Besides Phoenix, few French bands (i.e. not DJs or producers such as Daft Punk) have enjoyed mainstream success in the ...

For at least a decade now – since Billboard started counting music streams in its chart calculations in 2013, and probably before – the sound of pop music has been sharply bifurcated between the ...

Welcome back to Split Record Review! This week will be a bit out of the ordinary for James and me. If you’ve been reading this column for our introspective analysis on lyrics, you might be ...

PARIS — Françoise Hardy, a French singing legend and pop icon since the 1960s, has died. She was 80. Her son, musician Thomas Dutronc, announced her death on social media, sharing a poignant photo of ...