Belinda Carlisle's "Voila!," her first new album in a decade, and her first record sung entirely in French, is a radical departure for the pop diva and lead singer of the Go-Go's. Working with producer John Reynolds (U2, Sinéad O'Connor, Indigo Girls, Hothouse Flowers), Carlisle has fashioned a traditional pop album that pays tribute to the classic French chansons and pop music of the '40s, '50s and '60s. Just in time for Valentine's Day, the album is set for release on February 6, 2007.

"After I moved to France, I became familiar with the classic French chansons and a lot of French pop music," Carlisle explains. "I realized there was a whole world of artists and singers I was not familiar with. As I discovered all these amazing songs, I came to love this music and wanted to record some of them with a playful, contemporary feel."

Carlisle and Reynolds went into the studio with a musical dream team including Brian Eno on keyboards, guitarist Fianchna O'Braonain (Hothouse Fl...

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Andreas Vollenweider has just completed work on his first ever holiday album -- MIDNIGHT CLEAR -- a unique collection of original compositions and traditional Old World holiday songs, many of which date as far back as the 11th Century, reinterpreted by the Grammy Award-winning harpist. Collaborating with Andreas Vollenweider on MIDNIGHT CLEAR is the incomparable Carly Simon. One of the definitive voices in pop music, the Grammy Award, Academy Award and Golden Globe Award-winner lends her songwriting and vocal talents on four tracks including the single and title track. MIDNIGHT CLEAR will be released on October 24 on SLG Records (a unit of The Savoy Label Group).

Without a doubt, MIDNIGHT CLEAR looks to be a truly distinctive holiday release both for the creativity of the compositions and the originality of the repertoire and of course, because it is a collaborative showcase with Carly Simon. In fact, their friendship and musical relationship go back more than 25 years ago to ...