" I used to say that the singing voice is the mirror of the soul. Singing is an essential means of expression that touches the humanity and compassion in us. The mission of the Festival Au Fil des Voix and the diversity of voices presented are important to me. I am honored to be the godmother and I wish good luck to this 2023 edition. " says the godmother of this 16th edition, the renowned Angélique Kidjo, winner of the Grammy Awards, ambassador of Unicef. Thesummer festival Au Fil des Voix has welcomed the biggest names on the international scene from Manu Dibango to Kassav, Johnny Clegg to Daara J Family, Fatoumata Diawara and many others. Each year the public is embarked on a musical journey through new sounds from all over the world. Great emblematic voices, confirmed artists but also young talents are on stage. Each project brings, in its own way, astonishing breaths of modernity. For 15 years now, nearly 271 bands, 1200 musicians from more than 65 countries and regions of the world have taken turns on these Parisian stages. This year the program is rich, surprising, open to the world and the current scene. KIARA JONES Neo-Soul Designated as a rising star of neo-soul in 2021 following his first EP Black Garden, Kiara Jones followed with Tada which marks a return to the roots of RnB, and reveals a solar universe highlighting an innovative synthesis of an uptempo soul with electro-pop accents. She will exclusively unveil her third and new EP Body. Saturday, January 28 at 8:30 pm at 360 Paris Music Factory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV7sMGhIVu0 HELENA RECALDE Jazz and Andean traditions / Ecuador Ecuadorian bassist, singer, author and composer, Helena Recalde mixes the music of her origins with jazz. His talent and taste for improvised music led him to share the stage with great figures of jazz and world music. In his latest opus, Karishina, nostalgia for Andean melodies mingles with the spicy joy of Afro-descendant rhythms of the Pacific coast. On stage, jazz tones and vertiginous improvisations intertwine to pay tribute to nature and its committed texts. Tuesday, January 31 at 8:30 pm at 360 Paris Music Factory https://youtu.be/fyHV8qqofDc AA'IN Sonidos de Colombia & Venezuela Inspired by the indigenous people whose territory did not know the demarcation between Venezuela and Colombia, AA'IN draws its fundamental energies from the traditional repertoire of this region, irradiated throughout history by indigenous music and then those imported by Spanish settlers and African slaves. Between joropo, Afro-Colombian rhythms and Venezuelan merengue, AA'IN breathes a new tradition woven by artists reinforcing their frames with flamenco or jazz. Wednesday, February 1st at 8:30 pm at 360 Paris Music Factory https://youtu.be/x1V421YNvpY
Omar Pène was not destined for music, he dreamed rather of football, but Baïla Diagne will play the role of the providential man. In 1972, he was looking for a singer for his band the Kadd Orchestra and wanted the young Omar Pène. From there will start a movement that is not ready to stop. In 1975, he was one of the founding members of the soon eternal Super Diamono of Dakar, with which he played traditional Senegalese music or Afro-Cuban tunes, before creating mbalax-blues that would forge their identity. The artist is not just a singer, his committed lyrics have structured his career. Considered marginal and revolutionary, Omar Pène is today a living, musical and social legend recognized throughout the world. With Climat, Omar returns with an acoustic album through which he expresses his incredible affection for his roots and his attachment to the Earth, to Humanity. Omar Pène still expresses a thirst to sing to celebrate the love that life brings him.
Saturday 11 February at 20:00 The Trianon https://youtu.be/rR-3oe1dQBU
DJELI MOUSSA CONDÉ Afro-Soul / Guinea-Conakry Djeli Moussa Condé, griot of Guinean origin, songwriter, kora and guitar player, based in France since 1993 is a recognized artist of the African world music scene. His latest album Womama met with great public and professional success. The health crisis having passed by there, he wanted to launch a new artistic challenge in a process of renewal of his repertoire. His two albums, Djeli in 2012 and Womama in 2015 had an electric approach. Today, with Africa Mama, Djeli Moussa Condé wishes to refocus on a more acoustic repertoire and on the very essence of his new kora compositions that accompany his exceptional voice. Saturday 11 February The Trianon https://youtu.be/I6dQxil2n_o
HERVÉ SAMB Afro-Jazz Folk / Senegal Passionate about music since childhood, Hervé Samb set up his first group at the age of 11. In Paris and New York, he found his voice and grew musically by touring clubs. Jolof, his second opus of Jazz Sabar, deals with social issues such as emigration or African youth, conscious and confident. In this new album, Hervé Samb and his Teranga Band explore even more deeply the possibilities of Jazz Sabar. Groove, dance, trance and poetry are in the spotlight for this second opus Jazz Sabar. A luminous repertoire where Herve Samb remains faithful to his idea of popularizing this genre by adding a new string to his bow: "singing". An ode to beautiful Senegal, country of Teranga (which means hospitality). Saturday 11 February The Trianon https://youtu.be/Sp6pjsc4XhI
