Since 2007, Christophe Maé has been lighting up the French pop charts with his easy-going acoustic pop. Think Paolo Nutini, Jack Johnson, Bob Marley: Maé's soulful, husky croon and spry guitar-playing have an innate intimacy and infectious spirit that have seen him become one of France's biggest home-grown hits. In 2011, he was even made a knight of France's prestigious Order of Arts and Letters for his “significant contributions to the enrichment of the French cultural inheritance”. Listening to this playlist, you'd be hard-pressed to disagree.