Blur are not the only Britpoppers with a new album in the works. Saint Etienne will release their eighth studio album, Words & Music, on May 21 in the UK. (They’re still working out US distribution.) ...

As Sarah Cracknell dreamily sings on the statement-of-intent opening track "Over The Border", as a teenager she knew she should have been studying for her mocks but instead "just wanted to listen to ...

There's an old adage: The hardest part of being in a band is keeping it together. In that regard, Saint Etienne have aced the test. Since Sarah Cracknell joined Pete Wiggs and Bob Stanley on the ...

Fairly unknown to big audiences, but at the same time one of the most talented African bass players, Etienne Mbappé has, since moving to Paris from his home country Cameroon in the '70s, played with ...

A few months ago, Saint Etienne, the great long-running trio of UK pop adventurers, released an excellent sound-collage album called I’ve Been Trying To Tell You. The group built the LP out of samples ...

Saint Etienne’s eighth album, Words and Music by Saint Etienne, starts with singer Sarah Cracknell—transported back to a time before adult autonomy—admiring kids with the daring to question authority.

Little wonder that the late keyboardist Joe Zawinul recruited Cameroonian vocalist/bassist Etienne Mbappe to the Syndicate in 2001. His honey-sweet, yet smoky vocals, enviable writing and arranging ...

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