Brother-sister act Singtank hit the music world back in 2012 with the release of their debut album, In Wonder, 11 tracks of straightforward French pop The Guardian likened to lemon sherbet: “sweet and tart in all the right places.” The pair’s already earned a bit of fashion credsince half of the duo is Joséphine de La Baume, actress, sometime Agent Provocateur model, and wife of Mark […]
Ibeyi are French-Cuban twins, Naomi and Lisa-Kainde Diaz. They are daughters of the late Cuban percussion Anga Diaz. Naomi plays percussion (the Cajon and the Batas), while Lisa plays piano. Together the twins have learned the songs of their father’s culture, Yoruba. Ibeyi is pronounced “ee-bey-ee” and translates as “Twins” in Yoruba. Ibeyi sing in English and […]
Juliette Greco belongs to that family of artists one might refer to as interpreters rather than performers, not that people always grasp the term’s full meaning. This is not simply a matter of magnifying the texts of a writer; in reality it’s much more, they give them life. In the beginning with a helping hand from […]
After Diasporas (2007), Diachronism (2009), Diagnostic (2011) and Wind (2012), Ibrahim Maalouf released his last album ILLUSIONS in 2013 for which he received from the French Music Awards prize for Best World Music Album. After a prestigious classical career with several international awards (France, Hungary, Finland, USA), the 1st prize of the Conservatoire National Supérieur […]
Closely associated with Nouvelle Vague and Villeneuve, Mélanie Pain is a French singer who made her solo album debut in 2009 with My Name. Hailing from Aix-en-Provence, France, she cites influences that include Sonic Youth, the Smiths, Pixies, PJ Harvey, and Nick Drake. She first made a name for herself as a vocalist on the […]
Arno’s rich and varied discography covers the last thirty-five years, but the singer has decided to “shake things up” on his new album, Future Vintage. Without denying his past, here he is striking out in a new direction and drawing on his thoughts about society. “There’s been a change in me this year,” he explains. “People do change.” As […]
Hugo Pierre Leclercq (born 30 May 1994), known by his stage name Madeon, is a French house/electro house/nu-disco/pop producer from France. He gained popularity by means of his video “Pop Culture”, which was published toYouTube and subsequently received millions of hits in its first few days of broadcast on the Internet. His first EP The City was released in 2012. US TOUR DATES 8/3 @ […]
Actor and singer Patrick Bruel was one of France’s biggest stars during the ’90s, first making his name as a teen idol and leading a return to traditional French chanson in the new millennium. Bruel was born Patrick Benguigui in Tlemcen, Algeria, on May 14, 1959. His father abandoned the family when Patrick was only a year old, and in 1962, after Algeria won its independence, […]
