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For its 19th edition, the Sons d’Hiver Festival, which takes place in 13 towns of the Val-de-Marne region, offers until February 20 a wide-ranging music programme consisting of jazz, improvised musics, rock and hip-hop. This year’s theme  is promising : new desires.

For the opening day, Hamid Drake will present his new creole, new orleans and caribbean style  Bindu : dynamic, full of joy and dance. After that Neneh Cherry together with Ethnic Heritage Ensemble  will pay a tribute to Don Cherry.

Lots of surprises, small or large ones, will follow one another during this festival. Among others, the concert-debate of Yves Rober ” money is dear to us ” will lead to a burst of music in the current economic debates. Besides, for its 30th anniversary, the Nato label will pay a tribute to Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. Then, Living Colour together with Last Poets will celebrate Emory Douglas’s  outstanding images, the Black Panthers’ illustrator. Eventually, Melvin Van Peebles himself will perform the opera version of his well known Sweet Sweetback’s baadasssss Song.

Also note: apart from the concerts, drum-conferences will give rythm to the festival.

More information: Sons d’Hiver Festival – www.sonsdhiver.org