Popular native rock bands topping the charts in France this year are writing and singing in English. At the country's oldest and biggest rock festival this week, the young talent section's performance ...

While it’s easy to group foreign language music into a genre of its own, within this vast collection are “typical” genres. In “French music” there’s an assortment of styles ranging from folk to rock.

For decades, the global music scene has been dominated by English. Foreign bands usually have to cast aside their native tongue to score success in the biggest markets (see: Phoenix). A glance at ...

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou might be the weak link in Wes Anderson movies, but it did allow viewers to hear old songs in a new way. Throughout the movie, Brazilian singer Seu Jorge had random ...

When David Chase thought of music to use on The Sopranos, he didn’t always turn to songs he considered great compositions. Chase knew that life isn’t like that: Sometimes you’re in the pizza place and ...