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Various: Next Brel (Barclay)

Various: Next Brel (Barclay)

...music and lyrics of Jacques Brel (1929-78) have seduced dozens of musicians... ...who appreciates his melodramatic darkness. Brel wrote and sang of street people, love and... ...and here takes on the challenge of not only Brel but others such as Dusty Springfield and Nina... ...who covered the Brel classic If You Go Away. It is an uneven... ...are, but for more on the remarkable Jacques Brel see the...

JACQUES BREL PROFILED: Seasons in, and out of, the sun

JACQUES BREL PROFILED: Seasons in, and out of, the sun

...Brel is alive and well and living in ... Well, back... ...Brussels, funnily enough. This is odd because Brel (1929-78) was ambivalent about Brussels.... ...as bourgeois, and a daughter started a Brel foundation. But for a long time that was about... ...activity to reclaim him.In 2003 an excellent Brel museum opened not far from Grand Place with... ...the Pacific for four years before his death.Brel's life is fascinating. He was born to elderly... ...two years before, he had rented a house.Yet Brel was an unlikely star. He had tombstone teeth... ...five previously unreleased tracks -- which Brel insisted never be released -- from his final... ...est mort.We have no cultural equivalent of Brel. At best we might say he sings with that... ...he was also like Leonard Cohen (who covered Brel's songs). He spoke of universal truths in the... ...if the language is unknown to you. But all of Brel's lyrics have been translated (the internet is...

Jacques Brel, Infiniment (2004 compilation)

Jacques Brel, Infiniment (2004 compilation)

...Brel is alive and well and living in ... Well, back... ...Brussels, funnily enough. This is odd because Brel (1929-78) was ambivalent about Brussels.... ...as bourgeois, and a daughter started a Brel foundation. But for a long time that was about... ...the Pacific for four years before his death. Brel was born to elderly Flemish-speaking parents... ...two years before, he had rented a house. Yet Brel was an unlikely star. He had tombstone teeth... ...tongue-in-cheek. There is almost too much Brel music in the world for the casual listener,... ...five previously unreleased tracks -- which Brel insisted never be released -- from his final... ...is no Anglo-American cultural equivalent of Brel. At best we might say he sings with that... ...he was also like Leonard Cohen (who covered Brel's songs). He spoke of universal truths in the... ...if the language is unknown to you. But all of Brel's lyrics have been translated (the internet is...

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2008 Emiliana Torrini: Me and Armini (Rough Trade)

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2008 Emiliana Torrini: Me and Armini (Rough Trade)

...this Icelandic singer who appeared on the Next Brel compilation/tribute to the singer-songwriter... ...Brel which appeared here some time last year....

Serge Gainsbourg: Histoire de Melody Nelson (LightintheAttic/Rhythmethod)

Serge Gainsbourg: Histoire de Melody Nelson (LightintheAttic/Rhythmethod)

...with the great Jacques Brel, there is no easy shorthand into the French... ...enormous gifts: he was a sex symbol who, like Brel, was hardly an attractive man; he was a...

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . CARLOS GARDEL: The voice of Argentina

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . CARLOS GARDEL: The voice of Argentina

...is no English-language equivalent of Jacques Brel (suggestions anyone?) or Edith Piaf, so there... ...Williams with a touch of (unhelpfully) Brel and Piaf. Although the facts of his birth are... ...disputed, it may be that Gardel, like Brel, was born outside of the country where he had... ...most profound influence: Brel in Belgium and making his reputation in...

Indio: El Tesoro de los Inocentes [Bingo Fuel]

Indio: El Tesoro de los Inocentes [Bingo Fuel]

...album which includes quotations from Jacques Brel and Lennon-McCartney is okay by me. When it...

UTE LEMPER INTERVIEWED (2010): The fearless angel comes treading

UTE LEMPER INTERVIEWED (2010): The fearless angel comes treading

...Weimar cabaret songs and the music of Jacques Brel, Kurt Weill and Edith Piaf – doesn't... ...chords. “But my other loves – Brel, Piaf and Kurt Weill – are still...

