Following 2007's covers-heavy
Chanson Française and 2009's double whammy of live album Michel Jonasz Trio and the soundtrack to his one-man stage show, Abraham, French actor/vocalist
Michel Jonasz returns with his first batch of original studio material since 2005's self-titled effort. While the majority of its 12 self-penned tracks pursue his usual melancholic Gallic jazz-pop sound,
Les Hommes Sont Toujours des Enfants also tackles folk-rock ("Avant") and salsa ("Les Bougies de Secours"), alongside a tribute to iconic 1930s athlete Jesse Owens. ~ Jon O'Brien