Housse de Racket will be returning to the United States once again after their successful stint opening up for Yelle in December. For the announcement, the duo released a promotional video from the last time they were over on this side of the Atlantic! The extensive tour is bookended by joining up with other French […]
Yuksek is about to release his album Living on the Edge of Time February 14th in the States. In anticipation, CMJ premiered a new remix of “Always on the Run” by Tom Furse of The Horrors. Né Pierre-Alexander Busson, Yuksek is a classically trained musician and electro-pop composer creating anthemic dance rhythms, who has previously […]
The sold-out 2012 edition globalFEST may have came to a conclusion last weekend, but don’t worry if you weren’t able to get into Webster Hall as NPR has you covered! Relive the evening with the audio performances of Zaz and Mayra Andrade as they take to the stage at one of the most important world […]
Coachella announced the 2012 line-up of their annual festival over in Indio, California. This year, the festival spans two weekends sharing the same three-day set of artists over a fortnight, April 13th-15th and April 20th-22nd, 2012. Several French-produced artists will be present this year, including Housse de Racket, SebastiAn, Justice, M83, and David Guetta in […]
Tinariwen stopped by a short time ago to perform an acoustic set for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts. Below you can find the performance, as well as via NPR Music. The group’s latest album, Tassili, received numerous nods on top albums of the year lists as well as a GRAMMY nomination for Best World Music Album. […]
One of France’s most acclaimed artists, Zaz, returns to New York this weekend to perform for one of the first festivals of 2012! globalFEST runs Sunday, January 8th at Webster Hall from 7PM until midnight featuring 12 artists performing on 3 stages. NPR’s All Songs Considered recently called globalFEST “one of the best world music […]
French-Finnish duo The Dø kicked off the New Year just right in receiving a great score from the world-renown music tastemakers Pitchfork! Both Ways Open Jaws, which was released in North America in November, received a 7.5/10 accompanied by some kind words from reviewer Marc Hogan. “The Dø’s sophomore album– finally available worldwide after […]
ABC News recently ran a special interview with Julie Budet, also known as Yelle, talking about touring on Safari Disco Club, the follow-up to the highly successful 2007 Pop-Up. In the video, Yelle shares her thoughts on returning to America and touring throughout the States on the album. Be sure to check out the interview […]
