Once upon a time in France, Yé-Yé was the thing, the music, the clothes, the magazines, the radio and the tv shows everyone young was hooked into. If you're only dimly aware of Françoise Hardy, Sylvie Vartan, France Gall and Serge Gainsbourg, then get yourself an education through finger tapping and leg bouncing at Sylvia Cornes marvellous ode to an era that she is working hard to ensure is not forgotten.

Looking every bit as if she could have been a yé-yé girl herself, Sylvie leads her 8 piece band (5 musicians, but Mark Turner plays three instruments, so you know, maths) and delightful back up singers through a history of Yé-Yé and the stories behind the songs, the chanteuses (it was a particularly girl-led music form), the songwriters and the lyrics. Musical education was never so much fun.

As it happened, Serge Gainsbourg makes an appearance himself, looking a bit haggard and yellow and with a tall redheaded man holding him up. Yes, Serge as a puppet and ventriloquist Glen Wallace show up to croon a duet with Sylvie on 'Bonnie and Clyde'. Then Glen, Mark and Sylvie have ménage-à-trois (her term for it) with 'c'est si bon' originally made famous by Yves Montand.

The band were cracking good all the way, with everyone in fine form, clearly enjoying themselves and adding witty repartee to Sylvie the audience. This is live music as it should be: like a family gathering where the intimacy of the Ellington as a venue really pays off.

Your fingers should now be heading over to 'buy tickets' so you can be like Piaf: 'non, je ne regrette rien'.