French pop acts find their voice with English language lyrics | Education

Teachers take credit for instilling linguistic confidence in a new generation of French music acts who sing in EnglishWhen the band Pony Pony Run Run went to music awards Les Victoires de la Musique in Paris this year, they won "best newcomer" as voted by the public. The other two newcomer awards went to rock vocalist Izia and folk-pop act Yodelice.Separated by sound and style, the acts have just two things in common: French musicians – and the English language.In the last three years there ha...

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