French Canadian singer/songwriter Thomas Hellman makes literate nation, folk, and jazz-influenced music knowledgeable by his father’s Tx origins and mother’s French history. A longtime poet, article writer, and would-be educational, Hellman documented his initial two independently created albums while learning to get a master’s level in French books. In 2005, the Montreal indigenous released his correct debut record, L’Appartement, on Justin Period Information. In 2007, his initial two albums had been mixed, remastered, and re-released as Departure Tracks.