Obscure Sound — Breton act Steel & Velvet return with People Just Float, a stripped-down folk EP shaped in the spirit of Johnny Cash’s American Recordings: raw acoustics, unadorned vocals, and storytelling steeped in shadow and intimacy. Formed by classically trai... more info

Sweeping The Nation — 2012 was a bit of a weird year. It was the most difficult of these to compile, if that's any judge (not helped by Words And Music By Saint Etienne's absence from Spotify) The London Olympics seemed to be treated as some as an unnecessary dist... more info

Guardian Music — She left school at 16 and took Lord of the Dance to Las Vegas. Now Gwenno Saunders has made a concept album about Cornwall, full of sunken cities, crashed gliders and cheeseIn the glamorous confines of a tiny back room in her record company’s ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The midwife of the title is Claire Breton (Catherine Frot), a Parisian woman in her 50s who, after years of bringing new life into the world, suddenly finds herself in the position of escorting someone toward death. It’s been several decades s... more info

The Daily Mail — Kelly Brook proved that she'd fallen in love with her French boyfriend's native on Wednesday, as she produced a piece to camera in capital city, Paris. more info

The Mirror — The spring season is calling us to embrace stripes once again. From punchy and bright to basic Breton, how will you wear yours? more info

New York Times — Rich Gaelic history, in the form of fiddling and dance, is on display each year at Celtic Colours International Festival on Cape Breton, the Nova Scotia island. more info

New York Times — On Cape Breton, an isolated island in Nova Scotia, musicians have developed an upbeat, distinctive style that moves enthusiastic listeners to their feet. Sit in on a recent jam session. more info

Obscure Sound — French group Ruby Cube showcase a crisp, highly infectious sound on new track “Blood in Love”, which traverses from moody and spacey verses into an effervescent chorus featuring punchy synths and sprightly vocals. The hook in particular reminds o... more info

The Quietus — Running from the 11th to the 14th of August in the (sort of) historic Breton city of Saint-Malo, this year's La Route Du Rock festival promises another four days of looking ahead and looking over your shoulder in a setting that remains hard to top more info