“It’s the athletic artistry of Arat Kilo, still unquestionably the best ethio-jazz orchestra in France, on the trail of this fifth album recorded in the spring of 2024.”
FRANCE INTER (RADIO FRANCE)

“An ultra-tonic jubilee of funk salvos, hip-hop bursts and lyrical synths”.
TELERAMA (FR)

“On the album, the groove is muscular, but on stage the performance becomes explosive.”
TELERAMA SORTIR (FR)

“Once again, the groove is there!”
LE MONDE .fr

“A fifth album as festive as it is militant.”
FIP (RADIO FRANCE) 

“A warm and sultry new album. ”
LE MONDE (FR)

“An upbeat danceable album. ”
LA TRIBUNE DIMANCHE (FR)

“Eleven years after his last album, the Cuban has lost none of his warm flow. ”
TELERAMA (FR)

“Raúl, the globetrotter turned guajiro, returns to his peasant roots to put Cuba back at the heart of the world map, through its deepest culture.  Surprisingly chic roots music ! ”
JAZZ NEWS (FR)

” While celebrating independence, and in a festive way, Mário Lúcio does not fail to have a lucid
and uncompromising look at African independence processes in general. “
PUBLICO (PT)

“…a festive and danceable album which seduces immediately and totally.”
LE MONDE (FR)

“On July 5, 1975, Cape Verde became the second Portuguese colony in Africa to gain independence. Mario Lucio was 10 years old… So many festive memories can be heard in his seventh solo album, ‘Independance’.”
LE MONDE WEB (FR)

“Fifty years on, the elegant ambassador of Atlantic Creolité celebrates this festive era… lively dance music, a real breath of optimism in these grey times.”
TELERAMA (FR)

“A melodious, euphoric political ballad
with the heady timbre of harmonies from the Portuguese-speaking archipelago.”
L’HUMANITE (FR)

“with the album ‘Independance’, Mario Lucio continues to preach for a gentle ‘Créolité’…
with graceful musicality backed by lively rhythms.”
TELERAMA SORTIR (FR)

“Another great name in Cape Verdean music, Mario Lucio.”
FRANCE INTER (RADIO FRANCE)

“Drake’s limpid language and Pre-Raphaelite finesse seem magnified.”
TELERAMA FR

“…a treasure trove of melodic delicacy.”
TELERAMA SORTIR FR

‘A wonder’
ROLLING STONE FR

‘…on the edge of strings retained, suspended, creating decors that are both vast and bare’.
JAZZ NEWS FR

“a simmering Mediterranean feast”
FINANCIAL TIMES (UK)

“Another great global-punk desert blues mash-up”
UNCUT (UK)

“…when the electric guitar really enters the dance, the folklore of this peasant South takes on a different depth.” TELERAMA (FR)

“Sweet Release, a telescoping of frenzied pizzica, traditional Salento songs and raspy blues rock.”
FLUIDE GLACIAL (FR)

“Between ancestral vibrations and punk spirit, tamburello fervor and electric riffs, Justin and Mauro create a raw, stripped-down sound that moves and bewitches.”
RADIO FRANCE INTERNATIONALE

“the purity is mystical and the electric shock gentle…”
TELERAMA SORTIR (FR)

“hypnotic duo…”
POINT DE VUE  (FR)

“hypnotic, bubbling, raw, carried by rebellious riffs,
heart-rending violins and Mediterranean heat. Music that bites you.”
JAZZ NEWS (FR)

“All the darkness of rock illuminated by the musical tradition of the Mezzogiorno.”
LE TEMPS GENEVA (CH)

“…this is really wondrously powerful music.”
ROOTSTIME (BE)

“Inspired music, energetic, melancholic, clearly played with great passion and dedication…”
MOORS MAGAZINE (NL)

“…combination of gritty guitar playing and rousing percussion…”
MIXED WORLD MUSIC (NL)

“One didn’t imagine they could top ‘Still Moving’ – but they’ve gone and done it.”
SONGLINES 5* (UK)

