Song of the day: FRANCOISE HARDY – Mon Amie La Rose (1964)

Simply one of the most gorgeous songs by the undisputed queen of the yeh-yeh girls.
Natacha Atlas did a fine version a few years back too.

Album: MARK NORTHFIELD – Ascendant (Substantive STAVECD1 2008)

Mark Northfield is a pianist and composer and occasional singer. Ascendant, his debut CD, is a collection of collaborations with guest singers, arranged predominantly for piano with additional colour provided by strings and occasional saxophone, guitar and drums. Its mood is resolutely of late night melancholy, at times touching on Chet Baker-like smooth jazz, classical [...]