There are many great ways to improve your French. No need to sweat for hours a day, cramming in as much as you possibly can from some bland textbook. How about spending short bursts of time studying and slowly immersing yourself in the language in other ways?
Here are a few French musical artists you might want to listen to and a list of vocabulary with music as its theme:
Madeleine Peyroux – J’ai Deux Amours
Julien Doré – Le Lac
Christine and the Queens – Paradis Perdus
Arcadian – Folie Arcadienne
Nassi – La Vie Est Belle
Vocabulaire de musique:
la musique du monde – world music
la variété française – French pop songs
le rock – rock
le rock alternatif – rock fusion
la musique folklorique, la musique traditionnelle – folk music
la musique country – country music
la musique pop – pop music
la dance – danse music
le hip-hop – hip-hop
le rap – rap music
le reggae – reggae music
le metal – heavy metal
le jazz – jazz
le funk – funk
la musique classique – classical music
un chanteur, une chanteuse – a singer
un groupe – a band
un orchestre – an orchestra
un musicien, une musicienne – a musician
la scène – the stage
une chanson – a song
un casque – headphones
l’amplificateur, l’ampli – an amplifier
l’accordéon – an accordion
la batterie – drums
le piano – a piano
le synthétiseur (le synthé) – a synth/keyboard
la guitare éléctrique – an electric guitar
la basse – an electric bass
le banjo – a banjo
la mandoline – a mandolin
le violoncelle – a cello
le violon – a violin
la contrebasse – a double bass, upright bass
la clarinette – a clarinet
la flûte – a flute
le saxophone – a saxophone
la trompette – a trumpet
écouter – to listen to
enregistrer – to record
télécharger – to download