Various Artists – Psyché France Vol. 8
I admit I usually struggle to find a lot to get excited about with Record Store Day releases – sometimes there are three or four things I want, maybe one that I desperately want,...
Category: French pop
Pomplamoose – Impossible À Prononcer
I’ve discovered a number of really interesting musicians through YouTube over the years. It’s another avenue to get exposure, and as someone who doesn’t listen to the radio or stream music, anything new is...
Françoise Hardy – La Maison Où J’ai Grandi
As I’ve written before, I do adore some lovely French pop, especially sung by a breathy female voice. I’m not sure if this is despite my speaking hardly a word of French, or because...
Françoise Hardy – L’Amitié
Another one from Françoise Hardy, this one from 1965 and, as with her other early albums, only released with her name; the title came later from the most popular song. This one features some...
Françoise Hardy – Mon Amie la Rose
In the last entry, I talked about why I’m just buying Françoise Hardy records almost whenever I find them. She has a lovely voice, I enjoy French pop even though (and perhaps because) I...
Françoise Hardy – Tous les Garçons et les Filles
There was a brief period in the mid-2000s when I suddenly went international in my tastes. Or, at least, French. I have always loved the sound of the French language, I have always loved...
France Gall – Baby Pop
As is well-acknowledged, Quentin Tarantino (and/or his music director) has a talent for breathing new life into forgotten old songs. He did this in “Death Proof” with the remarkable April March song “Chick Habit,”...
Jane Birkin – Jane Birkin / Serge Gainsbourg
What can you say about an album you’ve owned for a week? Well, for starters, you can say it’s the first one you’ve had to enter in the blog out of alphabetical order. But...
Charles Aznavour – The Aznavour Way
I continue to be alphabetically challenged on a project that is alphabetically centered. It really makes me wonder what I’m up to here. When I go to the end of the P’s, I decided...
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