The only English language account of the great Belgian chansonier, Jacques Brel: La Vie Boh me, riven with new and re-discovered information, is the most candid - and probably the most definitive - exploration of Brel to date. Both a figurehead and minence grise of modern songwriting whose global impact comes not from one or two 'standards' but a myriad of items spread over decades of translated covers and revivals, Jacques Brel remains - more than 30 years after his death - one hell of a sexy name to drop.