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Sly Dunbar, pioneering reggae music producer and drummer, dies aged 73

Sly Dunbar, two-time Grammy award-winning reggae drummer, has died at the age of 73. He produced several tracks from Bob Marley to Bob Dylan and was one-half of the influential reggae rhythm section Sly & Robbie.

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Sly Dunbar, reggae drummer and producer with Sly and Robbie, dies aged 73

Drummer helped to define the sound of roots reggae and dancehall, and worked with stars including the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Grace Jones

The Guardian - UK

Robbie Williams' Britpop: A Morrissey-dissing, gleefully weird triumph

4/5 Robbie Williams attempts to record the record he should have made after Take That split up, which is so wrong an exercise that it feels right

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The legacy of Brigitte Bardot: 'She wasn't an actress, she was a phenomenon'

Brigitte Bardot, who died at the age of 91 on Sunday, lived a life filled with contradiction and controversy, but became a global icon first and foremost through film. RFI spoke to critic and historian Antoine de Baecque about her legacy in cinema and beyond.

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Brigitte Bardot obituary

Film star who shot to fame in And God Created Woman in the 1950s and later became a campaigner against animal cruelty

The Guardian - UK

Brigitte Bardot: How the original ‘sex kitten’ courted controversy until the end

OBITUARY: The Parisian actor was an icon of the sexual revolution, but in later life sparked outrage with her outspoken views on homosexuality, Islam and #MeToo, writes Kevin E G Perry

The Independent UK

Brigitte Bardot death: French film star and cultural icon dies, aged 91

The Parisian star worked with directors including Jean-Luc Godard and duetted with Serge Gainsbourg

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Brigitte Bardot, French screen legend, dies aged 91

Emmanuel Macron leads tributes to actor who became an international sex symbol and later embraced animal rights and far-right politics

The Guardian - UK

Richard Ashcroft: ‘Why not Sir Liam and Sir Noel?’

The former Verve singer talks about his supporting role in the big Oasis reunion shows, his AI fears and what he thinks of fans who Shazam his songs

The Guardian - UK

From Zooey Deschanel to Captain Kirk doing Dylan: the best songs by actors, ranked!

As Margaret Qualley moves into music, we rate 20 tracks by stars of film and TV, with Ryan Gosling doing ghost-rock and Jamie Foxx bringing the funk

The Guardian - UK

'I would say that it should become a global attitude...' Charlotte Gainsbourg reveals the trait she wanted her children to have

Charlotte Gainsbourg has shared an insight to her family life with her long-time partner Yvan Attal and their three children, son Ben and daughters Alice and Jo.

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‘It wasn’t my intention to shock!’ Jean-Claude Vannier on working with Serge Gainsbourg and setting his new album in the gutter

He has influenced everyone from Beck to De La Soul to Arctic Monkeys. As the great musical ‘disruptor’ unveils his new murder-and-mandolins epic, he looks back on his most famous collaboration

The Guardian - UK

A World Radio Day celebration!

This week on The Sound Kitchen we’ll celebrate World Radio Day 2025. You’ll hear the answer to the question about former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his court trials, “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers, and Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan” – all that, and the new quiz and bonus…

Radio France Internationale

Serge Gainsbourg museum swimming in debt despite success with visitors

The Serge Gainsbourg house and museum in Paris has been put into receivership, a kind of bankruptcy, because of alleged financial mismanagement by one of its financial backers. The museum can no longer pay its bills despite sold-out tickets a year after it opened.

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The Guardian - UK

Françoise Hardy: France’s girlish yé-yé star was a groundbreaking musical artist

Hardy shot to fame singing airy, carefree pop before she took control of her career, hung out with 60s rock aristocracy and became a sophisticated singer-songwriter of rare sensuality and melancholy

Evening Standard

Eric Cantona on his musical reinvention: 'I was a rock star before I became a footballer. I was born with it'

The former Manchester United star has an album out and is on the road for a 14-date tour

The Guardian - UK

Sex, Mozart and chanting monks … the 20 best Euro-pop UK hits – ranked!

As Nena’s 99 Red Balloons turns 40, we look back at the best continental foreign-language songs that achieved cross-Channel success

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Yorgo&Co unveils Yota Fonts, its new type foundry

Parisian creative studio Yorgo&Co launches Yota Fonts, its online retail typeface catalogue with four new font families and matching accessories

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Gone but not forgotten: Who did France say goodbye to in 2023?

The past 12 months have seen the deaths of people who made history in France and beyond, from politics to culture, business to science. RFI reviews some of 2023's most notable deaths.

The Guardian - UK

Jane Birkin remembered by Charlotte Rampling

As English actors who first met on a film set in 60s London then made a home in France, their lives ran on parallel lines

The Guardian - UK

Digested week: Some things are almost worth dying for – though not Rwanda

Shane MacGowan’s funeral offers food for thought while Rishi Sunak’s immigration policy is not deranged enough for some

The Guardian - UK

Anger over plan to name Métro station after ‘misogynist’ Serge Gainsbourg

Petition demanding station outside Paris does not use singer’s name has received 4,000 signatures

Marie Claire

32 Best Red Carpet Moments of the 1960s

Celebrity drama was just as intense!

France 24

Music show: French duo 'Bandit Bandit' release first album '11:11'

This week, we chat to young up-and-coming French band Bandit Bandit. Composed of Maëva and Hugo, the duo make rock music filled with swirling guitar riffs, melodies and lyrics in French, delivered occasionally with the kind of nonchalance that would make Serge Gainsbourg proud. They've just released their first album…

Radio France Internationale

Fans recount emotional visit to Serge Gainsbourg's hidden Paris home

After more than 32 years under wraps, the doors to French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg's Paris residence have finally reopened. The first visitors to his house, and a nearby museum, found the experience an emotional one.

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