séverine is comin' to town

Another special guest post: this time Graham Welch of Ready Steady Girls! tells us about the career of French ...

twice as nice

You may remember Tag from such guest Christmas posts as Things Fall Apart and Anorak Christmas . Fortunately for ...

let's swing again

This decade has seen lashings of CD releases for fans of 1960s French pop, like Femmes and Gentlemen De Paris , ...

treats, no tricks

Before I bring you Part Deux of Swinging Mademoiselle , I'm going to briefly interrupt with my Halloween special, ...

swing, mademoiselle

Project: Yéyé Girl Comps When I first discovered music blogs, part of the pleasure for me was how each blog post ...

candy, i can't let you go

Hello all! Just a heads-up to let you know I'll be back to blogging again very soon, so get ready for some jumbo ...

party like it's 1789

Sylvie Vartan - L'Ami des mauvais jours (1965) Or 1965, at least. For Bastille Day, what could I post but a French ...

jugobeat girls

Daniela songs (20 tracks): HTML5  |  Flash A little while ago, I came across the excellent Jugobeat site, ...

jany, elle est chouette

  Jany L. - Le Restaurant Chinois (1969) Kind reader Carl read my mind by sending me this song a while back, ...