When Serge Gainsbourg, one of France's most influential singer-songwriters, died aged 62 on March 2, 1991, then-president François Mitterrand described him as "our Baudelaire, our Apollinaire. He ...

I’ll never forget the moment I first experienced the pop rapture of Serge Gainsbourg. It was sometime in the mid-’90s (I tend to catch up to stuff rather late — I didn’t hear the Velvet Under- ...

During the '90s, discovering Serge Gainsbourg was a record geek rite of passage. His album covers were tantalizing—Histoire De Melody Nelson, the 1971 LP that may very well be his best, suggested ...

On August 28 there is a Serge Gainsbourg Tribute at the Hollywood Bowl, part of the successful KCRW World Festival series. The artists are mostly non-Francophones, with a few exceptions (Victoria ...

Cartoonist Joann Sfar’s name may not mean much in the United States, but in France he’s nearly as revered as the pop icon at the center of his directorial debut. “Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life” delivers a ...

When Gainsbourg died aged 62 on 2 March 1991, then-president François Mitterrand praised his mastery of language and described him as “our Baudelaire, our Apollinaire… he elevated song to the level of ...

Long Read'The Children in the Park' is one of the few paintings by Serge Gainsbourg that he didn't destroy. It evokes his own childhood and twin sister, whom he never spoke of. Hidden from the public ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visitors to Paris will soon be able to explore the former home of French singer and actor Serge Gainsbourg, which has been ...

Number 5 bis rue de Verneuil, where iconic French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg lived for more than 20 years until the end of his life, has remained virtually untouched since he died suddenly ...

Sent to France in 1968 on an assignment to photograph potential locations for an upcoming Stanley Kubrick film, Andrew Birkin soon turned his lens on his younger sister Jane and her new beau Serge ...

The new film Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life is an unconventional biopic about French musician Serge Gainsbourg. He is celebrated in France for the songs he wrote, and the affairs he had with beautiful ...

Navigating to Carnegie Hall from the ground-level library of the Viceroy hotel is a straight shot: Hang a left out the front door and stroll half a block. But the old line about practice, practice, ...