In ihrer Heimat Schweden ist Lena Jonsson heute eine der bekanntesten Folkmusikerinnen. Die virtuose Geigerin hat bereits zahlreiche Auszeichnungen erhalten. Lena Jonsson zelebriert einen frischen, modernen und vor allem offenen Blick auf die Folk-Tradition und lässt sich von vielen verschiedenen musikalischen Stilen aus aller Welt inspirieren. Das ist bei ihrem dritten...

Like any self-respecting lizard, Gari Greu leaves his Massilia Sound System behind for an album to capitalise on the sun. If his fellow travellers are never far away, Gari offers himself a new solo escape. To enable "Barka" to exist, Gari has surrounded himself with faces known to those who followed the epics of the Massilia Sound System: first of all, there are the...

Combining the unfathomable Ethiopian musical tradition with a contemporary and libertarian reinterpretation, Ukandanz continues its work with this new opus. With as much subtlety the band delivers a new version of an Ethiopian crunch. The fundamental polyrhythms explode in contact with progressive rock, punk and the sonic experimentation of this pack welded together. The...

PoiL Ueda is the result of a collaboration between Junko Ueda, a vocalist and satsuma-biwa player from Japan, and PoiL, a French rock/contemporary music band. The creation is based on the 13th-century Japanese epic tale "Heike-Monogatari". The composition is based on traditional epic singing accompanied by the satsuma-biwa and Buddhist Shomyo chant. Fusing an ancient...

Scottish smallpipes player Brighde Chaimbeul is a leading purveyor of experimental Celtic music. Her piping has earned her a BBC Young Folk Award and a BBC Horizon Award. Her second album "Carry Them With Us” is an exhilarating weave of rich textural drones, trance-like atmospheres and instrumental folk traditions. Intimate, deeply placed and gorgeous. The Scottish...

Following their critically acclaimed collaborative album with Tinariwen in 2016, Sainkho Namtchylak and Grammy Award-winning producer Ian Brennan return with a set of improvised songs recorded on the abandoned islands of Venice where Brennan has resided for the past 10 years. Sainkho speaks four languages (Tuvan, Russian, English, and German), but chose for this project to...

In the last decade many early recordings of Somalia’s funk, soul and disco era have been reissued. This record is not a reissue. The Berlin Session – is the first studio album of its kind since the golden days of Mogadishu came to a halt three decades ago. It is the living proof that Somali music is hot, funky and (!) well alive. The record captures a historic reunion which...

Created in 2004, the group Moussu T e lei Jovents was formed around the personality of Moussu T, alias Tatou1 with the complicity of two renowned musicians: Blu, guitarist of the group Massilia Sound System and Jam Da Silva, Brazilian percussionist. Together, they have the will to bring together tradition and modernity, local and universal. A desire for otherness and...

This new album is sharpened by the experience of each member. This is the first album that is (almost) entirely self-produced in Nicolas Saillan and Fabien Tastet's "33 Tour" studio in Gironde, France. With 20 years of experience, it must be said that they master the "gauge". The litres of drunkenness and innocence have given way to a skilful alchemy. The richness of the...