Ten years ago, Rodolphe Burger borrowed the expression "This is a Velvet Underground song that I’d like to sing" from the singer Nico for a track on Meteor Show Extended. Now the alchemist of French rock is reactivating his Dernière Bande label with a new album that pays a faithful tribute to the cult group from Warhol’s Factory.

Oddball musician Sandra Nkaké’s second album, Nothing for Granted, is the original sound track of her imaginary motion picture world.

Until 15 July, the Cité de la Musique in Paris is showing Bob Dylan, l’explosion rock – a sixties-centred exhibition on the legendary singer, including a series of concerts this March entitled Bob Dylan Revisited.

Just how did an unknown French musician named Tony Jazz become a potential songwriter for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign? It’s the kind of success story that could only happen in America, but it all started in Bordeaux.