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Sorry, this entry is only available in FR. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language.Le pianiste Simon Bolzinger présentera "Tambor y Canto" son nouveau spectacle le jeudi 6 octobre sur la scène du Studio de l'Ermitage. L'album sortira le 24 février 2017 chez L'Assos'Picante / Rue Stendhal (concert de lancement prévu à Paris mi-mars). Simon Bolzinger (piano, direction et composition) sera accompagné à cette occasion d'Arturo Martinez (chants et percussions de Cuba), Patinho Axé (chants et percussions du Brésil), Rocco Sedano (danses et percussions d’Argentine), Rodolfo Muñoz (chants et percussions du Pérou), Olivier Temime (saxophone) et Rafael Paseiro (contrebasse). La Compagnie Tambor y Canto propose le mélange du jazz et des traditions de quatre pays : Cuba, Brésil, Pérou et Argentine . Quatre percussionnistes et leurs quatre voix chantent et slamment la tradition, quatre maestros prêts à vous faire partager la richesse des percussions d’Amérique latine : le pandeiro, le cajón, le bombo et les batas ! Un métissage osé et explosif, où le piano se fraie un chemin entre zapateo et timbao, la mâchoire d’âne dialogue avec le saxophone, le bombo fait du danzón et la chacarera chante les Orishas. Un plateau exceptionnel et inédit, formé de virtuoses des rythmes latino-américains. De quoi embrasser la diversité et l’unité d’un continent tout entier !  ***** INFOS Site : L'Assos'Picante Souncloud : veev-com Facebook : Tambor-y-Canto Teaser Vidéo ***** LE STUDIO DE L'ERMITAGE 8 Rue de L'Ermitage, Paris 20e Site Web : studio-ermitage.com Horaire : 20h30

Yasmine Kyd is a Paris-based singer/songwriter of mixed origins. She grew up on the Atlantic coast of Brittany, listening to sounds from around the globe: Berber folk music (her dad’s Algerian), jazz, soul, gospel, bossa nova and British pop music. Seamlessly piecing together her influences, she has a knack for melodies that stay with you, serviced by a distinctively mellifluous, yet powerful vocal presence. While her first album ‘Earth Woman‘ (2010) featured a collection of sensitive soul ballads, with a warm acoustic production, her second album ‘Mythical Creatures‘ (2013) was an elegantly produced collection of love songs to jazz and blues, with a hint of nu soul and hip hop, which was described as reminiscent of both Joni Mitchell and Erykah Badu. Privacy Settings An unapologetic claim to versatility, Yasmine‘s third album ‘Privacy Settings‘ opens her palette to new experiences which could very well make this record something of a ‘modern classic’. Through Yasmine‘s words and the range of her musical choices, “Privacy Settings” explores the fluctuating boundaries between privacy and exposure in the contemporary world, reflected in a musical journey taking you from a funky slightly dystopian story (That One Day), to an emotive jazz ballad (Is it Time to Go Home?), leading up to a filmed walkabout through the streets of Paris (Paris Jam 69), following an intimate reggae number (Personal), and culminating with a sensual North African acoustic sound picture (Neapolis). ***** INFORMATION Website: yasminekyd.com  Facebook: Yasmine KYD Live videos: Medley, Sunset I love the man, Studio de l’Ermitage Unconditional, New Morning

Jean My Truong has played drums with Violinist Didier Lockwoodand numerous jazz figures, such as pianists Joachim Kühn, Jacky Byard (Charles Mingus) and Mal Waldron, as with Michel Portal, Bernard Lubat, or Brazilian singer-pianist Tania Maria, and guitarists Mike Stern, Ninine Garcia or Christian Escoudé, and the finest talents of the french jazz scene, such Stéphane Guillaume, Pierre de Bethmann, Thierry Maillard… He also played with the french group Indochine, Alain Bashung, Khaled, Sting… ***** INFORMATION New album “Secret World“: September 30, 2016, at Quart De Lune / Rue Stendhal Website: jeanmytruong.com Facebook: Jean My Truong Teaser Secret World

Sorry, this entry is only available in FR. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language.Le musicien de Oud franco-palestinien Issa Murad qui présentera "Joussour" son nouvel album le jeudi 22 septembre sur la scène du Studio de L'Ermitage à l'occasion de sa sortie le 21 Octobre chez Mazzika / UVM. Issa Murad, compositeur et joueur de oud franco-palestinien, a fondé le groupe Joussour en 2012 à Paris. Ce projet est le fruit de la rencontre entre Issa Murad, musicien de formation orientale, avec les jazzmen parisiens Richard Turegano (piano), Marc Buronfosse (contrebasse) et Frédéric Chapperon (batterie / percussions) de même que Samir Homsi (percussionniste syrien) et Rishab Prasanna ( Bansouri / Ney indien). Cette formation hétéroclite interprète la musique authentique et originale d’Issa Murad, au croisement d’influences arabes, latines et jazz. Joussour signifie “ponts” en arabe. Une véritable fusion qui se rit des frontières et vous fera découvrir de nouvelles sonorités. ***** INFOS Facebook : Issa Murad Vidéos : La folle qui danse Houroub The Mysterious Person ***** LE STUDIO DE L'ERMITAGE 8 Rue de L'Ermitage, Paris 20e Site Web : studio-ermitage.com Horaire : 20h30

Born in Japan, but he left for the USA at the age of 15, then moving to France afer high school to study the fine arts in hope to become a painter. Meanwihle he had been trained on the Western music on the Violin and on the Guitar. Soon he discovered the North Indian Classical music and started learning the Tabla and the Sitar in India and in France. He became one of the brilliant disciples of the Sitar maestro Pandit Kushal Das from whom he acquired the great technical skills and the aesthetic approach to interpret the Ragas in pure tradition. Based in Paris, Kengo gives private lessons as well as workshops as a visiting teacher in music schools, and performing live concerts all over the world. Recognized as a rare and a distinguished Rubâb player, Kengo plays the traditional Afghanrepertoire with subtle nuances transmitted by Daud Khan Sadozai, a disciple of the legend of Afghan Rubâb; late Ustad Mohammad Omar. Besides promoting the music of this unique instrument, his flexibility and creativity lead him to collaborate and perform in different styles of musical identities ranging from Japan to Greece. As a composer, he has created a number of original pieces influenced by India, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and Japan. With his compositions, he successfully directed a group of musicians from different traditions for a UNESCO concert in 2010, and for Aid and Relief Concert for Japan’s Tsunami victims in 2011. Working as a musician of the classical and traditional music of North India and Afghanistan, however at the same time he is deeply involved in today’s musical creativity. As a guest or a member, he has been taking part in various projects in different fields like Jazz, Cross Cultural Collaborations, Traditional and Contemporary Dances, Storytelling etc. He has arranged some Japanese folk melodies for Rubâb which is a successful and unique oeuvre reflecting his Japanese roots. His first solo album “JAPANISTAN” was described by the UK review Songlines as “an example of fusion done properly, with skill, nuance and good tase.” ***** INFORMATION Website: kengosaito-music.com Facebook: Kengo Saito Music Vidéos

Leïla Ssina will be presenting her new album “Sympa” on Thursday, May 26 on stage at the Trois Baudets to celebrate its release on May 27 at Padblem / Rue Stendhal, in partnership with France Bleu 107.1. Leïla Ssina is evolving in a crazy world, where Barbie turns tricks and cows become interns, one where the game of love more closely resembles a game of Battleship than it does a walk in the park. And don’t go thinking that Leïla is satisfied with that! Just as she breathes, she sings: to fight, denounce, and heal her wounds as well … from twists of a wrist to twists of fate, from ranting and raving to fun in the sun, she paints an unvarnished portrait of her life and universe, with its beauty and breadth. Her texts, made with part irony, part optimism, show the only possible stand one can have when facing this troubled world: to be herself, with her acidic yet necessary pop-groove music, and the text in French. The jury of the Pic d’Or made no mistake when granting her the 2013 performance award and ACP-Manufacture Chanson Award. She was selected to take part in the Grand Zebrock music competition and was awarded the Special Jury Prize and the 107.1 France Bleu award, which propelled her onto the “Zebrock” stage at the most recent Fête de l’Humanité. The songs « A payer » and « L’hiver en été » off Leïla Ssina‘s first EP were praised as a French-language favorite on Swiss national radio, Canal 3. She was also one of the finalists in the Métisse talent competition, which led to her playing at the 2015 edition of Solidays. ***** INFORMATION Website: leilassina.net Facebook: ssinaleila Vidéo “Pic d’Or, Prix d’interprétation 2013”

