Get ready from some ooh aah weirdness! I did all the crate digging so that all you have to do is dig these sounds from the comfort of your own happy place. Podcast No. 41 has lots of 1960s covers from Québec that I just had to share with you along with some French freak beat. Playlist Les deux et demi – Voulez voulez Nanette Workman – Quand-je revi…

Radio Oh La La podcasts are finally back with some fuzz and garage sounds from new artists and the real deal from back in the 1960s. Check out and tune into Podcast No. 40 and kick start your day with some 60s vibes that I have been promising you for way too long! Yes, there still is some background noise, but it’s that or nothing at this point…! P…

Yes! French funk and soul does exists and not all of it is a watered down version of some Motown hit. The proof is in Podcast No. 39, compiled by yours truly with some extra spice added in by Guuzbourg over at Girls and Giggles (Filles Sourires). Some of the songs here may have been featured before, that is a first, but some things are definitely w…

With many thanks going out to Ingeborg and film company Cinéart who convinced Joann Sfar’s to come to Amsterdam for the first time and for the première of his own film a few weeks ago, here is Podcast No. 38 featuring a unique interview I managed to get with the ‘puppet master’ himself. More thanks to Francois Pieneman who recorded the interview an…

“It’s like an enormous library falling down whevener you talk about Serge. There’s so many references.” – Guuz Hoogaerts. Special guest star on this podcast is journalist, blogger and huge Dutch Gainsbourg fan Guuz Hoogaerts, aka DJ Guuzbourg. In honour and anticipation of the release of the film Serge Gainsbourg – Vie Héroïque (Serge Gainsbourg – …

Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année ! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Thanks everybody for your support and help this year! And here it is, the last podcast of the year and it’s all yours right in time for Christmas! Podcast No. 36 has some jingling bells sung by Québec bands, a French band and an Englishwoman who made France her home. I’m off to cook a…

It’s cocktail time! Podcast No. 35 features some new and old, dry and wet, strong and soft, all in one! Go go go and get more information about this brand spanking new single off the Gainsnord album and hear music and check out videos. Get ready for some soul, samba, scatting, sleazing along, getting sultry and even a tad sad yet happy inside. Podc…

Not going on vacation? Never seen St. Tropez, let alone France or even Europe? Then this year’s summer podcast is for you! Podcast No. 34 is one big vacation, with sea, sex, sun, sadness, teenage romance, small hotel rooms and expensive drinks. Pretend you’re a teenager like France Gall here, sitting on a boat near Nice. Your family drags you down …

We have it, it’s here and it’s all yours: Podcast No. 33! A big thanks to Insult Masterrr! an iPhone application that made a generous donation to this podcast. Link to Insult Masterrr! via iTunes, Insult Masterrr! And feel free to read a nice blurb about me and this podcast by Meribeth Deen, a Canadian journalist living in London. Cheers! Playlist …

Hold the phone, it’s Podcast No. 32! It was time to dig deep, to soul search and cook up a serious dish of French music with a side dish of soul. Nino Ferrer often said he wish he was black (yeah, baby), André Brasseur is simply possessed by the devil but in a good way, The Velvelettes show off their French skills Motown style, Denise Brousseau doe…

First, this rare photo of famous Dutch singer Liesbeth List singing with Serge Gainsbourg (thanks Guuzbourg!). Then, we have winter as the main theme running through Podcast No. 31, although sparingly since most of you get bombarded with way too much of this normally. I decided to keep it low key, retro, snowy, with a hint of Christmas. Think of th…

Podcast No. 30 has stories and music being treated with love and care. And the grooviness has been piling up as much as my work has. Maybe the next podcast will be about all those sixties dances, maybe it will be a cocktail party podcast, we’ll see! You shouldn’t have to wait too long this time. Find out more about the Filles Fragiles compilation l…

Bam, bop, whizz! The music will get you dreaming, dancing, swinging or just snapping your fingers. So go to your happy place like I do where the bar is stocked, the people are beautiful and the music is brought to you by Podcast No. 29, which took way too long, I know! I will make it up to you all soon, but for now, be cool and get ready to shake y…

I don’t like the way they treat their records, but that’s why we have podcasts nowadays! Speaking of which, Podcast No. 28 is full of stories and music being treated with love and care. I threw in an extra song because it’s been a while. In the mean time, the grooviness has been piling up, so you’ll never go hungry! Playlist Henri Salvador – Rock a…

Tune into space music, late-night floating around music and some goooood stuff in Podcast No. 27! Check into the space lounge in Space Patrol Orion style and let the grooviness flow. Win a Radio Oh la la T-shirt! CONTEST RULES: 1. Listen to the contest mix of eight songs in the podcast. 2. All songs are French from France and have been featured in …