“…big songs and bigger riffs, Taranta rhythms and this duo’s shimmering
ambient poetry of sound. Sweet release, indeed.”
THE ARTS DESK (UK)

“This magnificent album by afro blues trio Soba is a special blend of Mandinka traditions
and Mississippi blues.”
MIXED WORLD MUSIC (NL)

“…a most enjoyable introduction with a trio playing together particularly beautifully…”
ROOTSTIME (BE)

“Their freshness, their complicity and their taste for simplicity are their hallmarks..”
TELERAMA SORTIR (FR)

‘Koita, Biayenda and Bucher know how to combine their individual experiences around
the blues they have in common… A coming-together to be applauded.’
SOUL BAG (FR)

“The finished product results from this triple understanding, which is once again digging the furrow of Afro-blues, somewhere between the Mississippi delta and the basin of the River Niger.“
JAZZ NEWS (FR)

“A warm album, whose obvious generosity cannot help but take hold of you.”
PARIS MOVE (FR)

 “Incredible taste and a sensuous voice…An extraordinary debut that leaves us begging for more.”
SONGLINES (UK)

« A poetic debut album […] Set to a folk sound blending a range of influences, iViV brings together a bouquet of both melancholic and invigorating songs. French and Creole, dreamlike images and fragments of life all cohabit or intermingle. »
LE MONDE (FR) 

«  This bucolic, nomadic debut album brings together completely her two languages and cultures.»
TELERAMA (FR) 

« A clear voice that is sweet and powerful at the same time… and virtuoso percussion and ukulele playing! »
RADIO NOVA (FR) 

« her debut solo album, the enveloping iViV … A gentle, Creole-style album that gracefully celebrates her dual culture. »
RFI MUSIQUE (FR)

« Oriane Lacaille sings melodies of joy and sweetness. »
LA CROIX (FR)

« A repertoire of deceptively simple songs, where catchy melodies inspired by maloya and sega make place for personal lyrics that refuse to choose between French and Creole. »
SOUL BAG (FR)

« A sumptuous tribute to a culture that never ceases to explore new horizons. Captivating. »
JAZZ NEWS (FR)

« Her pure voice, sometimes melancholic, sometimes sunny, reveals her secret garden, it is also a breath of humanity… »
FIP (FR)

« Oriane Lacaille has released this (superb) first album under her own name,
aptly entitled iViV – “it lives” in Creole. »
POLITIS (FR)

« The result is beautiful. Pleasant melodies, sung in Creole and French, against a background of maloya and sega…. The arrangements are quite open and original. »
MUSIC FRAMES (NL)

« Wonderful songs, beautiful vocals, brilliant arrangements… »
MOORS MAGAZINE (NL)

« Oriane Lacaille, a singer-songwriter from Reunion Island, has released her debut album. With the sweetness of nursery rhymes or the ardour of trance, she sings of her joys and angers in French and Creole. »
KEYS & CHORDS (NL)

« An exceptional combination of clever songwriting, subtle but assured vocals, catchy rhythms and crystal-clear production. »
ROOTSTIME (BE)

“Exile, freedom and yearning in the songs of Souad Massi”
FINANCIAL TIMES (UK)

“Massi has rarely sounded so lyrical: her voice, pure and unaffected, speaks to the soul. Her concert at the Barbican in London on October 29 promises to be one of the shows of the year”
THE TIMES (UK)

“The headline cut…is an Arabic reading of Trent Reznor’s Hurt, the portal to themes that crop up elsewhere..” 
MOJO (UK)

“She is in outstanding form here, with strong songs that recall her early work and a gifted producer, Justin Adams – guitar lieutenant in Robert Plant’s band – to bring them into varied life“
THE OBSERVER (UK)

“The most successful female singer-songwriter in the Arabic-speaking world [releases] her bravely original new album Sequana”
SONGLINES (UK)

“Lyrical beauty and the emotional immediacy of Piaf…a wonderful confluence.”
BBC RADIO 3 (UK)

“The addition of the production chops of the brilliant and prodigious Justin Adams is inspired”
 R’N’R MAGAZINE (UK)

