françoise hardy's hit parade, 1966

While flipping through my collection of vintage French magazines the other day, I came across an interesting little ...

electric moon upon the water

Fans of the peculiar charms of French-born songstress and actress Claudine Longet may know the beguiling 'Electric ...

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 ...

that's no way to say goodbye

So long, Leonard. Thank you for the achingly beautiful words and music. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye ( Live at ...

blood red rose

A mix for Halloween featuring music from 70s European horror soundtracks, eerie vintage folk-pop, ...

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 ...

60s french pop finds in the rts archives

Radio Télévision Suisse has an excellent online audiovisual archive which includes a number of videos ...

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 ...