Jazz

Lionel Loueke

As a follow-up to his 2010 album, Mwaliko, on which he married his art with the likes of Richard Bona, Angélique Kidjo and Esperanza Spalding, Beninese guitarist Lionel Loueke brings us Heritage, a more electric sound that builds delicate bridges between his African homeland and the West. The result is a rich, sensitive and highly skilled collection.

Groove

Sandra Nkaké, 3D singer

Oddball musician Sandra Nkaké’s second album, Nothing for Granted, is the original sound track of her imaginary motion picture world.

African music

Ray Lema & Jazz Sinfônica de São Paulo

Ray Lema, the trailblazer of inventive music who’s lived in France since the early eighties, has just re-recorded thirteen of his tracks in Brazil with the Jazz Sinfônica de São Paulo led by João Mauricio Galindo. The result is a meticulous rereading of a rare and eminently plural work.

African jazz

Kora Jazz Band, trio times two

After producing three albums as a trio, the Kora Jazz Band has doubled its numbers and taken on Manu Dibango, Andy Narell and Omar Marquez for its latest collection. An album overshadowed by bereavement following the death of kora player Soriba Kouyaté a few days after recording ended.

Jazz

Mario Canonge, towards the essential

At 50, the jazz pianist from Martinique, Mario Canonge has reappeared with a sublime CD, Mitan, whose groove and exceptional sensitivity celebrate what he has defined as being "the middle of his life ".

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Gérald Toto’s acoustic groove

After participating in several collective projects, including the celebrated album Toto Bona Lokua,

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French chanson

Patricia Kaas celebrates Edith Piaf

In the run-up to the fifty-year anniversary of Edith Piaf’s death, Patricia Kaas kicks off a long list of celebrations with Kaas chante Piaf, a tribute album recorded with the London Royal Philharmonic Orchestra directed by Abel Korzeniowski, and devotes a whole stage show to the “Little Sparrow”.