just recently i started listening to les cowboys fringants again and realized that i like them a whole lot now. they're a very famous group from quebec who i first heard about when i did the summer bursary program in jonquiere in highschool. it's really such a shame that english canada is for the most part completely oblivious to the amazing cultural output of quebec. at least there was that wave of interest across north america when the arcade fire came on the scene...
in light of my struggles to use french everyday now (yes, i can order a coffee but practical things like 'please hem these pants' never previously entered my vocabulary), i've put together a playlist of french and sort-of-french songs that i've been listening to recently. the first is a eurovision finalist (!) that i just love (in fact it's the only one i could sing with the right accent, haha) and the rouge rouge one is worthwhile just for the educational video.
speaking of accent, the inability to roll my Rs is affecting every language i try to speak! i've already found a decent enough way to cope in polish, but for french it makes my anglophone accent 10x worse...at least i have a fun french class that i go to twice a week now :)
