Articles tagged "france"

Music Review

Asa: Asa (Asha)

by Deanne Sole

[10.Mar.09] :. Asa's debut album is built to a small, neat scale.

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Europeans showing some love for Americana

by Laurie Goering [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[10.Feb.09] :. PARIS - A decade ago, farmers in southwest France trashed a soon-to-open McDonald’s, dismantling most of the interior and dumping it in front of the local town hall. Irritation over American...

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Re:Print

The Graphic Report: Summer Edition

by Chris Barsanti

[11.Aug.08] :. And so, on to looking at what's worth reading, graphic novel-speaking, before fall comes calling.

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Music Review

Babylon Circus: Dances of Resistance

by Deanne Sole

[14.May.08] :. Footage of the group's live performances shows seas of people shaking their arms, and after listening to Dances of Resistance nothing in that picture feels exaggerated.

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Nawal: Aman

by Deanne Sole

[30.Aug.07] :. In a world that celebrates pop music youth, this woman sings with the dignity of an adult.

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Capsule Reviews

Putumayo: Women of the World

by Courtney Tenz

[18.Jul.07] :. Despite the different springs feeding into these women's inspirational homes, the album is successful at uniting these unique, accomplished musicians.

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Various Artists: Le Pop 4

by Deanne Sole

[18.Jun.07] :. A Gigi of an album: a voluptuous and innocent charmer from France.

 

New French, German leaders help thaw U.S. relations with Europe

by Philip Dine [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)]

[3.Jun.07] :. WASHINGTON—French fries are back in, the chill is gone from U.S.-German relations, and jokes about the French have disappeared from conservative talk radio. France and Germany—the heart...

 

Sarkozy win heralds new era in France

by Tom Hundley [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[7.May.07] :. PARIS - Nicolas Sarkozy, son of a Hungarian refugee and former protege of President Jacques Chirac, won Sunday’s French presidential election, easily defeating Socialist Party candidate...

 

French election heralds break with the past

by Tom Hundley [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[4.May.07] :. PARIS - With French voters set to choose a successor to President Jacques Chirac on Sunday and British Prime Minister Tony Blair expected to give notice within days that he will shortly be vacating...

 

Sarkozy, Royal to compete for French presidency

by Tom Hundley [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[23.Apr.07] :. PARIS - In a crucial vote that drew a massive turnout, Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal finished first and second in Sunday’s opening round of balloting for the French presidency. They will...

 

Immigration helps define French presidential election

by Tom Hundley [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[21.Apr.07] :. CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France - A year and a half ago, when two teenage boys fleeing from police were accidentally electrocuted in this immigrant district on the outskirts of Paris, it touched off three...

 

These days, it isn’t only American culture that is affected

by Jonathan Last [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[13.Apr.07] :. Two recent stories from the Wall Street Journal point to a deep—and unexpected—revelation about the evolving nature of globalization, a term that we hear a lot but understand only...

 

Alberto Giacometti (2001) - PopMatters Film Review )

by Lesley Smith

[23.May.02] :. They form a chilling glimpse into the indifference of the universe against which Giacometti worked.