Last updated: December 9, 2010
This is a working list of songs or musicians which I am currently investigating. Please feel free to make a suggestion!
Beken (NY times 3/4/2010 article)
Lura (Cabo Verde)
Mayra Andrade (Cabo Verde)
坂本九 (Sakamoto Kyuu) – 上に向いて歩こう
Habib Koité (Mali; French, Bambara)
Frans Bauer (Holland)
Jackie Cheung (Hong Kong)
Blues Gang (Malaysia)
Els Pets (Spain; Catalan)
Söhne Mannheims (Germany)
Xavier Naidoo – “Ich kenne nichts (das so schön ist wie du)”
Hong Nhung (Vietnam)
Tai Lam (Veitnam)
Andrea Bocelli (Italy)
Amadou & Mariam (Mali)
Jose Feliciano (Puerto Rico/USA)
Diana Gurtskaya (Georgia)
Steve Kekana (South Africa)
Udi Hrant Kenkulian (Turkey)
Sasha Matich (Bosnia/Serbia)
George Nicolescu (Romania)
Kelvin Tan (Singapore)
Lazarus Tembo (Tanzania)
Geoggrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (Australia)
Joanna Zimmer (Germany)
Freddie Aguilar (Philippines) “Bayan Ko” (written by Jose Corazon de Jesus) or “Anak”
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Korea – Kim Kwang Seok 이등병의 편지
Puerto Rico – Cultura Profetica “Soy el verbo”
Lebanon - Wael Jassar وائل جسّار
Georges Brassen – Je suis un voyou; La mauvaise reputation
Looking for popular singers/bands in the following languages or from the following countries:
The Nethederlands/Dutch
Belgium/Dutch, Vlaams
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Malay or Indonesian
Romanian (Romania, Moldova)
Russian (like Vitas?)
Polish
Czech
Serbo-Croatian
Any other interesting, genuine pop music (preferably with learnable lyrics and music) is always welcome!
Hi, I’m Dutch (like Frans Bauer) and I checked out your website after you left a comment on YouTube Francis Cabrel, Loooove him. Anyway, have you checked out the poetry levels of the Great Jacques Brel – Ne me quitte pas, he’s originally from Belgium, just like Johnny Hallyday (called the french Elvis) who’s song: Que je t’aime, is a super super one to translate and beautiful to use to learn french.
If you need background on Frans Bauer, (how on earth did you find him???) drop me a mail, kind regards, Dorien
Posted by Dorien Verkleij | June 8, 2010, 9:08 amHi Dorien. Thank you very much for checking my site and for your comment.
I am familiar with Johnny Hallyday, but I had not heard of Jacques Brel. I see now that “Ne me quitte pas” has been covered by a lot of famous singers interationally. Thanks for the lead!
Re: Frans Bauer, I found him by searching for a Dutch singer/band that writes and sings in Dutch. My impression is that a lot of modern popular music from the Nederlands is in English, which I think is impressive but just not exactly what I’m looking for with this particular site. Do you have any Dutch-language song recommendations from the Nederlands, either by Frans Bauer or anyone else?
Dank u wel!
Tommy
Posted by foreignlanguagemusic | June 9, 2010, 2:49 pm