Nostalgie Caen

Nostalgie Caen trades in the French songbook, and it doesn't apologise for it. Think Claude François, France Gall, Daniel Balavoine, Serge Gainsbourg at his poppiest. The international slots lean on the Beatles, ABBA, Queen: crowd-pleasers that have already passed the test of every kitchen radio in Calvados. It's easy listening in the honest sense, not the insulting one. Where the station earns its keep is the chanson française. Jacques Brel and Édith Piaf still get real airtime alongside Renaud and Téléphone, and that mix of nostalgia and rebellion is what makes French variety so strange and…