Virginia Rodrigues started her career by singing in both Catholic and Protestant church choirs. In 1997, she was invited by the director Márcio Meirelles to attend Pelô Bye Bye. There she was discovered by Caetano Veloso. Rodrigues regularly appears at festivals of jazz and world music throughout the world, participating in several world tours. Former U.S. president Bill Clinton once said that she was the singer who he liked best in the world and mentioned her in his memoir “My Life.” ***** INFORMATION Listening to the album: Youtube Facebook: Virginia Rodrigues Website: casadefulo.com Videos: “Senhor do Fogo Azul” – live “Vá Cuidar de Sua Vida” – live “Sou eu” – live “Yaya Zumba” – live

The soul / funk band from Toulouse So Groovy presents its new album “Couchsurfing on My Mind“. In 2013, seven musicians and a singer met up and united out of a love for groove, that indefinable style that livens us up right from the very first note. “From the funk of Maceo Parker to the soul of Aretha Franklin, by way of the acid jazz of Jamiroquaï“; it’s a little bit of all that, a subtle blend of the three styles, with some hip-hop and R ‘n B thrown in. In 2014, they were one of the 130 bands in competition on the talent contest “Le Roi de la Zik!” The victory propelled them into the studio, hardly a surprise for their loyal following, who are already convinced that the groove epidemic punishing their feet is still just in its early stages! Indeed, it is live on stage where So Groovy takes it to the third dimension. Off the successful coaching at Metronum in Toulouse with Matthieu Miegeville and Jerkov Musiques, So Groovyunwinds the wound-up, simple as that. The three wind instruments Sébastien Pasero (tenor saxophone), Peter Morenon (trombone), and Thomas Castex (trumpet) have already done the equivalent of a Paris-New York trip with all their moving from stage to stage. Arthur Mary, the psychedelic keyboard player and Guillaume Castex on drums make up for their sitting down by keeping a smooth groove to the beat. The picture would not be complete without mentioning Alexander Cayrel (guitar, lap steel) and Romain Brusini (bass), whose touch make poetry rise from off their strings. On March 25, 2016 So Groovy‘s first album “Couchsurfing on My Mind” was released. Nine tracks that take listeners on a trip through the different kinds of groove, and then makes a stop for one night, like a spur-of-the-moment couchsurfing adventure, to then go on hunting after another style, sometimes warmer, sometimes livelier. ***** INFORMATION Website: sogroovy.fr Facebook: sogroovytheband Clip Groove Defenders Cannibal Lady Live au Rex

The Tunisian jazz band Jazz Oil will release their new album “Lamma” on March 25 Shouka / Quart de Lune / Rue Stendhal / Idol). “Lamma“, which means “encounter” in Arabic, is a very colorful instrumental album. Nidhal Jaoua (qanun) and Slim Abida (bass) give us an artful mix of flavours from the East and the West. A “bridge” between jazz and traditional Arab music. The two composers have sought out a new Tunisian musical identity that goes beyond borders: to reboot the image of the current Tunisian music scene. With their own personal journeys and the eclecticism of their respective artistic endeavors, Slim Abida and Nidhal Jaoua have come out with an album that mixes the warmth of eastern music and the brilliance of Jazz. Some tracks, like “Lila funk” and “Jounoun” also have a touch of funk, “Souvenir” mixes Latin music, jazz and Tunisian music. This album is a message of peace and human reconciliation. ***** INFORMATION Facebook: jazzoil Soundcloud: jazz-oil Vidéo live au Comedy Club Teaser live Comedy Club Vidéo live Journées Musicales de Carthage

