Zaz: Live in London

A London date tonight from Zaz, the singer whose latest album Paris could almost have been
designed to fulfill the musical requirements of the francophile music fan.

It's an easy and jazzy collection, every song  a cover of an old time number that praises Paris.

While still not a household name in the UK, she's been one of France's biggest sellers in recent years, and this album, her third, has continued to reinforce her reputation.

Yeserday saw her answering questions from fans at Facebook's London HQ. Her album's recently been released in the UK.

She's no stranger to playing in the UK, and was over in 2013 when she played the Scala as well as a low key session at the Institut Francais.

Zaz plays at Under The Bridge in Fulham tonight.

Anaïs: DRH

Nice to see a new clip by singer Anaïs, as witty and clever as ever.

The song takes its title from the acronym for Direction des Ressources Humaines and she takes a shot at the human resources of the big businesses that dehumanise and reduce employees to disposable business assets.

Much of the video was filmed at Le Parvis of La Défense on the outskirts of Paris, the concrete business quartier. It's one of Europe's biggest purpose-built business districts, full of corporate headquarters as well as the iconic Grande Arche.

Her performance at Le Defence looks a smaller scale than the one staged there by Jean Michel Jarre in 1990, which attracted an audience of 2 million. She doesn't look like she's too bothered.

I've liked Anaïs since I came upon her The Love Album in 2008, her most recent being 2012's A l'eau de Javel which saw her re-interpret standards in her own offbeat electro style.

Her new album, her third proper studio album, to be entitled HellNo Kitty is expected to be released in September.