Bumcello

LIKE an early taste of summer, the new double CD compilation of ‘So Frenchy So Chic’ is here, with yet another great line up. Now is the chance to hear some of the musical acts who will appear at the January picnic parties in Melbourne and Sydney, such as Lou Doillon, who will be playing songs from her highly acclaimed folk rock record ‘Lay Low’. There is also the wonderful voice of the Franco-Moroccan singer Hindi Zahra, whose music is drenched in a hypnotic world blues universe.

Chamber Music is a collaboration between Ballake Sissoko, who plays the traditional kora, a lute-harp from Mali, and Vincent Segal, the French cellist who plays for the trip-hop band Bumcello. It is also, quite simply, one of the most elegant and beautiful recordings of world music in recent years. At a time when cross-cultural music has tended toward highly-caffeinated electric pop and dance music, Sissoke and Segal remind us that there is room and maybe even a need for a quieter, more refined world music. Both musicians have displayed an aptitude for defying expectations the list of trip-hop cellists is pretty short, after all. And Ballake Sissoko has become a familiar name on the world music scene through his work with American blues legend Taj Mahal and Italian minimalist Ludovico Einaudi, among others.

After the success of the Yellow Cube and the Black Box, the 3rd box will once again travel the musical planet Nova in all directions and at all times since the 50s.

First album for this accordionist, a native of Rodez, whose path is lined with pretty meetings; Claude Nougaro, which will give him the chance to participate in his latest album The Blue Note, Art Mengo, André Minvielle, the Orchestre National de Jazz, Sanseverino also will use its services. It also counts the number of collaborations, Yael Naim, Bernard Lavillier, Bumcello, Sixun, Charles Aznavour and even Jean Rochefort. This is a trio with Kevin Seddiki on guitar and Zarb and Pierre-François Dufour, cello and drums Lionel Suarez saves the first game Cocanha! to recall the myth of plenty, popular utopia, the collective dream like party, the vigil, the game that makes you forget the real world. A beautiful start!