Scott Walker, In Five Easy Pieces (2003)

Scott Walker, In Five Easy Pieces (2003)

...was that Walker was covering songs by Jacques Brel and writing in that style. By the release of... ...An American in Europe speaks for itself (Brel songs, some from his ignored cabaret albums,...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Marianne Dissard

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Marianne Dissard

...at home? Original editions 7 inches of Jacques Brel, Jacques Dutronc, Barbara. First US editions... ...by Rondeleux. Compiled lyrics of Jacques Brel. If you could get on stage with anyone it...

Leonard Cohen: The Essential Leonard Cohen (Sony)

Leonard Cohen: The Essential Leonard Cohen (Sony)

...unfamiliar with French singers like Jacques Brel or the Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca,...

Julia Deans: We Light Fire (Tardus/Rhythmethod)

Julia Deans: We Light Fire (Tardus/Rhythmethod)

...so evident when exploring the songs of Jacques Brel from the inside a few years ago – really...

SCOTT WALKER INTERVIEWED (2006). Loneliness is a cloak you wear

SCOTT WALKER INTERVIEWED (2006). Loneliness is a cloak you wear

...business -- that when you first heard Jacques Brel, played to you by a German woman who worked at... ...I was out there on my own. So when I heard [Brel] I realised there were these other people out... ...in a sense by working, in France. So they -- Brel, Ferre and all of them -- became the big... ...me. Was there something also in the fact that Brel was an outsider -- born in Belgium but his...

Freda Payne: Band of Gold/Contact/Reaching Out (Edsel/Triton)

Freda Payne: Band of Gold/Contact/Reaching Out (Edsel/Triton)

...overblown, five minute-plus version of Jacques Brel's Ne Me Quitte Pas which she chose. From pop...

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: Abraham Kunin

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE SONGWRITER QUESTIONNAIRE: Abraham Kunin

...the cabaret production of the songs of Jacques Brel. One of the stars of that production, Jon...

Gretchen Peters: Dancing with the Beast (2018)

Gretchen Peters: Dancing with the Beast (2018)

...albums by King Sunny Ade, John Martyn, Jacques Brel, Reem Kelani and Buffy Sainte-Marie are...

JUDY COLLINS: WILDFLOWERS, CONSIDERED (1967): Respect it, can't love it

JUDY COLLINS: WILDFLOWERS, CONSIDERED (1967): Respect it, can't love it

...was also exploring the catalogue of Jacques Brel (La colombe on her previous album, La chanson... ...in this company, and – although Brel's Chanson is layered into a corner by the...

Buika: A La Noche Mas Larga (Warners)

Buika: A La Noche Mas Larga (Warners)

...flamenco/piano-funk treatment of Jacques Brel's Ne Me Quitte Pas which suggest she may still...

Circuit Des Yeux: -io (Matador/digital outlets)

Circuit Des Yeux: -io (Matador/digital outlets)

...dropped a few octaves, minimalism, Brel, Galas and so on) and here again we are in...

Various Artists: Bowie Heard Them Here First (Ace/Border)

Various Artists: Bowie Heard Them Here First (Ace/Border)

...the Velvet's White Light White Heat, Jacques Brel's Amsterdam, Lenya's Alabama Song and the...

RAY DAVIES, SONGS ON SALE (2016): Kinda Kinks but kinda not

RAY DAVIES, SONGS ON SALE (2016): Kinda Kinks but kinda not

...a manner which would slot in alongside Jacques Brel, Leo Ferre, Serge Reggiani and others. It went...

UTE LEMPER INTERVIEWED (2003): The ice maiden cometh

UTE LEMPER INTERVIEWED (2003): The ice maiden cometh

...but one day - her own songs plus Jacques Brel, Astor Piazzolla and more Weill - she sprawls...

Circuit Des Yeux: Reaching for Indigo (Drag City)

Circuit Des Yeux: Reaching for Indigo (Drag City)

...Names mentioned include Popul Vuh, Jacques Brel/Nina Simone, the first Roxy Music album,...

TAMA WAIPARA INTERVIEWED (2013): Hope you like my new direction

TAMA WAIPARA INTERVIEWED (2013): Hope you like my new direction

...notably the hit production and touring show Brel last year alongside Jon Toogood, Julia Deans... ...– he says what he learned from the Brel show was more about songwriting than the...

