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French Pop

Captain Kid, melodic clarity
Guinean Music

Mory Kante, in search of innovation
RFI - France 24 Discoveries Award 2012

Closing date 30 june 2012
French Rock

Rodolphe Burger’s Velvet Underground
Guinean Music

Djeli Moussa Condé, Parisian griot
Malian music

Amadou & Mariam
New face

Léon
Groove

Sandra Nkaké, 3D singer
Congolese music

Koffi Olomide, wizardry on stage and off
Music from Chad

Mounira Mitchala, Voice of the Sahel
French pop

Mina Tindle
Press review

French music seen from abroad March 2012
Malian music

Khaira Arby, Timbuktu diva
Heritage

Dylan revisited, the French take on Bob
Malian music

Super Biton de Ségou, an everlasting legend
French pop

Pony Pony Run Run back in the saddle
Report

Festival sur le Niger in Ségou
Buzz

Tony Jazz makes music for Barack Obama
Electro

Air in the moon
Heritage

Opika Pende, African treasures

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Guinean music

Ba Cissoko

There are times when you need a helping hand to reach a new milestone. To put together his fourth album, Nimissa, Guinean singer and musician Ba Cissoko was assisted by reputed producer Philippe Eidel, who has managed to draw out each song’s potential and assure some ship-shape production.

French chanson

Dominique A, twenty years on

To celebrate two decades since he released his first album, La ...

French chanson

Juliette Gréco crossing the Seine again

Juliette Gréco’s new album, Ça se traverse et ...

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Marie-France / Chryssie Hynde

Un Garçon qui pleure

Marie-France and Chryssie Hynde form an unlikely combination on this duet, which announces a new album from the icon of Parisian 70s nightlife. Belgian group Phantom got back together to provide the music, with lyrics by Jacques Duvall.

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Jef Barbara

Wild Boys

Montrealer Jef Barbara is sure to create a stir on the pop scene when his album “Contamination” comes out on 5 March. Looking like a cross between George Michael and Andy Warhol, he says his androgynous image takes inspiration from Prince, Boy George and Grace Jones.

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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.