Fascinating stuff to be sure!
08.03.2026 00:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Fascinating stuff to be sure!
08.03.2026 00:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0His voice is so clear, but he's so deadpan.
19.02.2026 10:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hey Bertrom! It's good to find you here on Bluesky! Miss our chats about film when we were on Twitter. (I went under the name Mademoiselle Clio there! - it's a Trenet song!)
18.02.2026 20:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Here's a vid of George Brassens and Charles Trenet to celebrate our new collaboration with @nicolas_paugam We have a gig coming up in May in Paris. So do you prefer your romance with a pipe or lots of facial expressions?
#charlestrenet #chansonfrancaise
#chanson #french #frenchsong
#parolesetmusique
It's here! The first video from our recording session in Rennes @studiodufaune. There will be more and we’ll be releasing them as an EP later in the Spring. You can check out the full video at www.youtube.com/@lesboum or at our website lesboum.com
27.01.2026 12:33 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0It's here! The first video from our recording session in Rennes @studiodufaune. There will be more and we’ll be releasing them as an EP later in the Spring. You can check out the full video at www.youtube.com/@lesboum or at our website lesboum.com
27.01.2026 12:33 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0It's coming... watch this space!
25.01.2026 17:50 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0It's coming... watch this space!
25.01.2026 17:50 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0With John Edwards Double Bass from 1991. We had a duo called the Great Explorers and this was our 'Opera'! 😃
15.01.2026 12:24 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0You can check out the full video (not the whole opera!) at my youtube.com/@HelloCelloFitz
15.01.2026 12:26 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0That was so great to get into Streatham Hill Theatre tonight to watch Brixton Chamber Orchestra put on a fabulous gig @streathamhillt.bsky.social Oh My Gosh - Streatham needs this kind of thing so badly - it's crazy that this beautiful space isn't a hub of community activity. Felt so right tonight!
20.12.2025 00:50 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Just back from a fabulous recording session in Rennes in Brittany (no, not the dentist's!) www.lesboum.com/news/
15.12.2025 19:27 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Just back from a fabulous recording session in Rennes in Brittany (no, not the dentist's!) www.lesboum.com/news/
15.12.2025 19:27 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0OM/G! So cheesey!!
06.12.2025 07:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Getting ready for a recording session in Rennes with a bit of Gainsbourg's Chachacha de Loup!
05.12.2025 10:40 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0![Scott Dunbar - Easy Rider [U.S., Blues/Country] (1970)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wv2gr2o7ax7r3ns5yjcyckgm/bafkreifhk25soaflcbxs4blpa24jxs3p7bu4jf44zxlmuyvxaacbf7jnza)
Scott Dunbar - Easy Rider [U.S., Blues/Country] (1970)
https://redd.it/6hoson
https://youtu.be/vmu38Iv4OPw
Hurricane was an archetype for one of the characters in this Bob Dylan inspired play I reviewed. (What's the double helix?) open.substack.com/pub/lesboum/...
14.11.2025 11:06 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
photos.app.goo.gl/u3jrXJMMNw1G... At the Lamb on Halloween!
06.11.2025 22:00 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Here's another shoutout for most recent blog. Bob Dylan and Jaques Brel - thoughts on doing cover versions of famous artistes and songs.
www.lesboum.com/what-is-auth...
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL - we will be playing creepy classics such as L’Epiciere (a dodgy grocery shop!), Mademoiselle Clio (murder, ghosts)...
See Boum! Live at this lively venue in South London. The LAMB @lamb_surbiton More details: www.lesboum.com/next-show/
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL - we will be playing creepy classics such as L’Epiciere (a dodgy grocery shop!), Mademoiselle Clio (murder, ghosts), Monsieur William (he went to the wrong neighbourhood) and Cha Cha Cha de Loup (Werewolf)
17.10.2025 15:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It's a HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! - we will be playing creepy classics such as L’Epiciere (a dodgy grocery shop!), Mademoiselle Clio (murder, ghosts), Monsieur William (he went to the wrong neighbourhood) and Cha Cha Cha de Loup (Werewolf)
15.10.2025 19:56 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
See Boum! Live at this lively venue in South London. The LAMB @lamb_surbiton 31rst October 7:30pm Free Entry 73 Brighton Road, KT6 5NF SURBITON (15 mins from Clapham Junction)More details: www.lesboum.com/next-show/
15.10.2025 19:50 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0![Angelillo Et Hamel - Je Veux Te Dire Une Chanson [Canada, Jazz-Funk] (1974) lovely French-Canadian vocal and a pleasant repetitive guitar lick.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wv2gr2o7ax7r3ns5yjcyckgm/bafkreigggggegcmvqtzitaggmif2lor3grrydyy6winmiqfmn7npcjteoa)
Angelillo Et Hamel - Je Veux Te Dire Une Chanson [Canada, Jazz-Funk] (1974) lovely French-Canadian vocal and a pleasant repetitive guitar lick.
https://redd.it/ddm3t6
https://youtu.be/HXQgc9CRIlM
She sounds a bit like Francoise Hardy. Nice
15.10.2025 19:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Interesting interview and enjoyed the song. Thanks. Totally agree about how translating the songs can really miss the poetry and enjoyment of the sounds of words. Here's our version of Amesterdam if you fancy, www.lesboum.com/wp-content/u...
12.10.2025 21:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
WHAT IS AUTHENTICITY IN MUSIC? (Asking for a friend!)
open.substack.com/pub/lesboum/...
Is Bob Dylan authentic? And how about Jaques Brel? (Not to mention some ancient French music covers band..)
WHAT IS AUTHENTICITY IN MUSIC? (Asking for a friend!)
open.substack.com/pub/lesboum/...
