Listen · 29 April 2026

Five new artists for the kitchen and the hour after dinner.

All adjacent to your library, none already in it. Each with a single seed track to start a Roon song-radio.

i.

Cyrille Aimée — "Off the Wall"

French-American gypsy-jazz singer with bossa instincts — sits between Stacey Kent and Madeleine Peyroux in your library, with a brighter rhythmic underside. Her covers album Move On is the easy entry; the seed track will radio into Brad Mehldau, Anat Cohen.

Vocal Jazz
ii.

Bebel Gilberto — "Aganju"

Daughter of João — bossa with a soft electronic underlay. Closer to Tycho's atmosphere than to her father's sparseness. Seeds well into Marcos Valle, Joyce Moreno, then back into the Jobim canon you already have.

Bossa Nova
iii.

Hania Rani — "Esja"

Polish neo-classical pianist, lighter touch than Frahm, more melodic than Richter. The album Esja is a perfect dinner-table soundtrack; the title track radios into Joep Beving, Vikingur Ólafsson, Kiasmos.

Neo-Classical
iv.

Pasquale Grasso — "All the Things You Are"

Pat Metheny's protégé — solo jazz guitar with a bebop vocabulary that nods to Bud Powell. Sits cleanly between your Metheny and Jim Hall placements; if you like the latter for its restraint, Grasso is the natural next step.

Jazz Guitar
v.

Junip — "Line of Fire"

José González's full-band project — the same hushed Swedish-Argentine voice as his solo records, framed by drums and synth pads. Adjacent to your Bon Iver and Mazzy Star territory, but with more rhythmic propulsion.

Indie Folk