The Reunion Island-based band Grèn Sémé and Cape Verdean singer Elida Almeida join their voices on a new collaboration “Zènes” (Lusafrica). The meeting between Elida…
(Headline image: Maloya celebration – Photograph: René Paul Savignan, © Savignan RP, 2001. Courtesy of UNESCO) Maloya is one of the two major musical genres…
Musician, singer-songwriter and poet Danyèl Waro was born on May 10, 1955 in Le Tampon, Reunion Island. His father was a former day laborer who…
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Christine Salem was born on December 20, 1971 in Saint-Denis, Reunion Island. Christine Salem started singing at the age of eight, and…
Tinn Tout (Buda Musique) is the new maloya album from Danyèl Waro, one of the most iconic artists from Reunion Island. The renowned singer-songwriter and…
René Lacaille is the musical embodiment of the unique Creole culture of the Indian Ocean island of Reunion Island (La Reunion), incorporating African, Indian, Malagasy…
Monmon, the new recording by Reunion Island artist Danyèl Waro is the number 1 album in the July 2017 Transglobal World Music Chart. Danyèl Waro…
On Saturday night, most of the bands were French to please the general public. The crowd around was younger on average than in the previous…