News: Latest news march 2009
Posted March 05, 2009Marianne Faithfull recorded the Brian Eno title “HOW MANY WORLDS” on her latest CD release “Easy Come Easy Go”. U2’s new album “No Line on the Horizon”, with many titles co-written by Brian, is no. 1 in the charts in France this month.
Yaron Herman, who is in China just now (see concert page) is now a best selling jazz artist in Japan, just one month after the release of his solo album “Variations” through Videoarts. Yaron’s trio will be back in town (Paris) for a great concert night at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées on March 9 to launch the release of “Muse” on March 10 via Laborie/Naïve.
Also on the 9th, the great Rupa and the April Fishes (Cumbancha) will grace the China Club in Paris with their joyful, uplifting and unique music. Meanwhile, the release of another Cumbancha signing, NovaLima , electro-roots music from Peru, is causing big excitement. The band will be at the Babel Med in Marseille on March 26 and at the Café de la Danse here in Paris, on April 3.
Lovely and compelling Lisa Papineau , American singer/author/composer/ /film producer, will have her new album “Red Trees” will on release on May 7 on Yellowbird/Enja Records via Harmonia Mundi. On May 6, Lisa’s trio will perform songs from the new album at the “Pop In”:http:// club in Paris +336 03 82 58 70.
Jun Miyake, Japanese composer/producer/trumpet player, whose album “STOLEN FROM STRANGERS” was elected CD of the year by German music critics and which has had an excellent reception in France also, will be performing a rare concert, albeit private, at the concert venue of the department store Galéries Lafayette, on March 11. Lisa Papineau will be a special guest performer at this concert. Les Inrockuptibles, the cultural magazine, has organized a game to win tickets for the event.
Oumou Sangare , the singing diva from Mali whose new album “SEYA”, the first after five years, is causing big excitement, will perform in Paris, at the Alhambra, on April 1 – no joke! Don’t miss this amazing lady, she is an absolutely brilliant and unique performer.