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 The CDs on hand are the seventh and ninth (if I am not mistaken) full-length releases by Bremen's extravagant quintet Mellow Melange. Both releases feature the following artists: Sonja Firker  - vocals, violin, flauto dolce, autoharp, Matthias Schinkopf  - saxophon, flute, flauto dolce, percussions, vocals, clarinet, trumpet, David Jehn  - upright bass, mandolin, guitar, flauto dolce, harp, vocals, mandolin, banjo, Ingo Höricht  - violin, viola, guitar, vocals, Michael Berger  - piano. Together they are Mellow Melange. The name stands for what the quintet does when playing and writing music. They are mixing, combining, merging, and pairing different styles of music, and thus they create an artistic mélange of Jazz, Pop, Folk, Chanson, and Chamber Music. And although these soundscapes serve plenty of moods, a certain mellow air is omnipresent. Mellow Melange - Handbag: Little Stories of Little Things (2013) This concept album contains eighteen songs and the...

Picture Credit: Marie Minet   Marie Minet - Je serais tout ce que tu veux Release Date: February 12, 2021 Length: 03:25 Genre: Folk / World / Spoken Word Origin: Paris , France "Je serais tout ce que tu veux" (French: "I will be anything that you want") is a song about love, but not a love song. The atmospheric sound deals with the disillusionment that can severely that can injure trust and amorous ease in a relationship, and consequently lead to resignation. After in previous single " Prête à tout " (French: "Ready for anything"), Marie Minet showed how love can intefere with reason, ideals, and principles, the follow-up track concerns a fire that has gone extinct while one of the partners is still trying to fan the embers. Marie Minet provides the audience with a bittersweet mélange of melancholy, passion, reflection, and departure. The musical foundation is a wholesome alloy of Capverdian, French, and borderless music that combines bouyancy,...

Picture Credit: Christian Wethered   Christian Wethered - La Madeleine Release Date: May 10, 2021 Length: 05:04 Genre: Indie Folk Origin: Dublin , Ireland Christian Wethered  is a gifted sing and songwriter based in the capital of the Republic if Ireland whom you should keep in mind. With "La Madeleine", Wethered  has released the fourth single of his upcoming album "Mon Petit Jardin". The song's title is a reference to the small town of the same name where Christian Wethered  used to live. Together with Dylan Lynch  (drums), Sara O'Loughlin  (backing vocals), and Cil Byrne  (electric guitar, bass), Christian Wethered  has musicked the atmosphere of his former hometown in the French Départment du Nord. Christian Wethered · La Madeleine "La Madeleine" is a melacholically sweet slow jam. It is a Folk song full of passion, wistfulness, and desire for something impossible to put into words. Via bittersweet gloom, Christian Wethered  and his fel...

Picture Credit: WILDWOOD WILDWOOD - Shattered Release Date: March 01, 2021 Length: 03:14 Genre: Indie Pop Origin: Nashville , Tennessee , USA With her new music video for the song "Shattered", Nashville's singer and songwriter WILDWOOD joyfully looks back on her time in French capital Paris. The hommage to the gorgeous metropolis is not only visible in the video but also has left concise traces in the music. Accordion and strings add a strong Chanson influence to "Shattered". WILDWOOD's "Shattered" is a colourful and passionate song that combines the harmonic potential of Americana and Chanson and thereby creates a stunning pop song. The soundscape is full of wanderlust, emotions and reverie - a song that perfectly fits a glass of red wine. Content from the  MangoNews  will always stay in the  MangoRotation  playlist for 14 days. This coverage was created via Musosoup  #Sustainablecurator WILDWOOD Online: Homepage Facebook Twitter Instagram SoundCl...