LONG-FORM INTERVIEW, Daniel Wittmer | As the manager of many legendary musicians over the past fifty years, Raymond Gonzalez talks about his career and shares never-before-told stories from his extraordinary journey. Let’s be clear: he has nothing to promote or sell here—no album, no single, no concert, no kamagong wood ashtray brought back from a Tibetan market in the summer of 1994. In addition to his immense generosity and exemplary courage, he is an extraordinary producer. He managed Nina Simone for twenty years. Just writing that is worth its weight in peanuts, ladies and gentlemen. In the world of Music (don’t argue—in this case, the capital «M» is absolutely warranted), he is one of those rare figures working behind the scenes who have sometimes helped bring legendary celebrities into the world, make them known, ensure their existence, and help them “live or survive” in the worlds of jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, and rock ’n’ roll. Born on November 13, 1946, in New York, where he grew up and later studied law, he arrived in Europe in the early 1970s—first in Spain for a few months, then in Paris. It was from there that his destiny took a sensational turn.

Imagining the ideal Johnny Hallyday concert, song by song: Jonas Follonier and Daniel Wittmer played the game. The result, in pictures and texts.

Puritanism continues to spread.

Little-known and little-acknowledged in his work, country music forms the backdrop to Johnny Hallyday's repertoire. If you're looking for something new to discover, it's well worth delving into this facet of the rocker's work.

Les mélodies du jeudi - Jonas Follonier In 1969, Johnny Hallyday released an album that went on to become the sixth best-selling...

Les mélodies du jeudi - Jonas Follonier We thought he was dead, but he's still around. At least his music, and his...

Movie Wednesdays – Jonas Follonier For several years now, movie theaters have been experimenting with broadcasting live concerts—or...

A few days after the death of his friend Johnny Hallyday, Philippe Manœuvre spoke to Regard Libre about his relationship with him and his fight for rock music, on the occasion of his visit to Lausanne to promote his new book.

When Johnny Hallyday dies, it's like a square circle, it doesn't exist. And yet... Tribute to Jean-Philippe Smet, by Jonas Follonier.