I love the internets!

While reading the Edith Piaf/Specsavers comments, I popped along to Youtube to listen to the sparrow herself. There are some truly stirring gems there, mixed in with some oddities. And this:

Which is a sample of the vast amount of material available as a video podcast and various types of download from La Blogothèque in French (Concerts à emporter) or English (Take Away Shows).

As they say: "The Take Away Shows are a Video Podcast produced by the french weblog La Blogothèque. Every week, we give away a session, shot with a band, in an unusual, urban environment. Sessions are always filmed as a unique shot, without any cut, recorded live. We usually haven't much time to record them, so the groups have to be spontaneous, to improvise, play with what they have with them, and with their environment, whether there's a public or not."

There is a vast array of Word-friendly material. How about Keren Ann, The Divine Comedy, Taraf de Haidouks, Arcade Fire and many more...

The one I found on Youtube is My Brightest Diamond, who is known to her family as Shara Worden. Although she isn't French, I think she may appeal to David Hepworth's tastes.

All these riches, downloadable for your viewing pleasure. I love the internets.