He’s back. Still the same but more unpredictable than ever. Twenty years after Boulevard (which sold 1 million albums), fifteen years after the multi-platinum, award-winning album Tourist (2.8 million copies sold worldwide) and a world tour spanning several continents, Ludovic Navarre, alias St Germain, is back in the studio again. A respected and undisputed master […]
French electronic music has a rich history and one that has broken through internationally at times without the limitations of language of traditional songs. Be it Jean Michel Jarre and his pioneering work in the 1970’s to the free house and techno parties in the early ’90s which were fertile ground for future pioneers such […]
Talking about his new album Ancestral Memories, Yosvany Terry explains: “This is a special opportunity to express my grandmother’s Haitian heritage with people who speak the same language.” With grant support from the French–American Jazz Exchange Program, the Cuban–American saxophonist and the French pianist Baptiste Trotignon co–lead an exciting program of original music that captures the […]
Ourida is a French-Algerian singer songwriter. Her songs (in French, English, even Russian and Berbere) mix the groove of pop and jazz to the powerful rhythmic sounds of world modern music. Years of performances in Parisian venues and cariocas cafés had confirmed an hypnotic voice and a charismatic presence. She’s performing in trio in Nyc with […]
DENAI MOORE IS A SINGER WHOSE LOVE OF BON IVER, FIEST AND JAMES BLAKE LED HER TO WRITE THE KIND OF SOUL SEARCHING, HEART-ON SLEEVE, POETIC CHAMBER POP THAT’S BEEN KNOWN TO MAKE GROWN MEN CRY. A 19-YEAR-OLD FROM STRATFORD, DENAI’S ALREADY FLUNG BLOGGERS INTO A FROTHY MOUTHED FRENZY WHEN HER SPARSE AND MOURNFUL TRACK […]
Glockabelle is Annabelle Cazes. She plays two Casio VL-Tones, a lyre-shaped glockenspiel with eight thimbles and sings in both French and English. Her eccentric sound stems from a combination of inspiration and circumstance. Born to Francophone parents, Cazes received an education both stateside and in France, creating the ability to sing in both French and […]
For almost half a Century Kassé Mady Diabaté has been recognized as one of West Africa’s finest singers. He is a descendant of the most distinguished griot family of the ancient Manding Empire, the Diabatés of Kéla; his name, alongside other griot legends Toumani Diabaté and Bassékou Kouyaté, is equivalent to musical royalty in Mali. […]
Born in 1971 and raised in the Galician port of Vigo, where he initially picked up the gaita at age eight, Carlos both embodies and reflects the irrepressible spirit of his native music. But he also understands the pitfalls of traditional music becoming incrementally complacent in approach and insulated from innovation. Under those conditions, even […]
