Nostalgie Culture Française

The chanson comes first here. Édith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, Jacques Brel, Barbara: voices that treated the French language like an instrument, not a backdrop. Nostalgie Culture Française live is built around that tradition, the variété française that filled kitchen radios in the 60s and 70s, then kept going through Gainsbourg's mischief and Dalida's heartbreak. There's a certain mood to it. A block might run Brassens into France Gall, then slide into something like Michel Berger's piano balladry. No genre policing. Just songs that stuck. It's a radio station rooted in France but the appeal isn…