Aline Frazao is a 21 year young songwriter with a stunning artistic maturity. While her compositions have an undoubtedly Brasilian feel, she seemlessly integrates her Angolan and Cape Verdean influences for unique and powerful songs. Click play, seat back, relax and read the interview after the jump.

Tsar Shate 2’s The Bacchae is an adaptation with a folky-cabaret twist of the antique greek tragedy by Euripide. Album preview + bonus interview after the jump.

Lonely Joe Parker & Jackie Paper are just to release an acoustic split ep “What’s Wrong With Broken Glass” on Sotones. All profit on sales goes to OXFAM, a leading NGO. Make a move, stream it and if you like it, just buy it! Bonus interview after the jump.

Langhorne Slim’s new album is out now on Kemado Records (Brooklyn). “Be set free” is full of bluegrass-influenced love songs and merry melodies. Full album stream and bonus interview below:

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Beast of Seasons opens with a hum and drone, a veil of fog conjuring a sense of atmosphere not unlike the Pacific Northwest coastal timber town where Laura Gibson was raised. A plaintive strum emerges with a voice in tow; a candle, a tender and flickering wisp of a voice suffusing the space with [...]

From Washington DC, Charles Hedinger aka Vandaveer write great songs between folk, country and americana. Already supported by the musical press, Vandaveer is also a touring machine. With minimal arrangements (drum machine, clarinet, sublte backing vocals), the songs are simple and captivating and even remind Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen. Official version revisited by Julien [...]

Les Siestes Electroniques festival starts today in Toulouse, south of France! Stream the best live recordings from last year edition and discover the complete line-up below:

Based in Toulouse, Southern France, Les Siestes électroniques is a summer meeting point for emerging artists from the field of music & digital culture. Its ambitious motley line-up mainly focuses [...]