“French-Algerian singer-songwriter Massi has made a fine album in the shape of Sequana.” 
UNCUT (UK)

“For her tenth album, full of vibrant hope, she called on Justin Adams – who has worked with the likes of Robert Plant, Tinariwen and Rachid Taha – to create a real bridge between rock and folk.” 
FRANCE CULTURE (FR)

“It alternates contrasting moods, oscillating between crepuscular melancholy and danceable lightness“.
LE MONDE (FR)

“Her warm and bewitching voice sings of nostalgia, exile and passion.”
GALA (FR)

“The warmth of her voice and poetry are at the service of an elegant, delicate folk repertoire, which touches us deeply.“
L’HUMANITÉ (FR)

“Since her debut in the 1990s, the Algerian singer-guitarist has been spreading her militant chaâbi-folk poetry in a constantly evolving multicultural sound universe”
FIP (FR)

“A rich, warm voice, among the most moving of the Algerian diaspora”
TELERAMA (FR)

“The chaâbi-folk icon Souad Massi is considered one of the most beautiful and fervent voices in North Africa”
CULTUREBOX / FRANCE TV (FR)

“Beneath the daisies covering her gaze on the album art are the songs of a committed woman, lending her voice to the contemporary struggles of the world in which she evolves.”
ROLLING STONE (FR)

“it is immediately clear when listening to the nine original songs that nothing has been left to chance here and that only top-class musicians are performing…A pearl!”
JAZZNMORE (DE) 

“Massi’s songs meander between folk, country, calypso and bossa nova, describing the senses of her childhood, young people’s  feelings of insecurity, the fragility of nature and the cruelty of totalitarian societies”
DEUTSCHLANDFUNK (DE) 

“The singer-songwriter sees herself in the tradition of people like Victor Jara or Joan Baez and wants her songs to be like weapons…And it sounds wonderful too !”
WDR COSMO (DE)  

“The record is a testament to the artist’s impressive work, maturity and taste…A wonderful album full of merriment that will delight many hearts”
JAZZ-FUN.DE (DE)  

« Sequana” confirms that the artist has found her style, but is nevertheless a document of her refreshing openness to new influences”
MISSY MAGAZINE (DE) 

“Far away from the breaking wave of Raï, Souad Massi brought a new sound to Algerian music with her folk inspiration and her guitar over her shoulder”
AFRICA-LIVE.DE (DE) 

“Whether in Arabic or French, Souad sings of love, hope and the beauty of nature, with a sweet voice, beautifully set here by producer Justin Adams.
LE SOIR (BE) 

“The French-Algerian Souad Massi transcends her fears of a sick planet with Sequana, a hypnotic and solar album, a mixture of Arab, Touareg and bossa fragrance”
LE VIF (BE)

“Her tenth album, brillant and subtle, combines seven original tracks with delightful covers of My Baby Just Cares for Me, Sous le ciel de Paris and Pata Pata”
LA CROIX (FR)

« Her textured voice is as charming as ever, with a musical backing which references the island of her birth skillfully mixed with her original even experimental style. » 
JAZZMAG (FR)

“Hybridizations that range from jazz to chanson, where her polyglot and polymorphous voice, capable of adopting many registers, fits naturally.”
LIBERATION (FR)

 « Her unique style closely linked to her Cape Verdean roots has made her one of the of the archipelago’s musical ambassadors » 
CAP MAGELLAN (FR)

« Contains all the ingredients to make an exceptional album ! “
PARIS MOVE (FR)

« Carmen Souza takes us on a smooth and silky journey »
AVANTAGES (FR)

“The pulsating tunes and swinging pace fit Carmen Souza like a glove. A colourful velvet glove”
JAZZMAGAZINE .COM (FR)

“Guided by African music and its spirituality, the musicians attune their art perfectly”
FIP (FR)

“A totally soothing album.”
RADIO NOVA (FR)

“This serenity brought by this world music is good for the tumult of this same world […] In short, the emotion is guaranteed, it is magnificent from start to finish!”
ACTION JAZZ (FR)

“Tender, sublime, textured, SUBA comforts.”
LE DEVOIR (FR)