FrancoFeel is a show featuring music in French from Canada, France and anywhere around the world where French is sung. Join Suzanne every second Tuesday of the month from 4:30 to 5:30 for her show and learn a few things about French culture as well. You don’t have to understand French. You can just feel it !
INSPIRATION
I have always been surrounded by music. Whether it be my dad playing boogie-woogie on the piano, my brother drumming his heart out in his bedroom next to mine, or my husband and me playing the turntable, music has always been there. And so has French language. Starting with CBC’s 1960s show Chez Hélène, speaking and listening to French have always made me happy. While unexpectedly spending a Covid winter on Cortes, I listened to Cortes Radio and thought, if I ever lived here, I could host a radio show, in English, that plays French language music. And voilà, here I am. Laissez les bons temps rouler !
Playlist for FrancoFeel # 4 Les Voyages
March 10, 2026
1. Voyage voyage Desireless 1986
2. Voyager Jean Leloup 1998
3. Balade à Toronto Jean Leloup 2002
4. Paradis City Jean Leloup 2015
5. Moi, mes souliers Félix Leclerc 1951
6. La Ziguezon La Bottine Souriante 1983
7. C’est l’Aviron Le Quator Alouette 1953
8. Envoyons de l’Avant L’Echo d’un Peuple 2003
9. Minor Swing Rachel Portman 2000
10. San Francisco Maxime LeForestier 1972
11. Les Marquises Jacques Brel 1977
Playlist for FrancoFeel # 3 L’Amour (Love)
February 10, 2026
1.Sous le Ciel de Paris Charles Trenet 1964
2.Toutes les Eaux du Monde Liv del Estal 2021
3.Somnambule Cœur de Pirate 2018
4.Je l’aime à mourir Francis Cabrel 1979
5.Je l’aime à mourir Shakira 2011
6.Que je t’aime Johnny Hallyday 1969
7.Que je t’aime Camille 2011
8.Minor Swing Rachel Portman 2000
9.Si j’étais un homme Diane Tell 1980
10.Si j’étais un homme Beyries 2018
11.Ma meilleure ennemie Stromae 2024
12.Tu es parti Maurane 1991
13.Ne me quitte pas Jacques Brel 1972
And remember to check out the very funny interpretation of this song on line by searching Cirque du Soleil Varekai and looking for ‘Ne me quitte pas’
14.Boum ! Charles Trenet 1938
Playlist for FrancoFeel # 2 L’Hiver (Winter)
January 13, 2026
1) Je Reviendrai à Montréal Robert Charlebois 1976
2) Les Patineuses Plume Latraverse 1994
3) C’est Ici que Je Veux Vivre Monique Leyrac « 1960s »
4) Tout au Nord de Moi Claire Pelletier 2004
5) Vent du Nord Anachnid 2020
6) Minor Swing Rachel Portman 2000
(for public announcements)
7) À la Poursuite du Nord Cano 1977
8) Décembre Karime Ouellet with Sarahmée 2012
9) L’Hiver Koriass 2013
10) J’aimais l’Hiver Beau Dommage 1994
11) Brise-Glace Lydia Képinski 2016
12) L’Hiver est là René Simard 1972
Playlist for FrancoFeel # 1 Mes Souvenirs (My Memories)
December 16, 2025
1) La Vie en Rose Zaz 2013
2) Mon Pays Gilles Vigneault 1964
3) Lindberg Robert Charlebois 1968
4) Pour un Instant Harmonium 1974
5) Les Rues d’Ottawa Cano 1976
6) Moi, j’mange Angele Arsenault 1977
7) Minor Swing Rachel Portman 2000
8) Repondez-moi Francis Cabrel 1981
9) Je t’aime, Moi Non Plus Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin 1969
10)Le Gorille Georges Brassens 1952
11)L’Assassin Assassiné Julien Clerc 1980
12) Minor Swing Rachel Portman 2000