Latest Québecois Podcast Episodes
Podcast No. 41 – Rare and unusual finds
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - December 02, 2011 19:58 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsGet 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...
Podcast No. 41 – Rare and unusual finds
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - December 02, 2011 19:58 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsGet 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 […]
Podcast No. 40 – Old and new sixties sounds
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - August 01, 2011 13:50 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsRadio 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 […]
Podcast No. 39 – French, funky and soulful
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - August 10, 2010 11:08 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsYes! 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 […]
Podcast No. 38 – More Gainsbourg: interview with Joann Sfar
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - April 01, 2010 11:20 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWith 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 than...
Podcast No. 37 – The Serge Gainsbourg Affair
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - January 15, 2010 12:21 ★★★★★ - 9 ratings“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...
Podcast No. 36 – Ho Ho Ho La La!
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - December 22, 2009 19:46 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsJoyeux 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 […]
Podcast No. 35 – Hold on to your cocktail!
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - November 07, 2009 15:19 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIt’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, get...
Podcast No. 34 – The holidays are here again!
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - August 03, 2009 11:45 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsNot 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, sit...
Podcast No. 33 – Dutch treats and nice beats
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - April 29, 2009 20:07 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWe 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 Ca...
Podcast No. 32 – French soul cuisine
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - February 26, 2009 14:33 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsHold 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 […]
Podcast No. 31 – Winter fuzz
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - December 12, 2008 15:46 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsFirst, 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...
Podcast No. 30 – From Amsterdam with amour
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - October 19, 2008 18:44 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsPodcast 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 […]
Podcast No. 29 – Rock, swing and sweeties
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - April 24, 2008 18:47 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsBam, 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 […]
Podcast No. 28 – Shows, showing off and showy
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - February 24, 2008 13:58 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsI 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, […]
Podcast No. 27 – Spacing out and winning OLL T-shirts!
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - January 07, 2008 11:29 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsTune 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 so...
Podcast No. 26 – Filles Fragiles and old hipsters
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - December 04, 2007 09:39 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsThe 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 […]
Podcast No. 25 – Vive le Québec rétro !
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - November 02, 2007 18:43 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsBack 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 a...
Podcast No. 25 РVive le Qu̩bec r̩tro !
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - November 02, 2007 18:43 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsBack 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 a...
Podcast No. 24 – Whisky, women and song
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - September 20, 2007 13:04 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIt’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 […]
Podcast No. 23 – The big “M” and the letter “S”
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - August 19, 2007 12:51 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWarning! 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 ...
Podcast No. 22 – Getting down to St. Tropez
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - July 12, 2007 11:31 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIt’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 ...
Podcast No. 21 – A request, some rock and little pebbles
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - June 09, 2007 13:18 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIt’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 […]
Podcast No. 20 – Psychedelic with a jazz chaser
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - May 06, 2007 12:19 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsPodcast 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 F...
Podcast No. 19 – Girls, chicks and a guy
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - April 15, 2007 13:37 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsWhat 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 […]
Podcast No. 18 – From brazz to jazz
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - March 29, 2007 14:18 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsCome 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 bo...
Podcast No. 17 – Class acts
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - February 18, 2007 12:55 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsHere’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 ...
Podcast No. 16 – Travellin’
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - January 28, 2007 17:50 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsBack 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 Laf...
Podcast No. 15 – French film music
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - January 06, 2007 14:55 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsIt’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 ...
Podcast No. 14 – The goody drawer
Podcast – Oh-la-la – Franco à gogo - December 03, 2006 19:18 ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsPodcast 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 doub...
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