J.P. Bimeni - Give Me HopeBurundian born soul singer JP Bimeni doesn't see the world through rose coloured glasses, but he exudes optimism in his sophomore album, Give Me Hope. A royal refugee who escaped death more than once and found his calling in the UK. Give Me Hope grooves between classic '60s Motown and Stax inspired soul, psychedelia and Afro funk. Inspired by leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. And James Stern (the namesake of an empoweringly funky track) and

Brokedown Palace

She has performed throughout America

here the composer draws on historical models both in form and content

Bill Evans and his trio (featuring bassist Chuck Israels and drummer Larry Bunker) meet a 48-piece symphony orchestra conducted and arranged by Claus Ogerman

the Flemish Radio Choir and it's acclaimed chief Herve Niquet extract the emotional and rhetorical essence of music which is eminently French

so we enlisted Steve Albini at Electrical Audio to get the most real and raw version of the band possible

"The album is inspired by a period of time in my life

It sounds like a dream come true

is a harrowing souvenir of the times in which it was written

A lethal dose of gangsters

who recently played with Bruce Springsteen

The music industry quickly locked the wild teens in the pop cage