Russian prison songs, with their tales of prison life and search for expiation, constitutes one of Russia’s most distinctive music genres. Radio Rossii, a Russian nationwide wire radio station, runs a ...

From Edith Piaf to Serge Gainsbourg, you've probably heard 'chanson' music, but you might not be aware of the history and legacy of this oh-so-French artform. If you think of the classic chanson ...

As a genre, chanson is difficult to pin down. In French, it simply means "song," and for most of France's history the word described anything from madrigals to romantic poetry. Since the end of World ...

If you think of the classic chanson singers like Edith Piaf, probably the first thing you will notice is that you can clearly hear every word that they are singing. This is probably the biggest thing ...