Édith Piaf

...delicate little beauty surrounded by pure ugliness, Lindemann's vocal delivery understated, even vulnerable, his lyrics quoting Edith Piaf, an e-bowed guitar solo reminiscent of Pulp's later work underscoring the lovelorn melodrama...

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...harpist wife. After he finished his music studies in Paris in the 1950s, Legrand became an arranger for French singers, including Edith Piaf. "But one day I said: 'That's enough. I stopped because I knew I was starting to be less interested...

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...grooves. It inspired him to commence a series of new recordings with Addis Ababa singers Sintayehu "Mimi" Zenebe - dubbed the Edith Piaf of Ethiopian song - and Tsedenia Gebremarkos (winner of a 2004 Kora award as best female singer in East...

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...stars' talent makes them unique; their transgressions make them human. Michael Jackson, who died in June at age 50, outlived Edith Piaf and Judy Garland by three years, and Elvis by eight. (Forget Madonna that woman is too smart to...

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Stunning in appearance and bearing, the singer performs in a throaty style that recalls the mid-20th-century French singer Edith Piaf. Levy's voice and manner have a similar directness and emotionalism and the vocal quality is also...

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...returned to fado." In 1999 Mariza sang at a memorial service for the undisputed queen of fado, Amalia Rodrigues - Portugal's Edith Piaf. Rodrigues was so revered that when she died the government declared three days of national mourning. The...

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Martha Wainwright might not look like the obvious choice to cover fragile French great Edith Piaf, but it's a role she was born to play. Edith Piaf performs at the Olympia concert hall in Paris 1960 Photo: EPA As musical tributes go,...

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...Ni Souliers, A Paris (Republic Of Music) By SERENA KUTCHINSKY - Monday, November 9, 2009 Martha Wainwright sings the songs of Edith Piaf on her new album It's a daunting task for any singer attempting to do justice to the music of...

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