Le Sound - Francophone Beats from around the world... Cyril and Marie-Hélène, and Pieter and Fannie as a regular guests, are not just playing French music, but trying to shine a light on the diverse world of contemporary francophone music. From Senegalese hip-hop to Belgian indie, Québécois chanson to Pacific Island fusion, you'll discover the incredible creativity happening across French-speaking communities worldwide.
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Catherine Ringer made pop music big enough for punk, funk, cabaret and chanson in the same song. She died on 14 September, and this week Le Sound opens with Les Rita Mitsouko in her honour.
After that, our monthly Free Flow takes over: no theme, just songs we think you'll love.
Camille spent 15 years on a triple album about raising her children, and we play the track she dedicated to her daughter.
Alma Rechtman sings about a family house falling apart over a melody that sounds almost festive.
Aurel is often mistaken for a French artist, but he's from Braine-l'Alleud in Belgium.
Flemish drummer Isolde Lasoen goes full French touch.
And to close, Youn Sun Nah, who left South Korea for Paris in 1995, strips Piaf's "La Foule" back to voice and piano.
Bertrand Betsch, Max Berlin and Ritual X round out the hour.
You don't need to speak French to feel a voice like Catherine Ringer's.
Tuesday 7pm on 4ZZZ. Stream anytime at lesound.live.