French music playlists to make your morning sing

Wake up in France

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Reading time: 0 minPublished on 4 April 2020

While we're waiting to welcome you chez nous, France is spending the mornings with you! Once you wake up, get into the rhythm of a French morning with classic and vintage songs. We'll transport you to Parisian cafés and Saint Tropez, then whet your appetite with a little zouk and rap.

7:30 am: Get up on the right side of the bed

Wake up to Brigitte Bardot singing the marvels of a summer along the Côte d’Azur. It's much easier to get out of bed when feel like you're about to open your eyes to a French Mediterranean vista! Listen here

8:30 am: Vintage breakfast

Imagine you're sitting on a wicker chair in a Parisian café, by Pigalle, listening to the legendary banter of the city. On the menu is a café crème, a croissant, and the legendary Édith Piaf. Let your senses take you there... Listen here

11 am: Get the island rhythm

France lives on five oceans! From the French Caribbean, the band Zouk Machine pumps out lively zouk, the typical tune of the Guadeloupe Islands. Listen here

12 pm: Lunch in style

The French and the kitchen: a love story. Once we put ourselves in front of the stove, it's serious. We love to get in the zone preparing a bœuf bourguignon to the sounds of Cancan d’Offenbach.

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By Caroline Revol-Maurel

Journalist passionate about wild nature, travel and rock. As happy to write about bearded vultures as Lou Reed. Often accompanied by my two best critics, my daughters.