In the Netherlands she is best known as the wife of the French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy, but in her home country she was known as a model and singer before her marriage. With this CD Bruni proves that 'standards' do not always have to come from the American Songbook, but can just as well be written by pop artists. Songs from , , and even get a velvety treatment from La Bruni and her silky
… soft voice. The idea of interpreting well-known pop songs by a chanteuse with a sultry French accent is of course not new. Nouvelle Vague did it before, but French Touch is a wonderful nothing-to-the-hand CD that will do well in many wine bars, also in the Netherlands. (PdK)more
