The sound of Baptiste W. Hamon is unmistakable: intimate, acoustic-driven folk and Americana straight from the heart of Nashville. Of course, the listener will notice something a little different, too: he's singing almost entirely in French. This dichotomy is not a novelty, though, earning him a consistent career recording albums like L'insouciance (2017), Soleil, soleil bleu (2019) and Country (2024) and collaborating with modern alternative acts from Will Oldham to members of Tame Impala.
Born in 1986 in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole, Hamon admired Nick Drake and...