Tag: RFI’s musical choice
“Hypertalisman”: Fakear’s new album
It’s hypnotic electro. Théo le Vigoureux, better known under the pseudonym Fakear, quickly enjoyed great success with his first opus Disque d’or in 2016. He took advantage of confinement to…
Uzi Freyja, a rap rocket from Cameroon at the Eurosonic festival
In thirty-eight years of existence, the Eurosonic festival in the Netherlands has discovered stars like Dua Lipa, Rosalia, Adèle and Wet Leg. It is quite simply one of the biggest…
“Dama Bëgga Ñibi”, the fruit of an unexpected musical encounter
The New Zealander Aaron Ottignon and the Senegalese percussionist Bakane Seck met in the studio in Berlin in 2020. And if their understanding was immediate, they had not really planned…
“Insano”, the new dark album by American rapper Kid Cudi
Insanothe title of his ninth album released last Friday, American rapper Kid Cudi is making his comeback. Insano, in other words “madness”, is a serious album, like the title “Tortured”,…
Cameroon: “Healing Journey”, the new “new age” album by Patricia Essong
Cameroonian singer Patrica Essong has just released her second album Healing Journey. This journey to which the singer and composer invites us is the first part of a triptych entitled…
Elliott Armen and his new album “Turbulence”
Elliott Armen presents Turbulence, his second album. Author, composer, performer, the son of Yann Tiersen was born in Saint-Malo in Brittany. It took the name of the famous lighthouse on…
“La melo est gangx”: the new album, gold record, by Gazo and Tiakola
Two rappers, Gazo and Tiakola, two heavyweights in urban music, have joined forces for an album The melodrama is gangx, released at the beginning of December 2023, very quickly certified…
“FÜLÜ”, the wild spirit of groove
FÜLÜ, “wild spirit” in Swahili, is the name of the first eponymous album from this Toulouse collective. This Brass Band opens the field of all possibilities to music by weaving…
Senegal: the resurrection of the Dieuf-Dieul of Thiès
The Senegalese group Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès finally publishes its first record forty years after its formation, an eponymous album. “Patience does not know time” says a Senegalese proverb. A providential…
Music: “In our eyes”, the eclectic cocktail of Camille and Julie Berthollet
Together, they set the classical music scene on fire… and beyond. With In our eyes, Camille and Julie Berthollet have concocted a particularly eclectic album: it ranges from rock to…