ROBIN KELLY INTERVIEWED (2014): A Wilde ride as they Turn Back Time

ROBIN KELLY INTERVIEWED (2014): A Wilde ride as they Turn Back Time

...musical director and vocal coach on the recent Brel production which featured Ward-Lealand,...

Francoise Hardy: La Pluie Sans Parapluie (Virgin)

Francoise Hardy: La Pluie Sans Parapluie (Virgin)

...knew the title meant "Rain Without an Umbrella" or just want a bit of that breathy...

RIVERS INTERVIEWED (2014): In the footsteps of the master

RIVERS INTERVIEWED (2014): In the footsteps of the master

...have previously been snapped up by Jacques Brel and Paul McCartney. “I wasn't...

SOUTHBOUND'S RECORD STORE DAY 2019: See you round, like a record . . .

SOUTHBOUND'S RECORD STORE DAY 2019: See you round, like a record . . .

...- Robespierre's Velvet Basement VL JACQUES BREL - Amsterdam 12" JAMES BROWN - Sho Is...

WOMAD TARANAKI 2014: THE ARTISTS' LINE-UP

WOMAD TARANAKI 2014: THE ARTISTS' LINE-UP

...pieces on such important people as Jacques Brel who perhaps fall into that broad category of...

EPS by Yasmin Brown

EPS by Yasmin Brown

...to fall heavily under the reggae and soul umbrella, with wind instruments taking centre stage...

EPs by Yasmin Brown

EPs by Yasmin Brown

...most other music that falls under the r'n'b umbrella today. Its only saving grace comes in...

FRANCOISE HARDY RECALLED (2015): Les chansons pour les jeunesse

FRANCOISE HARDY RECALLED (2015): Les chansons pour les jeunesse

...of hair and against the backdrop of an umbrella. She looked like she knew a thing or too and...

Alvin Robinson: Down Home Girl (1964)

Alvin Robinson: Down Home Girl (1964)

...gonna watch you do the second line with an umbrella in your hand"? When you were 14 or 15...

RIDERS ON THE STORM: One night in Miami, with guns

RIDERS ON THE STORM: One night in Miami, with guns

...a cop. Two nights later I’m having an umbrella cocktail and a Macanudo cigar at a sidewalk...

PITCH BLACK INTERVIEWED (2000): Lightning striking again and again . . .

PITCH BLACK INTERVIEWED (2000): Lightning striking again and again . . .

...combine many different styles under a dub umbrella “so there’s maybe three genres...

Half Man Half Biscuit: Time Flies By (When You're the Driver of a Train) (1985)

Half Man Half Biscuit: Time Flies By (When You're the Driver of a Train) (1985)

...and have them come round the house waving umbrellas and penguins and threatening to sing...

OTIS BLACKWELL REMEMBERED (2012): Mr Otis, no regrets

OTIS BLACKWELL REMEMBERED (2012): Mr Otis, no regrets

...I bought a new pair [of boots], a hat and an umbrella and went home with a little Christmas...

U2 IN PHOENIX: My unforgettable fire

U2 IN PHOENIX: My unforgettable fire

...scalp, then my brain. People were carrying umbrellas and water bottles. I had on jeans and a...

THE JACQUES TATI RESTORED COLLECTION (Madman DVD box set)

THE JACQUES TATI RESTORED COLLECTION (Madman DVD box set)

...in his hat and overcoat, carrying an umbrella – was a charming figure central to a...

EVERYWHERE ELSEWHERE: Enter through the gift shop

EVERYWHERE ELSEWHERE: Enter through the gift shop

...at the Rijksmuseum. They have handbags, umbrellas, jigsaw puzzles, earrings, pencils and...

Florence, Italy: The passing strange parade

Florence, Italy: The passing strange parade

...other patrons scattered around beneath the umbrellas. To my left, seated against the wall of the...

Souad Massi: O Houria/Liberty (Wrasse/Shock)

Souad Massi: O Houria/Liberty (Wrasse/Shock)

...legendary French writers/musicians Francis Cabrel and Michel Francoise. Although blesed with a...

