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21/03/2024

What the France presents Once Upon A Masterpiece! A new video series highlighting the history of the greatest classical hits in the French repertoire.
In this first episode, discover the history of the world's most performed French opera, Georges Bizet's Carmen.
It's a journey through time, a plunge into a 19th-century culture tinged with exoticism, but also with the puritanical spirit that turned this sensual, colorful opera into a scandal before it became an international success... posthumously!

19/03/2024

To coincide with their appearance at BISE Festival What the France went to meet C**t to ask them a few questions about their experience of performing on stage.
Ready for a ‘Live Shot’ with C**t?

06/02/2024

🎻✨ Immerse yourself in the spellbinding fusion of Rone's electro revisited by symphonic orchestration. From the Philharmonie de Paris to London's Barbican Centre, Rone continues to push boundaries.
Find out more on What the France! 👇🏻

The spellbinding journey of French producer Rone is about to take on a whole new dimension as he prepares to conquer London on 10th March.

16/11/2023

The Great Escape Festival announces the first French artist for 2024: En Attendant Ana!

15/11/2023

Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul , the duo that made waves with their album "Topical Dancer" in March 2022 on the Because Music label, continues their international tour ! 🌍

13/11/2023

🎉 New album alert! 🎶 Cléa Vincent is back with a brand new album after a tropical interlude with Tropi-Cléa 2 and 3! 🌴 She's giving us an exclusive sneak peek at the first single from this project, "C'est OK." 🚀

After an interlude of two EPs (Tropi-Cléa 2 and Tropi-Cléa 3), Cléa Vincent returns with ‘C'est OK’, the first single from her upcoming album.

19/10/2023

Listen to a selection of made in France tracks, handpicked by Chilly Gonzales !
More info👉 : https://urlz.fr/o5Uo

Go to A Made In France Selection By Chilly Gonzales.

16/10/2023

There's a rare London appearance at Ronnie Scott's TONIGHT for acclaimed French jazz/pop/world music duo Madeleine & Salomon comprising vocalist and flautist CLOTILDE RULLAUD and pianist and multi-instrumentalist ALEXANDRE SAADA, celebrating their second album, ‘Eastern Spring’ which pays homage to the militant Middle Eastern pop music of the 1960s-1970s - through a myriad of stories performed both in French and English.

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World-famous jazz club, established in 1959. Open 7 days a week.

26/07/2023

The strange and brilliant Franco-Japanese supergroup Poil Ueda is coming to London, a collaboration between furiously inventive French rock group PoiL and Japanese singer and satsuma-biwa player Junko Ueda

Baba Yaga's Hut Presents: PoiL Ueda + Lost Crowns £16 - The Lexington - 23rd August 2023 \_\_\_\_ Impressive and delirious, PoiL is led by three musician...

18/07/2023

Following his tour of America – including a widely acclaimed performance at Coachella – Lewis OfMan has released an ethereal, psychedelic single entitled 'Highway' alongside Empress Of , just in time for the start of summer.

Lewis OfMan has teamed up with singer Empress Of to release ‘Highway’, his new, summery pop single backed up by Latin guitars and percussion.

11/07/2023

For her upcoming tour, Aya Nakamura, the most listened-to French-speaking artist in the world, is set to perform a series of gigs and festival shows in France but also in UK ! 👇

After releasing her latest album, DNK, earlier this year, Aya Nakamura has unveiled her Canadian and European concert and festival dates.

06/07/2023

Ahead of the release of her new album, which is set for 25th August, Charlotte Cardin has just announced the dates of her world tour, with several gigs lined up in UK.

In anticipation of the release of her forthcoming album 99 Nights, Charlotte Cardin embarks on a major tour of North America and Europe.

04/07/2023

🎧 Our monthly selection curated by What The France can be heard on the 'Playlist Of The Month' !

This time, listen to MC Solaar, ALO WALA, Charlotte Fever... 👇

Go to Playlist Of The Month - What The France.

03/07/2023

Before he begins touring his future album, "French Kiss", which is set for release on 15th September this year via the Gentle Threat label, Chilly Gonzales is soon to perform in France as well as in England.

Pending the release of his next album, Chilly Gonzales continues his international tour with dates in Germany, Canada...

