Following a long stay in Jamaica which triggered his initial success, French singer Pierpoljak is now back with a new album, Légendaire sérénade, ...

Almost three years after the release of his debut album, Bibi Tanga is back in the news with an excellent follow-up: Dunya. On this second album, ...

Recorded among the dunes of the Sahara, Smaa Smaa is the second album from Algerian singer and musician Hasna El Becharia, ...

Benin native Angélique Kidjo has released her second album, Õÿö, reflecting the broad range of influences that made the artist what she is today. ...

It has not been easy to pinpoint Nilda Fernandez, whose music has flitted from Russia to the Caribbean and French to Spanish. Now he is back in the fold with his superb eponymous album, ...

Two weeks before Gainsbourg (vie héroïque, a heroic life), directed by  Joann Sfar, hits the big screens, the original soundtrack is being released as a double CD, featuring actors  from the film along with Dionysos, Nosfell and Emily Loizeau…

Less than a year after his album Duos, the dashing eighty-something-year-old has released Charles Aznavour & the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, and a new book of memoirs.

Renaud transforms thirteen traditional Irish songs into as many new French numbers in Molly Malone, released three years after his last album, Rouge sang.

Adama Yalomba may not be well-known in Europe, but he is no newcomer to the 'world music' scene. On the contrary, the young Malian musician has accompanied an impressive number of African stars to date ...

Eddy Mitchell is a busy man. In a year's time, the veteran French music star will be kicking off his final farewell tour and releasing an album of new material. ...

Benjamin Biolay - a singer, songwriter and composer renowned for his insatiable musical appetite - is back in the news with a bumper double album entitled La Superbe. Just two ...

The most striking thing about Gérald De Palmas's new album, Sortir, is that it does not sound like an album made by one man alone. Ranging across an impressively broad ...

Veteran French electro duo Air float freer than their oxygen-light name on Love 2, a down-tempo chill of an album full of reverential seventies references.

Richard Bona, the virtuoso bassist from Cameroon is back in the news with The Ten Shades of Blues. This brilliant road-movie of an album roams across the global landscape, ...

Silvain Vanot's sound has always floated beyond passing fads and music trends, allowing the sensitive singer-songwriter from Normandy to build a reputation as a free and independent spirit. ...

Côte d’Ivoire - West African Crossroads, the latest release in the African Pearls series, is a double CD featuring 33 musical gems recorded in Ivory Coast between 1966 and 1985. ...

On their new album, Imidiwan, the Tuareg group Tinariwen return to their primary source of inspiration: the desert. On their fourth offering, ...

On his third album, In the Mood for Life, Wax Tailor serves up his usual slick and effortlessly blended mix of hip-hop and downtempo. ...

Sylvie Vartan, the indefatigable show-woman, is back in the news this month with Toutes peines confondues, an album that offers its fair share of surprises. ...

Matthieu Chédid's new album, Mister Mystère (Mr Mystery) could not have been more aptly named. The making of Chédid's fourth album has been surrounded in secrecy ...

The Orchestre Poly-Rythmo have proved to be one of the most prolific bands in African history, recording over 500 songs from the moment they got together in Cotonou in 1968. ...

Samba Touré's Songhaï Blues, Homage To Ali Farka Touré is not only a heartfelt tribute to his former mentor, but also a continuation of Ali Farka's desert blues legacy...

Sliimy, the hot young French pop phenomenon ‘du jour’, belongs to the Internet generation and owes much of his lightning rise to fame to Myspace. ...

French DJ and producer Frédéric Galliano has become a tireless promoter of kuduro after discovering the up-tempo sound in Angola. On his latest ...

Two years ago, British guitarist and producer Justin Adams teamed up with the Gambian ‘griot’ Juldeh Camara, melding rock guitar and traditional African influences on their first joint album. Now, the daring duo is back in their news...

Eighteen years after making their international debut, the campaigning Haitian outfit Boukman Eksperyans are still raising their voices in protest. The group's latest album, <i>La Révolte des zombies</i>,&nbsp;puts their forceful message...

Baaba Maal deliberated at length over the making of his latest album, Television, and the Senegalese music star was not afraid to stick his neck out and try something new...

The anti-slump ammunition is here at last with Creature, a somewhat eccentric group from Montreal. There are two girls, two boys, and a whole bunch of musical permutations : ...

Sénégal - Montréal was created as a homage to the Senegalese griot, Boubacar Diabaté, who died aged 80 in 2006. The album gathers a selection of recordings ...

Mamadou Barry, the renowned Guinean saxophonist and former director of the Kaloum Star orchestra, is still going strong in his sixties. "Master" Barry recently went into a Conakry studio with the best local musicians to record his debut solo album, Niyo...