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Chanterelles from Montreal is a duo. Amelie Mandeville (also a solo artist) and Virginie Reid make dreamy pop for bright orange sunsets. This is the first single

Singer Françoise Cactus of German duo Stereo Total, has passed away at 57. Stereo Total leave a whole bunch of albums. One of my fave ST-tracks is this Gainsbourg cover.

Pi Ja Ma = Pauline de Tarragan. She loves The Doors, Jefferson Airplane and makes music with Axel Concato. This is (as far as I know) her first French single.

If you know the French comedy Dix Pour Cent (it’s on Netflix) you saw Stéfi Calma. The actress took part in several musical spectacles and acted in series and movies, this is her first solo single. Love this.

The lovely Tess, proud to call her my friend, released a new single. She’s a gorgeous singer who keeps the old style (with new insights, I must add) chanson very much alive.

The lovely French-Canadian Laurence-Anne made a diamond of a new single:

The queen has returned.

Spotify says the bandname is Sahara Pop, on their site they just say Sahara. Either way, Jeremy and Blondine are a very interesting new duo, making sunny, synthesized bossa nova pop, and more electronica driven, darker songs.

Been raving about this Canadian singer for a while now. Her first album is out, and it’s a beauty. Her sunny, psychedelic view on 60s French YeYe is very catchy.

Lots of 80s vibes in this one (a long video, film noir and comedy), referring to Les Rita Mitsouko, Allez Allez and 80s disco. Melody Walter is the singer, Thomas Defaux on guitar.

Earlier, they made a spacey cover of a David Bowie classic: