Juliette Armanet is a singer-songwriter, who is taking France by storm with her "chic variety". Her enthusiastic refrain, her fine and chiseled words, make her the worthy daughter of the great ones of the song, from Sheller to Christophe, from Sanson to Tellier. “Petite Amie” is a moving kaleidoscope of love, in which the young woman still refuses to choose her camp musically, oscillating languidly between long melancholic beaches, private slows in piano-voice (Love in Solitaire), and discrete bombs (A Saturday Night in History).

Whoever you are! I’m much closer to you than a stranger (Andrée Chedid) We are all connected. By atoms and stardust, hearts and minds and six degrees at most. By nature. The universe. Music. Take LAMOMALI, the new album by iconic French rocker, M. Recorded in collaboration with Toumani Diabaté, that Grammy-winning kora virtuoso from Mali, West Africa, and featuring a who’s who of singers and musicians from, well, everywhere, it’s both a mighty slice of African pop and a testament to music’s power to enchant, heal and unite.

The sophomore solo album from the television star and R&B vocalist. Tamar just so happens to be the younger sister of Soul diva Toni Braxton. In early 2012, she made a decision to return to the studio. Twelve years had passed since her major label debut, Tamar, but it finally felt right to delve into making music again. The artist had already endured the changing tides of the business and its tumultuous nature. This time, she wasn't going to bend for anyone or hold anything back. "This is the first record where my music has truly reflected who I am," she affirms. "One night when I was in the studio, everything clicked. I found the sound I'd been looking for within myself for years. I never had a chance to go as deep as I did. I'm not trying to be something I'm not. I have to be me. The vocals just poured out of me."

Considering how good Tamar Braxton's Winter Loversland album is, it is ridiculous and almost unforgiveable that my first knowledge of the singer came from Roxxxy Andrews impersonating her in the 5th season of the always flawless RuPaul's Drag Race. How Love & War passed me by is beyond me. However, I'm here now and hopefully not to late to this festive party because Winter Loversland (love that title) is a heavenly treat that is sinfully good from start to finish. Tamar has managed to put together a collection of tunes that reflect her personality & the spirit of the season in a seemingly effortless convergence of musical magic.

Thirteen years after the release of her debut album, Tamar Braxton came back in a major way with her sophomore record “Love and War”. The CD debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and it let everyone know that Tamar was here to stay for the long haul. It was truly a coming out party for her. No longer was she considered the underdog, she was the star and the spotlight was all hers. Backed by the Grammy nominated single “Love and War”, R&B fans fell in love with a voice that they knew about, but didn’t get enough of. However that was two years ago and her Tamartians have been anxiously waiting for the new album “Calling All Lovers”. Luckily for them, it was well worth the wait.

'Aventine' is the second album release from Berlin-based Danish phenomenon Agnes Obel, the follow up to her critically acclaimed debut 'Philharmonics' of 2010. Like 'Philharmonics', the new album was written, arranged, and produced by Agnes, who provides piano and vocals. The album features a small ensemble including cellist Anne Müller, who has also played with Nils Frahm, along with Mika Posen of Timber Timbre playing the violin and viola on 'The Curse', 'Pass Them By' and 'Fivefold'. Robert Kondorossi of Budzillus plays guitar on 'Pass Them By'. Building on the sonic template of her debut, 'Aventine' is a deeper and darker (though none the less elegantly sublime) affair, with songs of genuine heart stopping beauty in the likes of first single 'The Curse', 'Dorian' and 'Fuel To Fire' Originally from Copenhagen, Agnes has lived in Berlin since 2006, where 'Aventine' was recorded at her Chalk Wood Studios between January and May 2013.

Singer Melanie De Biasio breaks through in 2013 with her second album No Deal. Both public and critics are very impressed by the way in which the daughter of a Belgian mother and Italian father mixes pop with jazz. Three years later her third album Blackened Cities is released. The plate is even more versatile than its predecessor and includes a 24-minute song.

With Migration Blues eric Bibb reminds us that if we look at the history of the world we discover that we all have migrants among our ancestors. Eric also draws a parallel between the former African American sharecroppers leavind the brutal segregation and economic misery of the rural South for the industrial cities of the North and the current migratory movement to Europe of the refugees from the war-torn countries of the Middle East and Africa World.

Tipped by many to become one of the most exciting and unique British guitar bands of the decade off the back of rapturous critical acclaim, Pale | Seas, on the eve of the release of a long-anticipated debut album, simply disappeared. No hiatus announcement, no press release, nothing. For the following three years the band, led by enigmatic frontman Jacob Scott alongside Graham Poole (Lead Guitar), Matthew Bishop (Bass) & Andrew Richardson (Drums), emitted no signal, instead embarking upon a period of prolonged isolation, rejecting the industry and the outside world to hole themselves away inside a medieval abbey in most remote Isle of Wight.