Carla Bruni's C'est La Vie
It was the other week that the incomparable French chanteuse Françoise Hardy announced that, at 74, she was about to release a new album, and Carla Bruni - one-time First Lady of France - is a reminder of the extent of Hardy's influence.
Now 50, Bruni follows up her 2014 Radio 2 series Carla Bruni's Postcards from Paris with a series - recorded in Paris - that features music by Hardy herself as well as by George Brassens, Jaques Brel and Serge Gainsbourg, amongst others.
Bruni has a story to tell about Bob Dylan, and love, sadness and joy are all in the Gallic air.
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So now you know.. and just to be awkward, here's a different Françoise... Françoise Dorleac .... with " Mario j'ai mal" .....