{"id":13741,"date":"2026-06-17T13:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=13741"},"modified":"2026-06-15T15:37:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:37:34","slug":"a-bit-of-french-with-ac-podcast-ep-11-vive-la-musique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/a-bit-of-french-with-ac-podcast-ep-11-vive-la-musique\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bit of French with A&amp;C Podcast Ep.11: Vive la Musique !"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">French Conversation Podcast<\/h2>\n<p><em>In &#8220;A Bit of French with A&amp;C&#8221; podcast series, you&#8217;ll listen to KwizIQ superstars <a href=\"\/user\/23\">Aur\u00e9lie<\/a> and <a href=\"\/user\/320616\">C\u00e9line<\/a>&#8216;s light-hearted chats in French about fun (and random) topics. To help you practise your listening skills, these podcasts will be accompanied by some useful vocab, grammar lessons, and interesting links to go further! Bonne \u00e9coute !<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>\ud83c\udfa7 Today&#8217;s podcast: &#8220;Vive la Musique !&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>In this week&#8217;s episode, A&amp;C (that&#8217;s us!) are celebrating <strong><em>la F\u00eate de la Musique<\/em><\/strong> (June 21, and not 20 like Aurelie said by mistake below \ud83d\ude05) by sharing (some of) their favourite French-speaking singers and songs, their love for singing, C\u00e9line&#8217;s talent playing a very Breton instrument and more thoughts on concerts and festivals \ud83d\ude0a<br \/>\n<em>Bonne \u00e9coute !<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/06\/podcast-bit-of-french-11-vive-la-musique-pic-500.jpg\" alt=\"avatars aurelie and celine singing badly\" width=\"500\" align=\"center\" \/><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"audio-player audio-player--full audio-player--box kwiziq-wp-audio-override\" \n                  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(daytime\/evening)<\/li>\n<li><em>une bombarde<\/em> = a Breton oboe<\/li>\n<li><em>une cl\u00e9 (instrument)<\/em> = a key<\/li>\n<li><em>boucher [quelque chose]<\/em> = to plug [something] up<\/li>\n<li><em>une anche<\/em> <em>(instrument) <\/em>= a reed<\/li>\n<li><em>un roseau<\/em> = reed (plant)<\/li>\n<li><em>chatouiller<\/em> = to tickle<\/li>\n<li><em>la\u00a0ma\u00eetrise<\/em>\u00a0= mastery<\/li>\n<li><em>\u00eatre \u00e0 fond dans [quelque chose]<\/em> (exp.) = to be fully invested in [something]<\/li>\n<li><em>un instrument \u00e0 vent<\/em> = a wind instrument<\/li>\n<li><em>un hautbois<\/em> = oboe<\/li>\n<li><em>un bout conique<\/em> = a conical tip<\/li>\n<li><em>ne pas \u00eatre en reste ! 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Listen out for this sentence taken from the podcast:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>&#8220;- Je <strong>ne <\/strong>joue<strong> plus<\/strong>, mais j&#8217;<strong>ai jou\u00e9 <\/strong>d&#8217;un instrument de musique. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Comme j&#8217;<strong>ai grandi<\/strong> en Bretagne, qu&#8217;on <strong>\u00e9coutait<\/strong> <strong>\u00e9norm\u00e9ment<\/strong> de musique bretonne [&#8230;] <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>et donc, j&#8217;<strong>ai jou\u00e9 de la bombarde<\/strong>, <strong>qui<\/strong> est un instrument breton.<\/em><em>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To help you practise your grammar, test yourself with this <a href=\"\/learn\/notebook\/12006178\"><strong>special Notebook<\/strong><\/a> comprising the following <strong>KwizIQ lessons<\/strong> related to this sentence:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/how-to-say-no-more-no-longer-ne-plus\"> Ne &#8230; plus = No more\/no longer (French Negations)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/conjugate-regular-er-verbs-avoir-in-le-passe-compose-conversational-past\">Conjugate regular -er verbs (+ avoir) in the compound past in French<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/conjugate-regular-ir-verbs-avoir-in-le-passe-compose-conversational-past\">Conjugate regular -ir verbs (+ avoir) in the compound past in French\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/conjugate-regular-verbs-in-limparfait-imperfect-tense\">Conjugate regular verbs in the imperfect tense in French<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/l-imparfait-usage-expressing-habits-or-repeated-actions-in-the-past-imperfect-tense\"> Expressing past habits or repeated actions with the imperfect tense in French<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/certain-adverbs-end-in-ement\">Some French adverbs end in -\u00e9ment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/jouer-de-to-play-an-instrument\"> Jouer de = to play an instrument in French<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/revision\/grammar\/when-to-use-qui-to-say-who-which-or-that-relative-pronouns\">Qui = Who\/which\/that (French Relative Pronouns)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"MailerInlineButtonCTA\" style=\"background-color: #ff6a00;color: #ffffff;font-weight: bold;border-radius: 14px \/ 50%;font-size: 16px;text-align: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;line-height: 100%;text-decoration: none;max-width: 100%;padding: 12px 24px 12px 24px;margin-top: 4px\" href=\"\/learn\/notebook\/12006178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Test yourself on this Notebook<\/a><\/div>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<details open=\"open\">\n<summary><strong>\ud83e\udd29 NEW: 1 Special Fill-in-the-Blanks exercise<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Want to practise some <strong>French grammar <\/strong>while enjoying a music-themed conversation? Then you&#8217;re going to love this<strong>\u00a0Fill-in-the-Blanks exercise \ud83d\ude0d<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/tests\/overview\/19217169\"><strong>Deux fans d&#8217;Aya et d&#8217;Orelsan (Direct and Indirect Pronouns) &#8211; B1<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<details open=\"\">\n<summary><strong>\u270f\ufe0f More practice! More!<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Want to practise your French knowledge further? Have a go at these music-themed <strong>KwizIQ exercises<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"\/files\/french\/blog\/2026\/06\/avatar-celine-singing-300.png\" alt=\"celine avatar singing badly\" width=\"200\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fill-in-the-Blanks &#8211; <a href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/tests\/overview\/2294862\">La F\u00eate de la Musique (Le Futur Proche)<\/a> (A1)<\/li>\n<li>Dict\u00e9e <em>(Premium subscribers only)<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/exercises\/overview\/2334\">Une F\u00eate de la Musique \u00e0 Paris<\/a> (B2)<\/li>\n<li>Writing Challenge <em>(Premium subscribers only)<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"\/my-languages\/french\/exercises\/overview\/65\">The benefits of music<\/a> (C1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Not Premium yet? 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