Nostalgie Vos Pépites

Nostalgie Vos Pépites digs past the obvious hits. Think Françoise Hardy, Jacques Dutronc, Michel Berger. Album cuts, B-sides, the stuff French radio usually forgets. Nostalgie Vos Pépites live feels like someone's record collection, not an algorithm. It works. The curation leans on French pop and chanson from the '60s through the '80s, with the occasional international name slipping in when the mood allows. What I like is the lack of irony. No winking, no remixes, no weekly attempt to make Dalida sound like a viral trend. Just the songs, played straight. Some stretches get a bit too sentimenta…