  • Length: 03:39