Jacques Brel:  La Valsa a Mille Temps

Jacques Brel: La Valsa a Mille Temps

I went to France several times as a kid and ended up living there at the age of 15, having been introduced to the wonderful music of Jacques Brel. Though not a Parisian himself (Brel was born in Belgium), he contributed much to our idea of what is...
Jacques Brel:  Ne me quitte pas

Jacques Brel: Ne me quitte pas

Am I sentimental or does this define the agony of break up and the anguish at trying to hold on to a relationship after it’s over? I stood transfixed in the fourth floor walk up of an African actor’s sparse Paris apartment one morning as I saw this for the...