Anna Calvi + Daughter @ Cité de la Musique for "Days Off", Paris July 07 2014

Anna Calvi + Daughter @ Cité de la Musique for "Days Off", Paris July 07 2014

Support band Daughter is opening for Anna Calvi, nice "ambient" music but the band played a whole set for more than 80 min and as they don't have a "hit" song it was getting a bit boring in the end.

 Daughter

As always Anna Calvi played a wonderful set, there are no improvisations and you know for what you came for but you are are never disappointed with Anna Calvi.
She's playing with detached hair, which is not very often (for me at least and we saw her live in Paris 8 or 9 times) and she's even more sexy like this.

Encore un superbe concert d'Anna Calvi, étonnement la salle n'est pas pleine, il faut dire c'est son 3e ou 4e concert à Paris cette année. Ce n'est pas grave les absents ont toujours torts. Une interpretation toujours aussi parfaite, pas vraiment d'improvisation aux concerts d'Anna Calvi mais on n'est jamais décu.
C'est la première fois que je la vois jouer les cheveux détachés et elle est encore plus sexy comme cela...

 setlist



ARCHIVES:
Anna Calvi @ Gaité Lyrique, Paris Sept 26 2013
Anna Calvi @ Fnac Ternes, Paris Oct 25 2013 1:00 pm
Anna Calvi @ Trianon Paris April 22 2011
 Anna Calvi, showcase @ Fnac Montparnasse Paris, June 15 2011, 5:30 pm
 Anna Calvi @ Black Session # 322, C'est Lenoir. Maison de la Radio, Paris Jan 17 2011
 Anna Calvi + Deftones + Nneka + Archive + Lykke Li  @ Rock en Seine - St Cloud, August 28 2011
 Grinderman feat. Nick Cave + Anna Calvi @ Cité de la Musique, Paris 26 Oct 2010

There are also a few other concerts in Paris:

Toni Joe White @ New Morning

Wampas @ Republique ( free show)

Keziah Jones @ Théatre de Paris

Jack White (2nd show) @ Olympia, Paris June 30 2014

Jack White (2nd show) @ Olympia, Paris June 30 2014

Jack White promoting new album "Lazaretto" with two sold-out shows in Paris. We couldn't go yesterday but we're here in a hot & sweaty Olympia theatre.
Still blue & white colors but different band from the one on the previous tour, 5 musicians plus Jack White center stage.
For the first 3-4 songs Jack White is forcing his voice and moving like a maniac so his voice is not at his best then he's settling a bit and things are getting better.

The guitar is a bit low in the mix and it takes time to be really into the music but Jack White is delivering a kicking ass show, with a Best of his career, we would have preferred more songs from Blunderbluss which is one of the greatest rock record of the last 5 years.
New songs are not that fantastic with "Lazaretto" far from being as good as the previous one.

The band is also having fun by playing a few covers ( Dylan, Robert Johnson, Howling Wolf) including  Dick Dale's famous instrumental song and Police's "Message in a bottle".

 

Fantastic encore...

 Full setlist here

Great show but the previous tour was much better

Merchandising and the audience... (above)

CHICAGO @ Olympia , Paris June 26 2014

CHICAGO @ Olympia , Paris June 26 2014

Formed in 1967 CHICAGO is still active and touring, a new album "XXXVI" will be out soon and the band is playing a full Olympia tonight. Last time we saw them was at the Casino de Paris in 2008
Of course it's an early start 8:00pm sharp so we've missed the beginning of the the first set...  the band is playing more obscure songs,apart from "If you leave me now" and including "Now" a new one.
Each main band member has a solo spot, playing a song each ending the first set with a 10 min song with multi-part work "ballet for a girl..." which if you're not familiar with their repertoire can be less interesting.

After a 20 min intermission, the band is back at full steam playing all the hits (see setlist below) "I'm a man" incorporating a clash of the titan between the drummer and the percussionist. We also have some nice rendition of "Saturday" and "feeling Stronger"

The band is ending a 2h30 min set with the usual "Free" and a kicking ass version of "24O624" (here on video below)

Great second part

 setlist & Merchandising