His latest production, Afro Gné, was nominated for a 2012 Juno Award. From djembé to guitar, from traditional music to jazz, Aboulaye Koné takes ...
Native of the Republic of Guinea in Western Africa, Alpha Thiam is a fascinating author, composer, singer and guitarist. Living in Montreal for ...
Co-founder of Positive Black Soul and a spokesmen for African youth, uses hip-hop mixed with traditional beats to promote a unified Africa.
Born in Algiers, a crossroads where musical influences from East and West come together, Azzedine Maghrabi began learning the guitar at age 18. ...
A popular star in Port-au-Prince, an RFI Discovery, ranked by the Huffington Post among the Top 10 world music artists to be watched, he produces ...
Berbanya’s festive music, shaking to the beat of an entire people’s pride, accompanies lyrics filled with commitment, defending the language and ...
With meticulous arrangements that only give greater strength to his pieces, this accompanist to Général Defao will get the Parterre dancing with ...
This lady is 72 years old but, on stage, still moves like a young girl! A living legend of calypso, which she opened up to women, she has shared ...
On his first album, Zion experience, Jean Leloup’s bass player offers a festive radical sound anchored in African reggae slashed with jazz, soul ...
Bringing African dancers from various parts of the continent together on the same stage and admiring their style, energy and talent while ...
Franco, Kanda Bongo Man, Pépe Kallé, Aurlus Mabélé… His hallucinating guitar playing has enabled him to work with the greats of Congolese rumba ...
“A stunning, globe-trotting, three-turntable mix… bumping, brash and without borders.” For the Vibe magazine. A star of the FM band in New York, ...
Performing to a reggae background, Drê-D eagerly adds touches of soul, hip hop and R&B. His style may remind you of Corneille or of his ...
These headliners of French reggae have used inspired lyrics, effective melodies with strong dub influences and exalted shows to build their legend ...
A muse of the Jasmine Revolution, Emel Mathlouthi fights on every front: at demonstrations but also with trip-hop-accented rock, tinged with ...
Now an urban poet, Fabrice Koffy grew up in Côte d’Ivoire and began writing lyrics as a teenager. In 1998, he settled in Montréal to pursue his ...
You may recall Tellement N’brick or 1, 2, 3 Soleils, worldwide hits, Fifteen years and many hits later, the Little Prince of Raï is back with new ...
With new titles in their pockets, and still led by the charismatic Amazigh Kateb, this headline group from the French scene returns to Montreal ...
This great voice of modern Moroccan music, a star of the 1980s with the Frères Bouchnak, explores new musical territory, bringing to his raï hints ...
Winner of the 2012 Syli d’or des musiques du monde, this collective generates a fiendish mix of Afro-Latin beats, ska, salsa dura and cumbia ...
Guajira, guaracha, salsa, merengue, reggaeton – the repertory of Jesus Cantero (a former member of Cubanismo) and Los Criollos All Stars is vast ...
Born in Haiti from a healer father and clairvoyant mother, Julien Reiher Umojha is a multidisciplinary artist, who chose a strong symbolic ...
While his first opus was a mix of folk, soul and hip-hop, Outside the Barcode is an album that is more acoustic, evoking authenticity and the ...
Carried by a charismatic leader and determined to break through on the international scene, the reggae lyrics from the 2012 silver recipient of ...
Acid-jazz, fusion, rock, world. Backed by saxophone, drums and a rare 12-string bass guitar, the beat of their pieces is often complex while still ...
This soft folk rubs up against sensitive acoustic guitars, with harmonica notes drifting in the wind, the pulse of a discreet percussion and the ...
Behind a hypnotic and exalted percussive sound is hidden an artistic approach that takes traditional drums and percussions outside their usual ...
Locos Por Juana truly shakes! This quintet’s skilful blend of Afro-Colombian beats, reggae, jazz and funk has made it a winner and a nominee for ...
Madagascar’s prodigious biodiversity is threatened by climate change. Madagascar Wake up Tour, an initiative by Razia Said: a fabulous gathering ...
Jahme meets Khanel during the year 2009, in the mists of northern France, Lille specifically. She is a singer, dancer and storyteller, he is a ...
MakaM is a mysterious name referring to the melodic system used in the music of North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. Behind this group ...
The culture of the Mornes tells of the new life of freed slaves who set off to cultivate the land in the mountains. Madin’Free-K has taken on a ...
Masala is a radio show broadcast on university station CISM for more than six years. Each week, it presents two hours of urban and ...
To the sounds of the ravane (a goatskin drum), the roulèr (a large drum that is mounted) and the kayamb (an idiophonic percussion instrument), ...
It is easy to imagine reggae dancehall items by Nael’C, sung in French, being played in trendy discothèques and on commercial radio stations. Good ...
Made up exclusively of women, Nimbaya (formerly Amazones) proudly hit their drums in convincing manner while performing a terrific choreography. ...
Nuz gave itself a mission: bringing to life the work of saxophonist Nemours Jean-Baptiste. Since 2006, Nuz has been spreading compa of pure ...
“As long as there are things that must be talked about, there will be things to sing about.” This social involvement is something Tuku has ...
Merengue, Bachata – these two popular musical genres are forms of both music and dance. But they are much more! They represent a true art of ...
A tribute to Sékou Cobra, one of the greats of Mandinka music. Following Amara Kanté, his last student, along with Montreal’s Mandinka ...
A Radio-Canada Revelation in 2010-2011, Roberto López has the habit of making fun of standards, happily mixing styles in a pan-American blend more ...
An example of what’s done best here in terms the Brazilian music, the album Egòlogico-Recycle, launched by Rômmel Ribeiro in April, has got people ...
Under the pseudonym Salivation Army, Sarah Bernard, DJ Haitian singer and aligns a mix of electro and dancehall brewed world.
Their almost mystical air-like beats, carried along by instruments whose existence was hardly suspected, take hold of space and time, exploring ...
Algeria, Spain, Burundi, Switzerland, Burkina Faso, Canada, Ecuador.… His music, free and committed, reflects his story. His new album, Everyday ...
A figurehead in the alternative Latino movement, he has sold hundreds of thousands of albums around the world. His latest opus, Una y Otra Vez, ...
One fine day, they decided to get people dancing in the refugee camp where they met, in Guinea, “because, when people connect with one another, ...
In 2012, everything broke loose for this Afrofolk-rap group, one of whose members is the son of Amoudou and Mariam. They are the new darlings on ...
Spoek Mathambo seeks to escape clichés. His wild mixes of kwaito, electro and funk leave room for the South African classics, which he loves.
“Sirocco d’érable” (October 2011): “The sunniest disc in this autumn cultural season,” said Voir. Reggae, raï, chaabi, hip-hop and, above all, a ...
Montreal discovered him in 2000. Closing the Festival International Nuits d’Afrique, on the big stage, he conquered the audience. A memorable ...
With her latest album, Makalé, this former chorus member for Oumou Diabaté and Sékouba Bambino, a star of Guinean popular music, tops the charts ...
Tribaa’s percussions speak of Africa, awaken traditions, call out to bodies. Bodies respond and get moving, miming a conversation, dancing a ...
Wazimbo’s warm voice is one of Mozambique’s most beautiful. With Orchestra Marrabenta, his urban style, electrifying guitars and soul-tinged ...
Echoing the title of his new album, Le Partage, the sensitivity and humanity of Zal Sissokho resound on the string of his kora, as if formed a ...