Monthly Archives: January 2023

La reine hollandaise de la chanson, strikes again. The good old Montmartre days revive in this poignant, shamelessly nostalgic track:

O my goodness what a great song!

New single:

In the Moodoïd/Melody’s Echo Chamber-mood, which is nice:

American folk(sy) artist Kate Bollinger covered this classic, to promote her European tour. “I love Jacques Dutronc and wanted to sing this song for a while,” says Bollinger. “The band sounds so classic and sophisticated, but the lyrics are silly. Normally I like for cover songs to stray far from the original, but I felt differently here. I wanted to stay pretty true to the Jacques version.” Didn’t I tell you earlier that Jacques’ songs are being re-discovered all the time? Yes I did.

VERY fun, upbeat boy-girl band Lou de la Falaise shared this new single, which namechecks Plastic Bertrand. Gives you an idea. Plus, this song is a great addition to my Self-Titled playlist (songs by bands. named after themselves). This track also reminded me of Granville’s great track Jersey.

This EP was released last november. It contains four tracks, mostly inspired by Bulgarian folk music. Maud has an extensive explanation on her Bandcamp page about the EP, and lead single ‘Pesnopoïka’. A snippet: “Pesnopoïka is a dance in circles around the feeling of love. Musically, it is a song which assembles several of my obsessions; a long harmonic cycle, an unleashed guitar solo recorded in one take, an a capella section, a rhythm you can dance to.”

Canadian actress. Nice understated funky track:

From Belgium, in the same vein as Pomme and Angèle. Which is nice: