Tag: SessionLab
Danielle Ponder, an American story
After opening in majesty the last Trans Musicales de Rennes, the singer Danielle Ponder told us her story: that of a black, American woman, who has always put her powerful…
Duo Ruut: an Estonian story of songs, friendship and folklore
At the age of 22, Anne-Lisett Rebane and Katariina Kivi (Duo Ruut) play and compose small minimalist nuggets on one and the same traditional 42-string instrument (the kannel) and thus…
The funky trance of Nana Benz from Togo
A mix of compositions and songs inherited from voodoo rituals played, with funky sauce, on homemade instruments, that’s Nana Benz from Togo! A quintet made up of three singers and…
Kalika: pop amazon with a sharp verb
His texts, raw, are never vulgar and his pop, tangy, is at the crossroads of song and electro. At 23, Kalika is a complete artist with the look of a…
Joey the soldier: “the battle for change continues”
The child of Burkina, rapper Joey le Soldat, has just released his 4th album: Back to the Roots. the flow is still just as angry, the words still just as…
Jovi (BCUC): “We are convinced that we can change the world”
Flag bearer of a post-apartheid South African youth turned towards the future, the bubbling collective BCUC composes and performs long-format pieces that draw on the sources of free-jazz, hip-hop and…
KT Gorique: “I don’t rap consciously, I’m consciously rapping”
His flow is sharp and his hip hop, in his image, mixed. Her roots are in Ivory Coast, the city where she lives is in Helvetia. In nearly six projects,…
The hip hop alchemy of Chinese Man
Who is hiding behind this name, Chinese Man, a mystical figure both omnipotent and invisible? Why and how, for more than 15 years, do we still recognize his signature even…
The highlife recipe of the Ghanaian combo Santrofi
Since the Rio Loco festival, a highlife music lesson with Emmanuel Ofori, bassist and leader of the group Santrofi, a Ghanaian combo made up of eight outstanding musicians, determined to…
Rodriguo Cuevas: the Iberian folk troublemaker
Sensuality screwed to the body, Rodrigo Cuevas, self-proclaimed “folk agitator” puts on his big golden clogs (and his garter belts) to dust off the traditional songs and rhythms of Asturias,…