France marks 30 years since Brassens fell silent

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  • 13 years ago
Saturday marks 30 years since the death of one of France's most enduring cultural figures: the singer-songwriter Georges Brassens, one of the great architects of the musical genre that's come to be known as chanson françise. Duration: 01:44

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