Étienne Daho

Combining West Coast-style surf rock, Velvet Underground-like urban verse, stylish synth pop, and the romanticism of French singer Françoise Hardy, Algerian-born singer/songwriter and producer Étienne Daho has been a gold- and platinum-selling artist in France since breaking into the Top Five there with his fourth album, 1986's Pop Satori. He went all the way to number one with Corps et Armes in 2000. Along the way, he collaborated with the likes of Hardy, Astrud Gilberto, Chris Isaak, Jeanne Moreau, and Saint Etienne. In his fourth decade as a beloved idiosyncratic pop star, ...