Shai Maestro, a pianist whose career The Guardian describes as “one to watch”, will release ‘Untold Stories’, an album featuring Jorge Roeder and Ziv Ravitz, on August 28th via Motéma in the US. Shai will also perform upcoming shows in Los Angeles, San Jose, and New York City in August and September to celebrate the […]
On September 4th, French Label NO FORMAT will release the latest recording from world musician Ballaké Sissoko, a renowned kora player, with cellist Vincent Segal. In the works since 2009, the album will be called ‘Musique de Nuit’. Find out more about the release and the artists on their France Rocks page here
One of the most anticipated music events every summer in New York City, Moma PS1 Warm Up is back, including five of the biggest names on the French electro scene in 2015. Here are the French acts and the dates in which they will play: 7/18 – Busy P b2b Boston Bun @ MoMA PS1 […]
Fans of Versailles duo Air and filmmaker Sofia Coppola should be excited to learn that Air’s first soundtrack to Sofia Coppola’s first film ‘The Virgin Suicides’ (1999) is being re-released in a super deluxe edition in commemoration of the soundtrack’s 15th anniversary. More details on Air’s France Rocks page here.
Being released via France’s Because Music, Contrepoint is the debut album of Nicolas Godin, who appeared on seven albums with the legendary French band Air (who, as Pitchfork notes, have not split up). The album is inspired by the works of Bach and Glenn Gould. Says Godin: “I wanted to go back to the classical world, to […]
France Rocks is back for this second edition of their College Radio compilation, with fifteen of the most exciting acts coming out of France today, from international pop superstars like Stromae, Lilly Wood & the Prick, and Christine and the Queens to up-and-coming underground electro acts like Cotton Claw, Bobmo, and Einleit, with everything in […]
This Special French Edition of Shop & Groove feat. sounds from Dj Ol’ Stark, DJ Orson (Paris) + friends from 6PM to 9PM on June 11th at Chelsea Market (W. 15th St & 10th Ave) and is FREE thanks to Pommery Champagne. About Artists & Fleas Part community gathering spot, part hipster haven, Artists & Fleas has hosted […]
One of France’s most inventive electronic producers, Rone (InFiné) just released a new video for “Acid Reflux”. He plays Good Room in Brooklyn tonight with Falty DL, party of an ongoing North American tour that continues through June 6th. Check out the video and all Rone news on his France Rocks page here
