Alpha Blondy is among the world’s most popular reggae artists. With his 12-piece band “Solar System”, Blondy offers a reggae beat with a distinctive African cast. Some of his best known songs include Cocody Rock, Jerusalem and Apartheid Is Nazism. Over the years, the man who put Ivory Coast on the reggae map by proving […]
French musician Christine and the Queens will be the performer at this year’s Guggenheim gala pre-party, as sponsored by Dior. The two-night 2019 Dior Guggenheim event, featuring the pre-party and the international gala, will take place on Nov. 13 and 14 this year. The international gala will honor Frank Gehry, Peter Lawson-Johnston, Mary Sharp Cronson and Caroline Cronson. This […]
Zimmer presents his first self-titled album out on Roche Musique. An imaginative and dreamy techno that takes us on a magnetic journey. The Artist also explore the world of experimental and contemporary pop with the voices of the Australian singer Panama and the New Zealander artist Laumé. “You will find both euphoria and nostalgia on my album, there are soft and dreamy tracks, […]
BIM, a collective of young Beninese artists, offers its country the historical reach it deserves. BENIN INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL is a unique band which gives back their voodoo origins to rock and rap. What with a big international tour already (Europe, Morocco, Benin, New York…) the BIM stirs up passions and provokes strong emotions everywhere it […]
The Malagasy supergroup Toko Telo is made up of legendary guitarist and Madagascar’s most well-known musician D’Gary, singer Monika Njava hailed as “the voice of Madagascar” by Afropop Worldwide, and rising star Joël Rabesolo, the most celebrated guitarist of his generation. The trio reinvents Malagasy instrumentation and styles such as tsapiky – a joyful guitar-led […]
Congratulations to Hermès for winning a Connections New York 2019 Awards in the Music category with the advertising campaign “Not So Square”. It features the track Panique by Juniore. « The chosen track, ‘’Panique’’ by the amazing Parisian band Juniore, is as dreamy as elegant. A perfect match with Hermès. » Connections New York
France Rocks Summer Fest, the largest festival of French music in the US, highlights the rich diversity of music from France presenting over 30 concerts across more than 25 venues. This year, we are building on the success of France Rocks Summer Fest’s first editions to bring a high-profile lineup of diverse French artists to […]
Since its creation in 2004, Nø Førmat! has evolved according to the principle of welcoming, without stylistic constraint, a variety of musical forms that reflect the wealth of our increasingly creolised and interrelated world. To celebrate its 15th birthday, Nø Førmat! has dreamed up an itinerant festival featuring, in five exceptional events on three continents, some of the major names from […]
