Zelda

www.z-elda.fr

Zelda is a French jazz band with world music influences, composed of four musicians and a lead vocalist. The band is based in Rouen, Normandy in France. Zelda and her musicians take us back in time, to a bygone era when we sat together and shared a tune, maybe around a glass of something in an Irish pub or on a school bench. A time when the soothing vibrations of the voice and the wood of the accompanying instruments reassured us, providing a warm and cheerful shelter in difficult times.

The album "Sea of Stars" is also an invitation to travel, to dive into a fragile dream, the melodies and arrangements intertwining swing and bossa nova sounds, with a nod to traditional American music and folk.

As we listen, we are transported momentarily to another world, to an old-fashioned club, where we can start dancing or perhaps just watch others dance. This is music linking the past to the present, music as a way of reaching out to those around us, to revive and share common experiences and feelings.

It's jazz and the spirit of Billie isn’t far away, though the atmosphere is a timeless one. The songs seem to reflect an intoxicating taste for independence and the pleasure in following ones instincts.

Finally, Zelda gently encourages us to open up our hearts a little, and to look beyond appearances. An invitation to share little waves of emotion. taking part in a kind of melancholy that suddenly makes us feel good, reconciling us at last with what we really are.