Category: Music
Topette!
“A new Anglo-French band playing self-penned and traditional music from anywhere. They create exciting acoustic dance music, which is equally good to sit and listen to. The playing is top-class and the vibe is ‘Party!’”
The band features:
Andy Cutting (twice Radio 2 Folk Awards Musician of the Year) on Diatonic Accordion and Melodeon (Blowzabella, June Tabor, Kate Rusby, Roger Daltrey and many more)
James Delarre on Violin (Mawkin, Jim Moray, James Delarre & Saul Rose)
Julien Cartonnet on Bagpipes (of central France) and Banjo (Lost Highway, Mister Klof)
Tania Buisse on Bodhran (Lost Highway)
Barnaby Stradling on Acoustic Bass Guitar (Blowzabella, Eliza Carthy, Dark Northumbrian and many more)
Chanson Du Jour: Iggy Pop “Les Passantes”
Iggy Pop singing George Brassens’ “Les Passantes”
Jeanne Cherhal: November 13 Bataclan
Interview: Charlotte Gainsbourg, the daughter of Serge and Jane Birkin, on her wild childhood and her sister’s death
The daughter of France’s sauciest couple has always struggled with the glare of publicity. As Charlotte Gainsbourg releases her most confessional album, she tells Elizabeth Day about her wild childhood and, for the first time, how she still struggles with the untimely death of her sister [ . . . ]
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