The Chick Habit party on 24 November was also the launch of the new CD Filles Fragiles, compiled by Guuzbourg over at Filles Sourires after much hard work. Two songs are featured in Podcast No. 26: a duet by Salvatore Adamo & Olivia Ruiz and another by Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin. As well, in the hipster category, the oh so dreamy young Jacques …

Back from two weeks of French record shopping in Montréal, Québec, I scored me an interview with record collector and sixties girl group enthusiast Denis Lalonde (photo) of the well-known Ultra Chicks compilations and record store Le Pick-Up. Podcast No. 25 features this interview as well as an all-out French Canadian music podcast, complete with a…

It’s time to cosy up by the fire, sit on the deep pile carpet and thrown on some records! Podcast No. 24 was inspired by this album cover, which I found unexpectedly at a small flea market in Amsterdam that had no reason to even have any records. For the rest of the story and more, you’ll have to listen to the podcast. Les Surfs announce the end of…

Warning! Podcast No. 23 is educational and good fun for the entire family! Gabriel Dalar has mom and dad snapping their fingers without getting off the sofa, while Les Classels lets the kids twist it out of their system. Stone has the perfect song for rebellious teens and Claude Bolling provides you with some good, wholesome Madison moves. Stella a…

It’s bikini time again in St. Tropez, with a young Catherine Deneuve riding the waves! Stuck in that nasty, stuffy Paris traffic jam? Go franco à gogo with Podcast No. 22! Les Parisiennes want to get out of town like the rest of Paris, down to the breezy Côte d’Azur, while Gillian Hills uses her charms to hitch a ride. Once we get there, suave regu…

It’s finally here, Podcast No. 21! Some trains, some planes and other tunes in between, this podcast is as mixed up as it gets, but in a good way, of course. If anyone out there has a request I can fulfil, drop me a note, you never know. Invite your friends over, nicely paired up and picture perfect and listen to some retro! Playlist Les Champions …

Podcast No. 20 starts off psychedelic with some Richard de Bordeaux & Daniel Beretta and Les Papyvores, moves in a female direction with Sophie Mansart and Christine Pilzer, and finishes up in jazz lounge with Les Double Six and Lucky Blondo. I want to know: are there other James Bond themes in French? I own Bob Asklöf ‘Bons baisers de Russie’ (Fro…

What a treat! Cute and fun yéyé girls from then and now, and a guy to tie, er, twist it up in the end. Podcast No. 19 has six groovy numbers ready to go. Chantal Goya is not sure about a guy, while Camille is very sure about him. Fabienne Delsol does France Gall her way and Jocelyne hums along merrily. Near the end, things go live with Vanessa Para…

Come over for dinner and after we can listen to some records and Podcast No. 18! That’s the new pick up line these days, pardon the pun, according to the lovely French duo, Radiomatic. Then, there’s coffee or tea with chocolate truffles listening to Philippe Nicaud, while the host fetches that bottle of cognac he keeps for those really special gues…

Here’s a dolled up Michèle Richard telling you with her French Canadian accent to come on honey, let’s go go! Podcast No. 17 not only features La Richard, but the garage of Jacqueline Taïeb & The Amsterdam Beat Club, the bopping of Phonoboy , the jive of Dany Brillant, the rockin’ of Rock Falair and the swaying of Petula Clark. Get yourself a fitti…

Back to business with some groovy, jazzy and twangy tunes! Podcast No. 16 goes from modern to old and from one country to the next, like a get-in-your-car-and-drive musical roadtrip. Did I say trip? Jenny Rock pleads her case, while 5 Gentlemen make theirs. Next stop, a request for some Marie Laforêt, an uppity visit with Joël Denis and a pit stop …

It’s time for a theme podcast! Podcast No. 15 features some nice French cinema music that makes you want to know more about the films they come from. Michel Magne gets two chances with spy music from OSS 117 and Fantomas. Then, there’s Georges Garvarentz on the soft drugs and Michel Legrand with some of his groovy strings. To top if off, a soft-spo…

Podcast No. 14 promises a drawer full of goodies! Alice Dona prefers it in red cars and Salvatore Adamo is bursting with love. Dalida takes out her Spanish disco ball and the funny threesome of Henri Salvador, Jean Yanne and Gillian Hills opt for cha cha cha. And then, it’s a French Canadian double whammy with Les Habits Jaunes and Denise Brousseau…

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Life through rose coloured glasses may have looked like this in the 1960s. Podcast No. 12 starts off with Les Excentriques covering the Beach Boys and Nicole Paquin telling us about marrying a monster, Halloween style. French choir boy rockers Les Poppys sing their protest song, Natacha Snitkine plays phone pranks and Rita Cadillac sings about the …