Guardian Music — Twice a week we invite independent bloggers to tell us about what they do. Today, a site from a UK old-school romanticistWho are you and what's your blog called?I'm Steve Worrall and the blog is called Retro Man.Where are you based?The UK.Describe yo... more info

Guardian Music — According to a poll of Guardian Soulmates users, Chris de Burgh's Lady in Red is the cheesiest love song of all time. What would you nominate?Forget Byron's poetry, Jacques Brel's lyricism and Serge Gainsbourg's lasciviousness; when it comes to conve... more info

Core News — “Don Letts continues to sit in for Gilles Peterson and today presents his selection of music from around the globe. Including songs from Tinariwen, Serge Gainsbourg and The Creole Choir of Cuba.” Check out other Gilles Peterson shows here and sub... more info

411 Mania — Scarlett and Lulu Gainsbourg team for "Bonnie and Clyde"... more info

Guardian Music — Twice a week we invite independent writers to tell us about what they do. Today, a site dedicated to 'women singing in French'Who are you and what's your blog called?I call myself Guuzbourg and my blog is called Filles Sourires.Where are you based?Am... more info

Guardian Music — Somerset House, London"The songs that we sing, do they mean anything to the people we're singing them to?" asks Charlotte Gainsbourg, closing the main part of her show with the 2006 track The Songs That We Sing. Good question. The actor/musician daug... more info

Guardian Music — From Serge Gainsbourg's Gallic gruffness to Donna Summer's simulated orgasms, tell us the songs that light your fireIt's official: the 50 Shades of Grey phenomenon knows no bounds. After boosting sales in hardware shops (readers are said to flock the... more info

Guardian Music — They sound like a little bit of lots of things from the last 50 years. No wonder the Horrors are fans So what do we know about Societe? Not a lot, to be honest. They used to be called Society, which isn't the most searchable of band names, and accord... more info

Guardian Music — The Charlatans frontman and east London indie guru empties the contents of his psychic record bagThe track I'll be opening my next DJ set with New Order: 586 The 16-minute version is a good one to get the mood started.The track I always play to rescu... more info

Guardian Music — The French singer on the evolution of his country's music, the good side of vice, and his favourite sounds of the momentSébastien Tellier is perhaps the archetypal French pop star: louche yet naive, sensitive yet flippant, proud of his French herita... more info