Brazilian artist Alê Kali presents her new self-titled album slated for release on May 27 on La Reverb’ / Rue Stendhal. She will be presenting it on stage at the Studio L’Ermitage on Wednesday, June 15. It is the fulfillment of a dream, a lifetime of dedication. After a twenty-year musical career spanning two continents, the singer Alê Kali is presenting her first solo album, full of Brazilian sounds. Samba, rock, bossa nova, forró, soul, funk, African sounds, European heritage … The artist skillfully combines contemporary rhythms and influences from the past, marked by the rich folklore of her country and a protest culture born from out of the military dictatorship . In this work, Alê Kali performs eleven new tailor-made tracks in the company of talented composers and contributors (including Silvano Michelino, who has worked with Chet Baker, Cesaria Evoria, Henri Salvador and Celia Reggiani who is featured on piano on one track. With her bright voice, this Bahian singer tells us about her roots, ideas, experiences and encounters. The alternately poetic, engaged, explosive, and catchy melodies reveal the artist’s personality in small, nuanced strokes. The guitar by Teteu Guillemant, bass by Josias Liashw and percussion by Anthony Duvalle blend with her words and velvety vocals, which take us on a journey through a unique universe beyond borders and time… a treasure. The album, entitled “Alê Kali“, will go on sale starting May 27, 2016 in stores and for download online. ***** INFORMATION Website: alekali.com Facebook: alekali Soundcloud: ale-kali-da-bahia Youtube: Teaser Live

Zé Boiadé presents “Zé Que Casá“, slated for release on May 27 at Rue Stendhal / La Roda. The group will be presenting their new album on stage at Studio L’Ermitage on June 9. Zé Boiadé draws its musical language from French music, the choro, samba and Nordestino rhythms of Brazil. A bit dada, they like to break down and deconstruct sounds and rhythms like a collage, inventing music that is theirs alone, pushing the boundaries between erudite and folk music. The four multi-instrumentalists perform using their voices, 7-string guitars, the 10-string Nordestino violin, as well as the slide trombone and melodica, the cavaquinho and mandolin, and a wide range of percussion instruments such as the pandeiro, congas, the udu, the triangle, the kes kes … By digging ever deeper into traditional music, Zé Boiadé flows freely toward unique and particular songwriting, alternately danceable and contemplative, jumping from frevo and Caboclinho one moment just to suddenly plunge the viewer straight into a song in French or Portuguese. ***** INFORMATION Website: laroda.fr Facebook: zeboiade Soundcloud: compagnie-la-roda Youtube: Teaser

Merging of the combo Forró de Rebeca, which gathers its inspiration in the large North-East Brazilian cultures (Samba de Coco, Capoeira, Baiao, Maracatu…), and the US producer Maga Bo, also founder of “Tropical Bass”, Sociedade Recreativa invites to a powerful journey in the heart of an imaginary territory where electronic arrangements give new life to the ancestral rythms. All is about meetings… Specially in Lyon, french capital of indie music and electronic cultures. Bene ting of a privilegiated playground – “les pentes” (slopes) of Croix Rousse, the musicians of Forró de Rebeca and the universal beats ambassador Maga Bo met during the summer 2014. They immediately get along with each other! Their paths are crossing exactly where the North-estearn roots of the franco-brazilian trio dives into the electronic music deep waters, while Maga Bo, living in Rio de Janeiro for fteen years, can’t stop focusing on the Brazilian Nordeste. The artists multiply the trips between Lyon and Rio de Janeiro. From one shore to the other, Sociedade Recreativa keeps experimenting and nally creates a new style, an « half-way » transatlantic sound. They book an appointment to record their rst album during the summer 2015. The musical palette of the project is enrich by other artistic meetings, such as the Occitan ow of Papet J (Massilia Sound System) or Flavia Coelho’s feline voice. Then comes the step of the explosive live show creation. Thanks to the help of La Cité de la Musique de Romans and the Projet Bizarre in Venissieux, the artists move directly from studio recording to artistic residencies. On stage, the festive energy of Forró de Rebeca troubadours naturally mixes up with Maga Bo’s musical patchwork. The music themes find a new meaning, somewhere between contemporary music innovation and traditions sophistication. ***** INFORMATION Facebook: Sociedade Recreativa Youtube: Clip Boa Noite feat. Papet J