sounds of 2016

It's my first post of the new year and, though late to the game, I wanted to share my favourite music from last ...

la résistance

Like so many, I am angry, confounded, saddened by the state of the world. 2016 just keeps kicking us in the arse. I ...

1971 : l'aventure

A guest mix by Jonathyne Briggs, author of a fascinating and highly recommended book on French pop ...

jacques dutronc and friends on swiss 60s tv

An eleventh-hour discovery in the RTS archives as I was about to publish the last entry , this video was too good a ...

from 1974: 50 albums you can't live without

You might not expect to find a decent music guide in a 70s teen girl magazine, but that's exactly what I came ...

quatrième dimension

Happy Bastille Day! Enjoy this mix of 60s-70s French psychedelic rock, psych-pop, freakbeat, ...

spiked tradition

This blog has gained many new readers since I first posted my Spiked Candy Canes mixes in 2005, so I thought I'd ...

your wish is spiked candy's command

Some requests: Anna Karina - Pistolet Jo Anna Karina - Sous le soleil exactement 'Pistolet Jo' is another track ...

spiked candy canes part 2

Merry Christmas everyone! Pop-up player | 8tracks tips Belle And Sebastian - I Took Some Time For Christmas (2002) ...