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Low Culture Essay

Richard Milward On France Gall’s 1968 & The Death Of Yé-Yé

In this month's subscriber essay, novelist Richard Milward travels back 55 years to the cobblestone-strewn streets of Paris, the release of France Gall's album 1968, and discovers how a time of political upheaval had a profound impact on the happy-go-lucky genre of yé-yé

Books

The Mystery Of Melody Nelson: The Making Of Gainsbourg’s Histoire

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Relax Baby Be Cool, published this weekend, Jeremy Allen goes in search of the session musicians who performed on Serge Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody Nelson
Beyond The Hits

Serge Gainsbourg: Beyond The Hit

On the late, great Serge Gainsbourg’s 90th birthday, Jeremy Allen trawls through the French chanteur’s back catalogue, picking out 20 of his greatest videos, none of which are ‘Je t’aime… moi non plus’
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The Life & Times Of M. Serge Gainsbourg

From 'Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus' to a fear of breasts, Jeremy Allen sits down with Gitane and citron pressé to look at the music and thirsty life of Serge Gainsbourg.

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