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Rémi Geffroy - Carrefour des Anges © Jouch. This album cover shows a child wearing a red coat walking along a reflective shoreline, with their back to the viewer. The sky above is a gradient of light blue. Both the sun and the moon are visible simultaneously, side by side. The title, "Carrefour des Anges," is handwritten beneath the artist's name, Rémi Geffroy, which appears in a clean, elegant font at the top of the cover. The title translates to "Crossroads of Angels."
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Rémi Geffroy’s Carrefour des Anges Embraces Innovation

Madison Quinn January 19, 2025 No Comments accordionFrench musicRémi Geffroyworld music

Rémi Geffroy – Carrefour des Anges (CVE Prod, 2025) Rémi Geffroy’s Carrefour des Anges is the sixth offering from the virtuoso diatonic accordionist and composer.…

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Les Mécanos - Usures cover artwork. A yellow and blue image of a rural house.
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Les Mécanos to Drop Debut Album Usures on November 22, 2024

Tyler Bennet November 5, 2024 No Comments French musicLes MécanosOccitan musicworld music

Les Mécanos – Usures (L-EMA/InOuïe Distribution, 2024) Saint-Étienne-based vocal and percussion music collective Les Mécanos will launch their first full-length album, Usures, on November 22,…

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Manu Chao - Viva Tu cover artwork. A photo of Chao looking towardsthe camera, etending his left hand, n front of a colorful hill settlement.
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Manu Chao Returns with ‘Viva Tu’: Stories of Community and Reflection

Angel Romero September 22, 2024 No Comments chansonFrench musicManu ChaopopReggaerumba flamencaSpanish musicworld music

Manu Chao – Viva Tu (Because Music, 2024) The album Viva Tu is the long-awaited return of Manu Chao, an artist that releases few albums,…

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Muddy Gurdy - Seven cover artwork. A photo of a southern Louisiana landscape.
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Muddy Gurdy, Blues and Cajun with hurdy-gurdy

Ryan Emmert August 16, 2024 1 Comment bluesFrench musichurdy gurdyMuddy Gurdyworld fusionworld music

Muddy Gurdy – Seven (Buda Musique, 2024) In this new release, Seven, blues chanteuse and guitarist Tia Gouttebel joins forces with hurdy-gurdy virtuoso Gilles Chabenat…

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Renat Sette & Gianluca Dessì - La vida fin finala album artwork
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Renat Sette & Gianluca Dessì Give Musical Life to Jean-Yves Royer’s Poems

Claudia Taylor January 4, 2024 No Comments French musicGianluca DessìProvençal nusicRenat Setteworld music

Renat Sette & Gianluca Dessì – La vida fin finala (Felmay Records, 2023) Renat Sette, one of the most charismatic singers of Provençal music, has…

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No Mad - Des Oiseaux la nuit album cover
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No Mad’s Latest Album is a Journey to the Heart of Human Experience

Lisa Miller December 7, 2023 No Comments French musicNo Madworld music

No Mad – Des Oiseaux la nuit (La Curieuse, 2023) No Mad’s latest release, Des Oiseaux la nuit (Birds at Night) unveiled in 2023 on…

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Guillaume Barraud & Mathieu Bélis - Estampes
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Guillaume Barraud & Mathieu Bélis Unveil Estampes

Claudia Taylor September 16, 2023 No Comments French musicGuillaume BarraudMathieu Bélisworld fusionworld music

Guillaume Barraud & Mathieu Bélis – Estampes (B&B Productions, 2022) After ten years of a fruitful partnership, this new project came about in the midst…

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Cover of the album Instant by Ablaye Cissoko and Cyrille Brotto
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Gorgeous Kora-Accordion Collaboration

Angel Romero September 3, 2022 No Comments Ablaye CissokoaccordionCyrille BrottoFrench musicglobal musickoraSenegalese musicworld fusionworld music

Ablaye Cissoko & Cyrille Brotto – Instant (Ma Case Records, 2022) Instant is the superb new collaboration between acclaimed Senegalese kora player and vocalist Ablaye…

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Cyrille Brotto and Ablaye Cissoko – Photo by Cedrick Nöt
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Artist Profiles: Cyrille Brotto

Angel Romero September 3, 2022 No Comments accordionCyrille BrottoFranceFrench musicworld fusionworld music

French accordionist and composer Cyrille Brotto has been on the road for over twenty years,performing in concerts, dance halls and giving master classes in France…

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Startijenn - Photo by Eric Legret
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Artist Profiles: Startijenn

Angel Romero June 22, 2022 No Comments Breton musicCeltic musicFranceFrench musicStartijenn

Startijenn is one of the leading acts in the Breton folk music scene. The quintet performs regularly at Brittany’s festou-noz (traditional dance festivals) as well…

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