By Michael Stevenson

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THE FRENCH CONNECTION

From WRIU, Kingston, 90.3 FM, welcome to our show, The French Connection.  I am your host, Mike Stevenson.

We broadcast from the University of Rhode Island’s Memorial Union every Sunday at 7 pm EST, following Wayne Cresser’s Picture This – Film Music on the Radio.

Each week on The French Connection, we will explore the wonderful varieties of French music, from the early 1920s to present day: Chanson, Jazz, Folk, Jazz Manouche and Rock n Roll.

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JULY 13 SHOW

Our Bastille Day Celebration show included sets of music by two legends of chanson, Charles Trenet and Serge Gainsbourg. We also played three renditions of La Marseillaise, and closed with a set of anti-war songs.
A complete list of music played on the show is below.

The FRENCH CONNECTION PLAYLIST JULY 13, 2025

By Michael Stevenson

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You’re listening to WRIU, Kingston, 90.3 FM. It’s 7 o’clock and our show is called The French Connection.  I am your host, Mike Stevenson.

We broadcast from the University of Rhode Island’s Memorial Union every Sunday at 7 pm EST, following Wayne Cresser’s Picture This – Film Music on the Radio. “

Each week on The French Connection, we will explore the wonderful varieties of French music, from the early 1920s to present day: Chanson, Jazz, Folk, Jazz Manouche and Rock n Roll.

Play List :: THE FRENCH CONNECTION :: July 6, 2025

• BORIS VIAN “J’suis Snob”
• PATACHOU “Mon Homme”
• FRANCIS CABREL “Simple Twist of Fate”
• MADELEINE PEYROUX “J’ai Deux Amours.”
• JACQUES BREL “Qu’avons-nous fait, bonnes Gens”
• ZAZ “Le Long de la Route”
• from “CHOCOLAT” Movie Soundrack “Minor Swing”
• KEREN ANN ”Jardin d’hiver”
• GILBERT BECAUD “Plain Soleil”
• HENRI SALVADOR “Dans mon Ile”
• PAULINE CROZE “Samba Saravah”
• ETIENNE DAHO & SWINGLE SINGERS “Timide Intimide”
• TOOTS THIELSMAN “The Mountain Whistler”
• FRANCOISE HARDY “Pas Gentile”