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Neo soul diva Alicia Keys is back

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In this week's music segment, we discuss the release of a new single by American artist Alicia Keys "Girl On Fire" in duet with brit rap singer Nicki Minaj.

CULTURE CRITICS
By Amobe MEVEGUE

We also talk about the return of the Congolese singer Pierrette Adams, the queen of African rumba who just signed her seventh album called "7th day". And finally, we discover the debut album of young artist Smarty, a former member of the famous band "Yeleen", originally from Burkina Faso.

 

 

 

 

Children’s books adults will love
28/10/2010 - CULTURE

Children’s books adults will love

Thursday is book-day on France 24, and Augustin Trapenard, our very own literary editor talks about children’s books, with Salman Rushdie’s latest novel, 'Luka and the Fire of Life'. The book he dedicated to his 13 year-old-son Milan was released today in France. And Nicholas Dane by Melvin Burgess, the iconic writer of 'Junk' or 'Doing it'.
Festivals and backstage accesses: cinema's for all in Paris
27/10/2010 - CULTURE

Festivals and backstage accesses: cinema's for all in Paris

Our film critic, Lisa Nesselson, tells us about Paris' local initiative starting this week, "Mon Premier festival de Film" - "My First Film Festival", designed to help make sure that movie theaters have well-behaved customers for decades to come! Paris has one of the world's very last movie palaces that's still functioning as a place to show movies: le Grand Rex. We discover a unique experience for the whole family there with "Step behind the screen"...
Caribbean women take to the stage
26/10/2010 - CULTURE

Caribbean women take to the stage

Tuesday: Amobé Mévégué brings us the best of the international musical trends. We kick off today in Paris welcoming the Caribbean Vibrations festival starting on the 5th of November. And yesterday a solidarity concert was given to support two French journalists held hostages in Afghanistan for 301 days now.
Contemporary art gathers over 85 000 visitors at FIAC
25/10/2010 - CULTURE

Contemporary art gathers over 85 000 visitors at FIAC

As every Monday, Sean Rose talks about arts. Today is about the 37th edition of Fiac, Paris’ prestigious contemporary art fair which opened on the 21st October and closed last night. Fiac was staged at two venues: The Grand Palais and the Cour Carrée at the Louvre. This year was a success with about 85,600 visitors.
The worst of America now on paper
21/10/2010 - CULTURE

The worst of America now on paper

Today our literature critic, Augustin Trapenard talks detective stories (or roman noirs) with two novels that just came out in France. 'Crooked Little Vein' by Warren Ellis and 'Inherent Vice' by Tom Pynchon. Two novels about the worst in America.

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