Un Oso Rojo [l'ours Rouge] 2002

Avec l'audace qui la caractérise, Maggie Nelson raconte l'histoire d'un fantôme familial, Jane, sa tante, morte assassinée en 1969, alors étudiante en droit à l'université du Michigan.
À travers une série de collages de poèmes, sources documentaires, fragments du journal intime de sa tante, brèves dans des journaux et enquête sur les traces de la disparue, Maggie Nelson explore la nature de ce fait divers, le dernier en date d'une macabre série d'assassinats perpétrés dans la région. …

One of Italy's best-loved artists, Adriano Celentano has been equally successful in film and music. Whether singing Elvis Presley-inspired rock, as he did as a member of the Rock Boys in 1957, or romantic balladry, Celentano found a dedicated market for his music…

On Sentir, the globetrotting, Cuban-born pianist Omar Sosa is joined not by a full band, but rather by a host of percussionists and vocalists. Sosa remains focused on communicating a kind of ecstatic, multicultural religiosity – most of these tracks are dominated by fervent chanting in one of several languages, underscored by rolling percussion grooves. Sosa's piano is the only Western instrument on the scene, a fact that somehow gives it added power. Like his previous album, Prietos, this one also has a hip-hop element, with Terence Nicholson (aka Sub-Z) contributing rap poetry on five of the tracks.

Opal Fire (2002). Son of a UN diplomat and classically trained, exciting young pianist Akram grew up digesting musical influences from around the world. These exotic flavors are brilliantly woven together in melodies that take flight and soar with expansive orchestrations and passionate rhythms and in more soothing moments, evoke an emotional response in a beautifully serene way.
Free As A Bird (2004). Free As a Bird is the much-anticipated follow-up to Omar's 2002 release, Opal Fire. Exotic, sensual, and brimming with life, it was worth the wait! Richly arranged and orchestrated by David Dial and Gregg Karukas, real instruments replace some of the keyboards from the earlier release, and the interaction of great musicians…

L'affaire de l'affiche rouge qui a mené au peloton d'exécution 23 jeunes hommes, juifs pour la plupart, exécutés par les nazis le 21 février 1944 en raison de leur appartenance au mouvement FTP-MOI (Francs-tireurs et partisans français-Main-d'oeuvre immigrée), l'organisation militaire du Parti communiste français pour les immigrés. …