011 If It Was Easy To Do, Then Everybody Would Be Doing It - STEPHANIE MAIR (Fifi la Mer) talks about The London Pull

STEPHANIE MAIR is an accordionist and singer with her band Oh la la! They gig across the UK and play regularly at Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly, London. Stephanie's show name is Fifi La Mer and she plays solo as well as in a duo. You may have met her playing French songs and pavement strolling in Lower Marsh on Bastile Day. She joined us at Travelling Through after a gig on our last day as a bookshop and played "Je ne regrette rien". A moment never to be forgotten by those present. Born in London, Stephanie was brought up in Paris by her French mother, also spending time in the north of Scotland with her Scottish father. She travelled to Australia at 17 years old, and on her return to Paris, she began a career singing on the boat tours in Paris. Stephanie came to London and "accidentally" stayed. She was encouraged to sing French songs with an accordionist but her quest for one was futile so she decided to master the skill herself!

THIS IS STEPHANIE'S (Fifi La Mer's) UNIQUE STORY ABOUT LONDON, THE WORLD AND LIFE.

 

"It was tough,

Financially it was tough, because places don't pay very well,

But I don't mind tough,

If you're going to do something you like,

You have to have some down sides,

If it was easy to do,

Then everybody would be doing it.

And, I feel privileged to be doing what I am doing,

And to make a living from what I enjoy doing,

But it's not easy,

But that's part of it,

It probably makes you play better,

A bit of a challenge is not a bad thing,

You always have to be on top of your game, and always have new ideas."

 

MUSIC arrangements are by members of the band Oh la la! The music played throughout this podcast has been inserted with the complete agreement of Stephanie Mair and Oh La La!

Link to PURCHASE their music is https://www.ohlalamusic.co.uk/buy-cds.php

Songs in order of play are:

Amélie: Oh la la! Ensemble Vol.1

Je te veux: Oh la la! Ensemble Vol.2

Les Champs-Élysées: Oh la la! Ensemble Vol.1

Ma p'tite chanson: Oh la la! Ensemble Vol.2

Pigalle: Oh la la! Ensemble Vol.1

C'est si bon: Oh la la! Ensemble Vo.1

Them there eyes: Oh la la! Ensemble Vol.2

J'ai la mémoire qui flanche: Oh la la! Ensemble Vol.2

 

STEPHANIE'S CONTACT DETAILS ARE...

OH LA LA! website is https://www.ohlalamusic.co.uk/index.php

Find out more and PURCHASE CD's at https://www.ohlalamusic.co.uk/buy-cds.php

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Fifi.la.Mer

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fifi_la_mer/?hl=en

Oh la la! play regularly at Brasserie Zédel, check them out here https://www.brasseriezedel.com/

ABOUT THIS PODCAST...

Podcast Host Emma, and Travelling Through can be found at: https://www.travellingthrough.co.uk/

The Travelling Through Jingle was written and produced by the lovely Mariska Martina https://www.mariskamartina.com/

Show notes 011 STEPHANIE MAIR can be found at this link https://travellingthrough.podbean.com

Thanks to Stephanie Mair for hosting this podcast recording at her home on 05.03.2020.