Beyond Stereotypes

Yes, French music includes accordions and Piaf, berets and baguettes. But it also includes: - Berber singers keeping alive languages older than France itself - Electronic producers whose beats move Shanghai dance floors - Metal bands making rural Hellfest the world's most unlikely pilgrimage site - Contemporary composers creating sounds that don't yet have names - Hip-hop artists whose wordplay rivals classical poetry

This diversity isn't peripheral to French music—it's central to what makes it vital in the 21st century.