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Guinean music

Ba Cissoko
French chanson

Dominique A, twenty years on
French chanson

Juliette Gréco crossing the Seine again
Congolese music

Jupiter, the Kinshasa sound
Malian music

Makan Badjé Tounkara
New video

Cheikh MC, Kutsi Wawetshe
Togolese hip hop

YaoBobby, believing in Africa
Pop

Charlotte Gainsbourg shines brighter
Popular music

Anggun wins the French vote
French Chanson

Bénabar
Christmas music

Michel Legrand
Obiturary

Death of Cesaria Evora
French chanson

Gilbert Bécaud is back

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Senegalese music

Omar Pene’s sound path

Encouraged by the warm reception to his album Ndam, Omar Pene has indulged in more acoustic creation with Ndayaan. The fifty-something Dakarois singer dug through his “attic” full of old tracks and unearthed the original spirit of Super Diamono, the band that is now an institution on the Senegalese music scene.

French chanson

Alain Souchon sings out for sick children

It’s something he’d wanted to do for a while, and now Alain ...

Music from Quebec

Galaxie’s electro-rock

The rock band Galaxie is about to touch ground in France with Tigre et ...

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Anggun

Echo (You and I)

This is the track that will be representing France at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. The singer is Anggun, who has already notched up quite a few international fans with a gold disc for exports of her latest album. To leave nothing to chance, the mixing was mastered by Véronique Ferraro, David Guetta’s number one mixer.

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Koffi Olomide

Jeune Pato

The Congolese star has released a new album in his home country. The track’s title is one of Koffi Olomidé’s numerous nicknames – Jeune Pato, fitting in with the “libanga” trend of reeling out names and brands all through a song. Whatever the name, Kinshasa disco-goers are sure to love it!