“I have to say that I’m always in love,” Édith Piaf stated during a 1961 interview on the French television music show Discorama. “I never knew a moment when I wasn’t.” The French singer and ...

Reija Wäre sets the tone for her ballet about Édith Piaf from the outset. A tiny dark figure climbs onto the stage. She opens her heart in passionate gestures, while in shadow play behind her, images ...

Bovill’s show, which is part spoken, part sung, interweaves her own musical history with the life of Edith Piaf. Bovill’s lifelong love of Chanson Réaliste was sparked when as a Glaswegian teenager, ...

Charles Dumont at home in Paris, 2018. CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP The anecdote, which became part of the Edith Piaf legend – and consequently in the history of French chanson – was to form one of the ...

French singer-songwriter Charles Dumont, who composed Edith Piaf's Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, has died at the age of 95. Dumont was 27 years old when he wrote the song in 1956. But it was not until ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica is an entertainment reporter covering TV, film, and music. 26 July 2024, France, Paris: Olympia, Paris 2024, opening ...

Who sang the original version of La Vie En Rose? What does La Vie En Rose mean? What are the French lyrics translated to English? All the details of the iconic song as Lady Gaga and Celine Dion ...

Lady Gaga has praised Celine Dion, calling her one of the few truly supportive women in the music industry as the two stars are set to perform a dazzling duet at the Olympics. The pair are rumoured to ...

About 80 years after its recording, La Vie En Rose by French singer Edith Piaf continues to colour our perceptions of Paris. Hopeful and bittersweet, it's as French as the Eiffel Tower and the Seine.