Jacques Brel; the Belgian pop & rock archives: Biography, Forum, Links, Music, Discography, Audio clips ( no MP3 ) of Jacques Brel en verwante groepen in Het Belgisch Pop & Rock Archief.
Although it is often thought that Brel is French, his roots are in Belgium. Or, as Arno (who definitely has inherited a lot out of the legacy of Brel)... >>read more
Jacques Brel; six pieds sous terre, Jacques, tu chantes encore.. Jacques Brel once said that "in a mans life, there are two important dates : his birth and his death. Everything we do in-between is not very important." If taken literally, this would mean reducing his whole life to an elliptic "1929-1978", abrupt and cold as grave markings. Yet... >>read more
Jacques Brel, Six Songs translated by Ami de Grazia.
Jacques Brel (1930-1979), a Belgian, was one of the great modern troubadours in the French language. A decade before Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen or Jackson Browne, he was a poet, singer and composer of extraordinary passion and shattering emotional power. Although his songs are almost... >>read more