Claude Fontaine

American singer Claude Fontaine was nursing a broken heart in London when she stumbled into an obsession that would shape her art dramatically. Channeling vintage reggae and Brazilian sounds and working with some key players from classic reggae circles, she crafted a stylized hybrid of influence, homage, and lovelorn songwriting on her self-titled 2019 debut. Based out of Los Angeles, Fontaine's early musical output was limited to the occasional self-produced track she would share online. Following a bad breakup, she decamped for a time to London to collect herself. While out...