A reflection on Sinatra’s anthem, and how it became one of mine. I love to be wrong about music. It’s been a frequent occurrence, but never more so than with Paul Anka’s “My Way”, written for and made ...

Some songs grate on our nerves. They could be today’s chart-toppers or age-old classics that everyone adores, but still, something within us snaps and we’re forced to turn the dial or tap the arrow ...

The closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was an incredibly festive moment, with performances from French band Phoenix, or yet again Kavinsky, joined on stage by Belgian singer and ...

Few of the nitwits who insist that the song My Way be played at their funerals are aware that this hymn to self-absorption originated with a flamboyant French pop singer who died in his bathtub while ...

Have you ever thought, when you finally face your final curtain, what song you’d like to soundtrack its closing swish? Many people have, but unsurprisingly, many more haven’t. But if you don’t think ...

A new doc on the Paul Anka-penned standard premiered at Cannes in May and detailed its origin as an obscure French pop song and its journey to karaoke mainstay In the 55 years since its release, “My ...

Does life come with a set of instructions on how to live it? And if so, who wrote them? By whose authority are the instructions to be followed? Options are fairly limited here, reducing either to God, ...