LES NUBIANS: We try to stay close to our feelings. We write a lot of our music and when you’re a writer, a woman especially, you have to stay really close to your creation so that it doesn’t turn into ...

Think of Les Nubians, the group formed by Franco-Cameroonian sisters Helene and Celia Faussart, as one big, juicy tribute to the inherent funkiness of African music and its limitless global ...

If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. Hélène and Célia Faussart were surprised with their American success in 1999. Their record, Princesses Nubiennes, became the ...

POLITICALLY, THIS may not be the best time for a French pop act to be courting American audiences, but Les Nubians have already proven it's possible to breach language and culture barriers that for 40 ...

The recent chart success of French duo Les Nubians’ One Step Forward is both a heartening rebuke and a disturbing indicator of our country’s xenophobic culture. Usually foreign-speaking artists have ...

In the ’60s and ’70s danceable jazz-pop in foreign languages made American radio more exciting: Jorge Ben’s “Mas Que Nada” charted when recorded by Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66; it was followed by ...

The Afro-French sibling duo Les Nubians have always been an oddity on the R&B scene. The record industry describes them as urban alternative, but that rather ambiguous category gives the ladies a ...

While last week’s big announcement included Phish’s three-night stand at the 1STBANK Center, a number of other shows were recently announced, most which are on are sale now. In addition to Kottonmouth ...

After a long couple of months’ worth of freedom fries, freedom toast and supremely disappointing freedom kissing, we quarrelsome Americans finally get an overdue helping of genuine, uncut Frenchitude, ...

Michele Norris speaks with Helene and Celia Fassart, who form the group Les Nubians. They talk about how their music blends together musical influences from their youth: jazz, soul and traditional ...