The classic French duo Air, who recently performed several West Coast festivals in August, are back in the US, where they performed “Kelly Watch the Stars” on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The group is supporting their new release, ‘Twentyears‘. More info on the group’s France Rocks page. Tweet
From Trinidad & Tobago, Calypso Rose and is the undisputed queen of Calypso for more than 40 years, having produced 30 albums and composed 800 songs. In 2015, she met Manu Chao who did additional production on a few the tracks from her next album. She recently released this new music video for “Leave Me [...]
This autumn, France Rocks’ popular College Radio compilation returns for its fourth edition with 23 of France’s most exciting rising and established musical artists. Highlights include a new collaboration between popular DJ and producer Wax Tailor and hip hop legend Ghostface Killah, the eponymous track from a Taureg group, called “Imarhan”, the all female folk-pop [...]
Christine and the Queens has had a huge year: they’ve performed at New York’s Webster Hall and Terminal 5 in November on a tour supporting Marina and the Diamonds then slayed in April at Coachella in California and Governor’s Ball in June in New York. Now Christine and the Queens returns for a tour that [...]
With his latest album ‘We Cut the Night’ now available, AaRON has just debuted a new video for the song, “The Leftovers”, directed by Damien Blottière. AaRON the pop duet was brought to fame with the Je vais bien, ne t’en fais pas soundtrack, which prominently featured the song “U-turn (Lili)”, AaRON’s hit single. Their 1st album, Artificial Animals Riding [...]
Kungs (pronounced “Koongs”) is a 19 year old producer from the south of France, whose first album hits shelves November 4th. After playing at the I Feel Love weekend in Brooklyn this month and gaining wide notoriety for his summer hit “This Girl”, Kungs has announced a new set of North American club dates: 09.24 [...]
After doing research and lab work for a year in studios in Paris, Beyrouth and New York, the duo Aufgang is back with a feast of new and eclectic sounds on their album ‘Turbulences’. This is the duo’s 4th album and first on Blue Note France. Listen to/Buy ‘Turbulences Find out more about Aufgang on [...]
With their newest album, ‘I Could Be Happy’ set for release November 4th from Kwaidan Records/!K7, Nouvelle Vague have recently shared the ethereal black-and-white video for Athol-Brose, which you can watch below. Nouvelle Vague is a French band founded by producers Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux, which has gained wide notoriety for their versions of [...]
