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The classic chanson, Siri Vik writes, the French ancient folksong-of-the-people, has always belonged to Paris…its cafés, its smoky cabarets, its carousels and crowded boulevards are its home and makeup. These powerful anthems, whether happy or sad, musical bones, poetry, and spirit, that proved uncontainable. These songs cross borders as well as time and space, to become part of the world’s imagination, and in part, found their way into the jazz canon. [more info]