The award-winning composer of "The Rose", Amanda McBroom, pays tribute to Jacques Brel, the most famous singer/songwriter in France during the "60s golden age of popular song. Jacques Brel was the most famous singer/songwriter in France during the 1960s, the golden age of popular song. A cross between Frank Sinatra and Bruce Springsteen, his darkly poetic songs of love and loss and the horrors of war were anthems for his generation...and ours. Here, Amanda McBroom brings her unique high-end audio vocal performances to new arrangements of the songs and stories of this great balladeer. McBroom is a MAC Award winner for Songwriter of the Year, bestseller of high-end stereophile audio recordings, and the award-wining composer of "The Rose." "Amanda McBroom is an extraordinary vocalist." -- Dallas Morning News "In her presence you get that rare whiff of greatness." -- New York Times "Amanda McBroom is not only the greatest singer/songwriter of her cabaret generation, but also about the only one: she writes short stories and sets them to music, stories of love and loss, and it is no surprise to discover that her great mentor was Jacques Brel, in whose songs she first appeared on Broadway a couple of decades ago." -- The Times