27/06/2023

🎧For What the France, Tabou1 took the time to put together an exclusive playlist featuring some of his productions with Bitty McLean, Pierpoljak... as well as a selection of his favourite “made-in-France” tracks by the likes of Joe Dassin, Michel Fugain, Serge Gainsbourg...

More info 👉 https://urlz.fr/muJJ

Go to A Made In France Selection By Tabou1.

23/06/2023

The Rodeo has put together an exclusive playlist for What the France, on which she gives us some of her favourite made-in-France tracks, including songs by Véronique Sanson, Marie Laforêt, Pépite, Les Rita Mitsouko, Anne Sylvestre...

Go to A Made In France Selection By The Rodeo.

19/06/2023

To showcase his recently released album, Christine and the Queens is setting off on a world tour! Find out more about its dates in the UK 👇

To showcase his recently released album, Christine and the Queens is setting off on a world tour. The impressive triple album Paranoïa, Angels, True Love came out on 9th June, and its 20 tracks go further than predecessor Redcar les adorables étoiles, which was released seven months prior. Chris, ...

05/06/2023

🎧 We've updated the Oui Love playlist with brilliant new 'Made in France' tracks from Jean Tonique , Mi Man - "Never get old"
Franglish , Aya nakamura , Hamza - “Djo”
Mathieu Koss and flyckt - "She’s so disco"
Toro/Azor – "Somnifère"

Go to Oui Love - Music Made in France.

24/04/2023

Post-punk/dark wave duo BRACCO, signed to cult French indie label Born Bad, are playing a show in London on 2nd May, ahead of their appearance at Focus Wales. Don't miss out!

Buy tickets and see event information for BRACCO.

21/04/2023

Franco-Armanian pianist Yessaï Karapetian is at Ronnie Scott's this evening with his new quintet. He has played at festivals including Love Supreme, Nice Jazz Festival, Jazz à Vienne, Winter Jazz Festival NYC and Kongsberg Jazz Festival, and opened for Gerald Clayton, Ben Wendel and Herbie Hancock

Line-up: YESSAÏ KARAPETIAN piano; DAVID PAYCHA drums; MARC KARAPETIAN bass; AVAG MARGARYAN blul, zurna; NORAYR GAPOYAN duduk.

14/04/2023

On the occasion of his concert at the BISE Festival 2023, What the France went to ask him a few questions about his stage experience.
Ready for a "Live Shot" with Rad Cartier ?

15/02/2023

How did the theme song from a vaguely hippie film in the 70s. Learn about the origins of 'Le temps est bon' through Bertrand Dicale’s words and Dugudus ’ drawings, covered by Bon Entendeur.

11/01/2023

Discover Vendredi sur Mer thanks to our Live Shot video from the What the France night in Berlin. She tells us more about being on stage and the live experience… Are you ready for a shot of live music with Vendredi Sur Mer?

16/12/2022

Anwar has unveiled a new EP called 'Follow Me' on French label ThinkZik!. "Je suis un sentimental" ("I'm a sentimental guy") he tells us on his new release, ahead of a forthcoming second album

Anwar has unveiled a new EP called Follow Me on French label ThinkZik!. “Je suis un sentimental” (“I’m a sentimental guy”) he tells us on his new release, ahead of a forthcoming second album. Born in Tetouan in Morocco in the 80s, Anwar grew up in Brussels, lived for a while in Malaga, stu...

15/12/2022

A selection of 'Made in France' tracks from the band BRUIT ≤ !

15/12/2022

For his new album, 'Estrellas', GUTS has called on 25 artists from three continents. And he demonstrates his questing musical spirit once again with his exclusive What The France playlist!

L’artiste français Guts vient de dévoiler son nouvel album, baptisé Estrellas, disponible depuis le 21 octobre dernier. Après avoir débuté en tant que compositeur et producteur...

14/12/2022

Mikano is an emerging Franco-Cameroonian rapper and his latest EP 'Akwa II' takes the listener from one extreme to another, from gentle and fragile moments to tracks filled with power and character

Mikano‘s latest EP Akwa II is the follow-up to Akwa (released in April 2021), the second volume of a “return to Mikano’s purest creative form”. It carries the name of one of the districts in Douala (Cameroon) where Mikano is originally from. More intimate and profound than the previous EP, i...