Although critics will argue over the merits of his work, there is no denying that Serge Gainsbourg is one of the most fascinating figures in French popular music. He is best-known on this side of the Atlantic for "Je T'aime Moi Non Plus," a breathy duet with Jane Birkin whose slick, sensual soft rock melody won over many a listener (Birkin's convincingly acted moans of pleasure made it fairly scandalous).

We’ve got a real treat here for Marc Almond fans – the last of his very limited edition Against Nature collaboration with Jeremy Reed and Othon. Against Nature is said to be the seminally decadent novel of 19th Century fin de siècle Paris. It explores the central character of Des Esseintes who, as Jeremy Reed explains lived, “a life governed by deviated aesthetic obsessions and the desire to subvert…. nature through artificial pursuits. Endemically bored, wealthy, disillusioned, acutely refined, phobic and neurotic and singularly disgusted by humanity he withdraws from Paris as a middle-aged sensualist to live with servants as a recluse”.

Although Ute Lemper is best known to her devoted cult following as one of the great cabaret singers of all time, the German-born singer began as a stage actress, and has continued this career in tandem with her cabaret work. 1995's CITY OF STRANGERS combines the two sides of Lemper's musical persona, putting songs by the idiosyncratically brilliant Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim next to chansons by the equally unique French composer Jacques Prevert.

Two CD collection from the Italian singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, film director and TV host. In his 40+ year career, he has released 29 studio albums, three live albums and eight compilations…

Michel Legrand's abundantly lyrical soundtrack to Jacques Demy's 1964 movie musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg faithfully evokes the film's predominant theme of young love foiled by adult reality. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg's overriding melancholia finds a voice in two main melodic motifs Legrand uses throughout the soundtrack, the first from the Legrand jazz standard "Watch What Happens" and the second from his song "I Will Wait for You." Legrand's considerable arranging abilities are on display here as he works the recurring themes through a variety of settings: tragic duets cloaked in dramatic string passages, broken-down cabaret soliloquies, and even a tango piece à la Astor Piazzolla.

In a world where globalism wipes away any and all boundaries, RUSSKAJA supply a suitable soundtrack with their new record "Kosmpoliturbo". Upbeat powerful songs swing between countries, languages and cultures - High speed, groovy Polka Ska meshes with distorted guitars virtuosically. Sparkling violins let the big bass baritone vocals of lead singer Georgij Alexandowitsch Makazaria shine as bright as the stars. Since 2005 RUSSKAJA have been exploring their cosmopolitan Austro-Soviet roots. Beyond all genre confines, RUSSKAJA deliver their so called “Turbopolka”, mingling open-minded passion with various styles from all around the globe, and spread it all over the world.

Defying expectations and throwing anyone for a loop who guessed what Marc Almond might do after Stranger Things, Heart on Snow is his Russian album. That is to say that some of the songs are traditional Russian folk music, some are inspired by Almond's somewhat existentialist views of Russian life and love, and others merely mention Russian life but come across like traditional Almond songs. Instruments mostly take a backseat to Almond's voice, which is in peak form, but each song has a firm foundation of a combination of upright bass, piano, accordion, violin, percussion, moody keyboards, and guitars.

"LE MEILLEUR DE GAROU" Rendu célèbre en France pour son interprétation de Quasimodo dans la comédie musicale «Notre Dame De Paris » en 1998, Garou entame dès 2000 une carrière solo qui vole de succès en succès. Aussi curieux que cela puisse paraitre, il n'existait pas de Best Of jusqu'à maintenant, du chanteur Canadien préféré du public Français. Oubli réparé dès le 10 novembre 2014 avec un double CD regroupant tous ses tubes!

Bastien LALLEMANT Une ambiance surréaliste Inspiré par le roman noir, l'album le verger est un recueil de douze chansons écrites à la manière de nouvelles. Bastien Lallemant creuse le sillon d'une chanson à la fois littéraire et picturale, presque figurative, où s'affirme son goût pour la fiction et les contes cruels. Après une 'excursion dans l'intime'; (Les Premiers Instants), et une autre dans l'érotisme (Les Érotiques), Bastien s'attaque aujourd'hui au roman noir avec Le Verger. Un fil d'Ariane qu'il suit, avec poésie et légèreté, pour composer 12 nouveaux morceaux, autant de 'nouvelles'; inspirées de 'contes cruels'.

Sébastien Ricard plays the idealistic poet in La Bibliothèque-Interdite (The Forbidden Library), an intimate tango-opera written and composed by Denis Plante. The libretto expands on the memories of a fictional poet who, like his celebrated contemporaries Astor Piazzolla and Jorge Luis Borges, would have been a kind of outsider. He arrived in Buenos Aires in 1940, and with a mix of curiosity and amazement, there discovered the tango.

Catherine Leduc est une artiste folk québécoise originaire de Trois-Rivières. Elle est notamment connue pour avoir été la moitié féminine du groupe Tricot Machine. Après avoir fait trois albums avec son camarade Matthieu Beaumont dans ce groupe, les deux, en 2012, ont décidé de se lancer en solo pour changer d’air un peu, ce qui fait que Catherine Leduc nous est arrivée avec un premier album solo nommé Rookie, le 8 avril 2014. Un peu plus de trois ans plus tard, le 26 mai dernier, elle nous arrive avec un deuxième album solo nommé Un bras de distance avec le soleil, aux influences folk très présentes.

Leave it to the French to show their cosmopolitan side with this wide-ranging five CDs that often resembles a whirlwind package tour of Paris. All in all, it's a spectacularly fun, occasionally chuckle-inducing collection.

Sophie Pelletier lancera à la fin avril son 2e album solo. Il s’intitulera : Les météores. Le 21 avril prochain, l’artiste native de Rivière-Ouelle sera sur la scène de la Salle André-Gagnon de La Pocatière pour présenter un spectacle de lancement, accompagnée de quatre musiciens.

Il repertorio che proporranno la cantante di Seregno Vanessa Tagliabue Yorke e il pianista bresciano Andrea Bettini è apparentemente eterogeneo, ma ha però un forte denominatore comune in un sentire profondo e allo stesso tempo pieno di una sensibilità suggestiva. Nel repertorio dei due convivono mondi lontani come lo sono la musica di Maurice Ravel, di Erik Satie e di Claude Debussy, Edith Piaf, i ritmi di sarabanda, di habanera, e di bolero, ma i due riescono ad amplificarne e a sottolinearne i tratti comuni in un programma in qualche modo originale.

Cerise Calixte, la voix française se cachant derrière le personnage de Vaiana, et interprète de la musique principale du film Le Bleu Lumière, va sortir son premier album, un album réunissant les plus grandes chansons de l’univers Disney : Cerise chante Disney… Il faudra attendre la fin du mois, le 30 juin pour être précis, afin de pouvoir se procurer ce qui sera, nous l’espérons, un petit bijou musical…