French Riviera the weather between various locations. Strong winds such as the Mistral, a cold dry wind from the northwest or from the east, are another characteristic, particularly in the winter. Nice and the Alpes-Maritimes département are sheltered by the Alps. The winds are usually gentle, from the sea to the land, though sometimes the mistral blows strongly from the northwest, or, turned by the mountains, from the east. In 1956 a mistral from the northwest reached at Nice Airport. Sometimes, in summer, the sirocco brings high temperatures and reddish desert sand from the Sahara. (See Winds of Provence.) Rain can be
Sirocco (album) single from the album was "Things Don't Seem" which reached #11 and was their fifth most popular song in the 2007 poll. Sean Higgins was a bandmate with the McDonough brothers in an earlier band, The Flatheads, and had co-written "Downhearted" for "Boys Light Up"; Higgins co-wrote "Things Don't Seem" for "Sirocco". At about this time guitarist Brad Robinson was married to actress Kerry Armstrong, later an Australian Film Institute Award winner, and they co-wrote "Easy On Your Own", which was also the B-side to "Errol". Songwriting credits from Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Adapted from AllMusic. Sirocco (album) Sirocco