Clemence

Heard about Sellaband already? In short: it's like MySpace, only your Friends ('Believers' in Sellaband-lingo) invest in artists until they raise 50,000 dollars. Then they record a cd with a Big Name producer in a Big Name studio. All investors get that cd for free, other Sellaband-fans can download songs for free. Money's not being made via these investments or shares, but thanks to advertisement on the Sellaband-site. So far, five artists raised that 50 k, and ultralovely French fille Clemence is one of them. She's the daughter of the classical composer Saint-Preux, her mother's a painter. She already recorded some songs (one with Johnny Hallyday), and was part of a re-recording of her dad's most known Concerto Pour Un Voix, now called Concerto Pour Deux Voix. Her album Mes Jours has an early-Céline Dion-vibe, which isn't a recommendation. That she now re-records her album in English, isn't one either. Still, the jazzy, Coralie Clement-ish La Vie Comme Elle Se Vient tickles my earlobes in a very nice way.

Clemence - La Vie Comme Elle Se Vient