Last year, in an interview on the CBC (Radio One), I heard Etienne Drapeau sing a very catchy ballad, which I didn’t manage to get the name of. I’d never heard of him before (or since), but I loved what I heard, and two lines stuck in my head: Si je n’ai jamais dit tous ces mots/C’est que l’amour me brûle un peu trop.

I’ve been checking M. Drapeau’s website every couple of months, hoping he’d put out an album with that song on it. My persistence has been rewarded! The song is Je l’ai jamais dit à personne, from the album of the same title. It’s as good as I remember. I have to buy the CD, and I hope it’s available at a music store in Toronto. I wonder if there’s a particular neighbourhood where I’d be more likely to find French music? If I can’t find it here, I’ll have to look for it during my trip to Montreal in May or June - but I don’t want to wait that long.

Anyone who speaks French, or doesn’t mind music in a language she can’t understand, should check out this song.