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Weekend French Playlist #13: The Jain Edition
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Weekend French Playlist #13: The Jain Edition

After a 5-year break, the singer returned this year with her third album, "The Fool."

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Oct 21, 2023
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I first heard about Jain because while the singer-songwriter is a global nomad, she was born in Toulouse where we were living when she released her first album in 2015, “Zanaka.”

That disc included the massive hit, “Makeba,” which propelled her into the international spotlight (performed on the Colbert Show, sang at Coachella, was featured in a Levi’s c…

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