- FRANCE 24

15/05/2012 - CULTURE

Tune in for some Gossip and Garbage

In today's show, our music critic Valli brings us "A Joyful Noise," the third album from American power trio Gossip. We also get a sneak peek at the much-anticipated album "Not Your Kind of People" from bubblegum pop group Garbage.

14/05/2012 - CULTURE

Milagres' back-breaking debut album "Glowing Mouth"

The lead singer of American indie-band Milagres is in the studio. He tells Genie Godula about the band’s weird videos and how falling off a mountain helped him write their new album. Then, a new exhibit recreates King Tut's tomb exactly as it was when it was first discovered eighty years ago. And art critic Sean Rose takes us behind the scenes of La Triennale, Paris' massive ode to Modern Art.

10/05/2012 - CULTURE

"Intimate Exposures" of screen goddess Marilyn Monroe

In today’s show fifty years since the icon's death, we look at rarely seen photos showing her transformation from Norma Jeane to Marilyn Monroe. Also on the show singing anthems for the continent's debt crisis, the Swedish veterans Europe talk about their new album 'Bag of Bones.'

01/05/2012 - CULTURE

Jurassic Rock

The group started off with the name Tyrannosaurus Rex, but since no one could write it, let alone pronounce it properly, it was shortened to T. Rex. Five albums by the group have just come out on Universal, including the one that secured them international stardom, "Electric Warrior".

28/04/2012 - EUROPE DISTRICT

F.Y.R. of Macedonia: tough times for reporters (part 2)

Trading with the neighbours - we show you how Macedonian companies are trying to make the most of their strategic location in the heart of the Balkans. Do you believe in miracles? We tell you why believers at Skopje’s Sveti Dimitrije Church do. Finally, Vladimiri Franz, a young rock musician shows you the many faces of the Macedonian capital Skopje.

17/04/2012 - CULTURE

Jack White's first solo album

Jack White is prolific. He was the mastermind behind the White Stripes, the guitar/drum duet he formed with Meg, whom he called his sister, but who was in fact his wife. Together they recorded six albums, including the worldwide hit "Seven Nation Army". His first solo album, "Blunderbuss" is out next week. We take a look.

09/02/2012 - CULTURE

‘Kill It Kid’ bringing the blues back

On today’s Culture show, full bodied blues courtesy of Kill It Kid – the British band taking their inspiration from legends such as Led Zeppelin join Catherine Nicholson in the studio. There are also the voluptuous bodies of Lucian Freud – a guided tour of the new retrospective on the late British artist’s paintings in London. And we have lithe and muscular bodies courtesy of the Paris Opera Ballet – who are taking on Pina Bausch’s contemporary version of Orpheus and Eurydices.

07/02/2012 - CULTURE

Paul McCartney: 50 years in music

Paul McCartney is jazzing things up with "Kisses on the Bottom," a new album that revisits the jazz soundtrack of his youth. Fellow musical heavyweight Leonard Cohen is also back with a new record. Plus, discover the latest British folk sensation, Liz Green, and more details about Goldfrapp's best of album.

31/01/2012 - WEBNEWS

Russian ex-paratroopers lead chorus of anti-Putin protest

Russian ex-paratroopers voicing their opposition to Vladimir Putin. In the US, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are caught up in a veritable online war of words. And flying humans have been spotted in the New York skies.

(1) comment

24/01/2012 - CULTURE

Lana Del Rey: success and scandal

We take a trip down memory lane today in tribute to the late composer David Whitaker. His tracks were performed by the likes of Serge Gainsbourg, Claude François and The Verve. Then the musical revelation of the moment, Lana Del Rey, is at the heart of a scandal rocking the release of her first album "Born to Die." Finally, French rock duo Justice are back with a world tour and an electrifying new single "On'n'On."