Perrey and Kingsley; Strangers in the Night (1971)

Perrey and Kingsley; Strangers in the Night (1971)

...pop" they drew mostly on material like Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Lover's Concerto, Winchester...

THE 2022 MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD (2022): Fee Fi Foo won

THE 2022 MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD (2022): Fee Fi Foo won

...she continues to perform sheltered under an umbrella. If I could have had a third place i...

DAMIEN HIRST: THE DOLLARS AND SENSE

DAMIEN HIRST: THE DOLLARS AND SENSE

...detritus (hoodies, coffee cups, skateboards, umbrellas and all the rest bearing his imprint) means...

Simon Lynge: The Future (Lo-Max)

Simon Lynge: The Future (Lo-Max)

...some will cringe at the title of Love is My Umbrella before they even hear “I met a blind...

Travel with seniors: practical advice for older travellers

Travel with seniors: practical advice for older travellers

...where you are going take a small, fold-up umbrella and those cheap plastic coats that come in a...

Fly My Pretties: Fly My Pretties IV (Loop CD/DVD)

Fly My Pretties: Fly My Pretties IV (Loop CD/DVD)

...a band in the traditional sense and more an umbrella organisation which allows for members of the...

GREGORY PORTER INTERVIEWED (2014): Grammy jazz gentle giant

GREGORY PORTER INTERVIEWED (2014): Grammy jazz gentle giant

...and so on, all of which are under the vast umbrella of jazz, have come through the gates of Blue...

JIMMY WEBB INTERVIEWED (2005). The songwriter's songwriter

JIMMY WEBB INTERVIEWED (2005). The songwriter's songwriter

...those materials under some sort of personal umbrella. That solitude was important. Artists as a...

Bern, Switzerland: Just another day by the Kindlifresserbrunnen

Bern, Switzerland: Just another day by the Kindlifresserbrunnen

...where families eat lunch beneath large umbrellas is a pretty fountain, until you look up....

WHEN THE RAIN COMES: Memory and loss

WHEN THE RAIN COMES: Memory and loss

...home carrying flowers, gifts, her bag and an umbrella. I'd told her that when she came into the...

Strokestown Park, Republic of Ireland: A feast for the historian

Strokestown Park, Republic of Ireland: A feast for the historian

...resting on the lawn under a colourful cotton umbrella, or perhaps the monied classes playing...

Shadow in the Glass: A short story

Shadow in the Glass: A short story

...As he locked it he saw his mother’s umbrella on the back ledge. He smiled again. All... ...space always there, his mother putting an umbrella in every car she had. Comfortable habits . ....

WILLIS EARL BEAL INTERVIEWED (2013): The reluctant Nobody who knows

WILLIS EARL BEAL INTERVIEWED (2013): The reluctant Nobody who knows

...and I recall distinctly standing under an umbrella with a mother and her two daughters, both of...

DAVID BOWIE INTERVIEWED (1999): Man of the new millennium

DAVID BOWIE INTERVIEWED (1999): Man of the new millennium

...And yes, he and longtime guitarist Reeves Gabrels are working on a new song specifically for...

Northland, New Zealand: After the Flood.

Northland, New Zealand: After the Flood.

...plenty of reading would get done. Then the umbrella blew inside out. The Golden Sands apartments...

VOLUME, MAKING MUSIC IN AOTEAROA at the Auckland War Memorial Museum

VOLUME, MAKING MUSIC IN AOTEAROA at the Auckland War Memorial Museum

...Mark Roach of Recorded Music NZ – an umbrella organisation which, among other things,...

JONATHAN ZWARTZ: Bass player in debut album shock . . . 20 years on

JONATHAN ZWARTZ: Bass player in debut album shock . . . 20 years on

...features him is the self-titled vinyl by The Umbrellas, a band lead by pianist Peter Dasent,...

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2020: THE EDITOR'S PICKS

THE BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2020: THE EDITOR'S PICKS

...Another album for summer under the sun umbrella or on the humid dancefloor, preferably near...

THE WORLD OF TINTIN. The timeless boy

THE WORLD OF TINTIN. The timeless boy

...the holy relics of Tintin culture: paired umbrellas and bowler hats belonging to Thomson and...