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Christine Ott: Only Silence Remains

September 28, 2016 By guillaume

Christine Ott - Only Silence Remains (2016)

Based in Strasbourg in Eastern France, Christine Ott is a classically-trained pianist, composer and a rare specialist of the Ondes Martenot. One of the early electronic instruments, the Ondes Martenot produces a distinctive and eerie oscillating sound often compared to a “celestial” voice. Several 20th century composers ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary Tagged With: Christine Ott, indie, Ondes Martenot, piano

Marika Hackman: We Slept At Last

May 20, 2016 By guillaume

Marika Hackman - We Slept At Last (2015)

From Hampshire and now based in London, Marika Hackman is a young Folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Closely associated with Laura Marling with whom she has toured extensively and with Alt-J producer Charlie Andrew, the singer has already released four EPs and several self-directed videos in 2013 and 2014. Out ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk Tagged With: indie, Marika Hackman, songwriting

Fox Capture Plan: Butterfly

April 26, 2016 By guillaume

Fox Capture Plan - Butterfly (2015)

Formed in Tokyo in 2011 by three musicians already active in three separate bands - Ryo Kishimoto on piano (Jabberloop), Hidehiro Kawai (Immigrant's bossa band) on double bass and Tsukasa Inoue (Nhhmbase) on drums - Fox Capture Plan is a young trio playing an exuberant and infectious brand of contemporary jazz influenced by ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Jazz Tagged With: electronic, Fox Capture Plan, indie, trio

Songhoy Blues: Music in Exile

August 17, 2015 By guillaume

Songhoy Blues - Music in Exile (2015)

Influenced by desert blues legends like Ali Farka Touré (1939 - 2006) or Khaira Arby and growing up listening to tapes of BB King, John Lee Hooker or Jimi Hendrix, the four members of Malian band Songhoy Blues play a raw and energetic mix of blues, rock and R&B on a straightforward guitars, bass and drums formula. Released ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary Tagged With: blues, indie, Songhoy Blues, songwriting

Anaïs Mitchell: Why we Build the Wall

June 26, 2014 By guillaume

Anaïs Mitchell - Hadestown (2010)

Released in 2010, American singer songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown is a modern retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Introduced as a “folk opera”, the concept album began life as a stage production which premiered in 2006 in Mitchell’s home state of Vermont. Influenced by the plays and operas of Berthold Brecht and ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk Tagged With: Anaïs Mitchell, indie, songwriting

Hurray for the Riff Raff: St. Roch Blues

April 19, 2014 By guillaume

Hurray For The Riff Raff - Small Town Heroes (2014)

Originally from the Bronx in New York, singer-songwriter Alynda Lee Segarra left home at the age of 17 to travel westwards across America before settling in New Orleans. Perfecting her craft busking and singing with various bands while immersed in a city rebuilding itself in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Alynda Lee Segarra ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Folk Tagged With: blues, Hurray for the Riff Raff, indie, songwriting

Zoë Keating: Escape artist

February 26, 2014 By guillaume

Zoë Keating - Into the trees (2010)

“One-woman avant-garde orchestra” Zoë Keating is a classically trained cellist and electronic artist born in Ontario and now based in California. Exploiting all the melodic, rhythmic and even percussive potential of the cello, the musician also integrates live samples of her own sound with a laptop and a loop station to generate ... [Continue Reading]

Filed Under: Contemporary, Modern Classical Tagged With: cello, electronic, indie, Zoë Keating

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