Comme Si De Rien N'etait
Two years after setting to music an anthology of English-language poems from the 19th and 20th centuries, Carla Bruni has once again taken up her pen to write a new album of original songs, the first since her inaugural and highly successful CD, Quelqu’un m’a dit (Someone Told Me), in 2002. What immediately strikes you when listening to Comme si de rien n’était is its lush instrumental palette. After recording two CDs with an uncluttered, folk- blues style, the singer explores a wide spectrum of genres ranging from pop to bluegrass, with nods to jazz and flamenco. Bruni’s touch, however, is immediately apparent in these compositions that again focus their gaze on emotion. “I’ve been following the same three since I started writing songs”, she says.
Watch the short film and listen to new songs here.
Asa
(Asha)
Nigerian born Asa delivers a fusion of Soul, reggae, r'n'b and folk. Steeped in both political and social commentary, Asa's music is stunningly unique.
'A Franco-Nigerian Corinne Bailey Rae... A melodic coming together of Marvin, Marley, Fela and Erykah Badu influences, albeit fronted by her acoustic guitar and willingness to write cliche-free lyrics.'
"Asa makes music for and from the Soul" BBC 1
"So beautiful... so achingly pretty... we havent danced to a song about the O-Zone layer before. And you should see what we got up during Jailer, the one about slavery..." THE GUARDIAN
Release date .09.08.08
The DØ
A Mouthful
The first note on the standard musical scale is "do" which is the last note also, representing what's new and what's old, giving the musicians and artist the latitude & longitude to re-invigorate any musical genre, from blues, rhythm & blues, jazz, bebop, doowop & hip-hop, not to mention rock & roll, and eitherway to sing or play you've got to do it with your heart & soul.
Enter the band with the note-scale name and you add a new picture to the frame, only it's double entendre; for the "do" is the "do" who are doing a double take by rolling the rock uncovering the hole left in rock & roll after disco & pop skyrocketed to the top eclipsing all the other musical genre's except for hip-hop.
The Popfolk revelation of 2008
Gee whiz but this is a lonesome Town
“At the crossroads between of Far West music and Kerouac’s books”
Les Inrockuptibles
“The most French of American groups unveils with eloquence a mysterious universe on stage, where their retro hit Jimmy makes wonders.”
Télérama
“So much substance in a unique record. (…) Congratulations”
Guitar Unplugged
So Frenchy So Chic
The Unofficial Soundtrack to
The 2008 French Film Festival.
Spread the love in 2008 with The 4th volume from the succesful So Frenchy So Chic series, featuring the freshest sound from France’s diverse musical landscape: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Daphne, $olal, Ultra Orange & Emannuelle,Keren Ann...
$olal
The Moonshine Sessions
Gritty, real and passionate **** Rolling Stone
"Their album is an essentially acoustic, dreamy mix of music and songs, background sounds and spoken words... Remarkable"- 4 & 1/2 stars- THE AGE GREEN GUIDE
Available from
JB Hifi, Borders, iTunes, Hum, Mary Ryan, Readings, Sanity,
HMV, ABC shops, Leading Edge Group and Indies stores.