Larkin Poe @ Gibert Disc, Paris 18 Nov 2022

 Les charmantes demoiselles de LARKIN POE étaient ce soir à GIBERT, Boulevard St Michel, pour un showcase électrique de 25 minutes afin de nous prodiguer une dose dose de Rock-Bluesy.
Mission réussie.

C'était la foule des grands soirs, impossible de s'approcher, tellement il y avait du monde.

Puis une longue séance de photo et dédicace.

On voit que les deux belles sont ultra-pro: elles vous regardent bien dans les yeux, vous font sentir que vous êtes la personne la plus importante au monde lorsque vous êtes devant elles. Sourire charmeur et petit mot gentil. De vraies pro de la Com'. Ça change de certains...

Belle petite soirée

 

Showcase Elliott Murphy @ Gibert Joseph, Paris, 24 Janvier 2020 17h

Showcase Elliott Murphy @ Gibert Joseph, Paris, 24 Janvier 2020 17h

 

see ya there

Le nouvel album d'Elliott Murphy " Ricochet" vient de sortir et malgré les grèves de transports quelques acharnés se sont déplacés afin d'assister à un petit set d'Elliott (4 titres) se terminant par une belle reprise du "Heroes" de David Bowie.
Le tout dans une ambiance très détendue et entre connaisseurs.

showcase Elliott Murphy @ Gibert Joseph, Paris, 13 Déc 2019

showcase Elliott Murphy @ Gibert Joseph, Paris, 13 Déc 2019

Pour la sortie de l'album "Ricochet"mini-concert d' Elliott Murphy.
ANNULE 
en raison des grèves

Anna Calvi @ Fnac Ternes, Paris Oct 25 2013

Anna Calvi @ Fnac Ternes, Paris Oct 25 2013 1:00 pm

 Pictures Courtesy of Oliver Peel (and here)

Free showcase @ 1:00pm !!!

We won't be there sorry, we're having lunch at "Ferrandi"

 25 min show with new songs and "Jezabel"
+ signing session at the end  

Archives:

Anna Calvi @ Gaité Lyrique Sept 26 2013

London Grammar @ Fnac Forum, Paris Sept 17 2013

London Grammar @ Fnac Forum, Paris Sept 17 2013

 New English pop sensation London Grammar with the very sexy Hannah Reid on vocals playing 5 songs at the Fnac store in front of a young audience.
They are the flavour of the month in England, nice showcase with some very ambient & ethereal pop songs that reminds you of Lana Del Rey.

The band is doing lots of promo in Paris playing Le Grand Journal (click for video) yesterday night and doing many radio shows so you'll probably hear them somewhere these next few days.

 London Grammar

Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes) @ Silencio club, Paris Dec 12 2012 10:45 pm

Rich Robinson @ Silencio club, Paris Dec 12 2012 10:45 pm

setlist

This is our third show tonight, after seeing Rich Robinson playing an acoustic free showcase @ fargo Store @ 6:00pm (click for video, pics and short review) and FOALS playing at Canal+ tv show L'Album de la Semaine, and the second with none other than Rich Robinson from The Black Crowes fame.

He's playing David Lynch's club : Le Silencio which is a private club only opened to members, membership is costing you your right arm and you have to work in media or art to be a member.

We went to see The Rolling Stones playing a club show last October @ Trabendo then we went to the Stones once again playing a private show for some bankers @ Théatre Mogador and finally we were invited by The Rolling Stones to attend one of their rehearsals, needless to tell you that even without being a member getting in was a piece of cake.Well sort of... thanks to the man who invited me in.

Beautiful club but there's nobody, I could see the raffle winners from fargo (check the link for story) and some other guests from the band that were at Fargo, can't believe that Rich is gonna play in such a tiny room in front of 60 to 80 people including members of the club.
It's like attending a gig in my living room !
Rich is playing with his band and is starting the gig with a very cool instrumental from an unknown German band Agitation Free that is sounding like The dead, from the back the sound is neat but down the front it's a bit loud and it's hard to hear the second guitar or lap-steel.
We have some new song form the new album. Rich is probably not the best singer but when it comes to playing the 6-string, as american would say: "The motherfucker can play".
Lots of extended soli and jams all along the set as we like them: cool, innovative and fluent.
I haven't heard such classic guitars for a long time, last time being the last Black Crowes show in Paris or the Winwood/ Clapton concert @ Paris Bercy.
The fender Rhodes is adding some extra flavour specially on War's "war drums" cover song, but still we have more and more guitars...
the band is not leaving the stage for the encore.
This day wouldn't be perfect without a Rolling Stones song "Winter" from "Goats' head soap" and final song of this 60 min set Fleetwood mac's "Oh Well"
Terrific !!!

Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes) @ Fargo, Paris Dec 12 2012, free show @ 6:00pm

 Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes) @ Fargo, Paris Dec 12 2012, free show @ 6:00pm

SETLIST: (Thanks to Thierry for the setlist AND all the details) :

1) Lost And Found (extrait du dernier LP/CD Through A Crooked Sun)

2) Sunday Night Buttermilk Waltz (intrumental issu du catalogue des Crowes, paru à l'origine en B-side puis en bonus track des éditions remasterisées de Amorica (1994))

3) Follow You Forever (extrait de Through A Crooked Sun)

4) Falling Again (idem)

5) Look Through My Window (inclus à l'origine sur le CD 4 titres promo Llama Blues EP, édité en tirage très limité aux States lors de la parution de Through A Crooked Sun, a depuis été ajouté en bonus track sur le CD pressage européen de l'album). A noter le "I forgot the Lyrics!" pendant l'interprétation du titre! 

6) What Is Home? (tiré de Before The Frost, avant-dernier album des Crowes (2009), ce fut le 1er titre que Rich interpreta en lead sur un album du groupe).

Great to see M. Rich Robinson from The Black Crowes fame playing such a small (free) showcase in a record store in Paris. The little store is packed with die-hard fans , Rich is here with some members of his band but he will play on his own on acoustic guitar and singing without any PA, so you could hear a pin drop during the gig. 3 songs from the new album and a couple of gems. Great gig.
Rich is very nice and chatty, explaining how sorry he is that his booking agent booked the band to play in a private club ( @ David Lynch's Silencio Club) that is only open to private members. So he's offering a few tickets with a raffle and the people winning ( 6 in all) will be on his personal guest list.
How nice of him.
Then everyone could get his cd signed and buy some stuff, that's when we left  as we had another show to attend.
But hey ! we had to go to the Silencio Club...

Archive showcase & signing session @ Fnac Montparnasse, Paris , Sept 28 2012 1:00 pm

Archive showcase & signing session @ Fnac Montparnasse, Paris , Sept 28 2012 1:00 pm

setlist

50 min+ set (11 songs) with Prog rockers ARCHIVE for a free showcase @ Fnac Store in Montparnasse. It's lunch time and the place is packed with dedicated fans. Sometimes when you hear a band playing on acoustic the music or the songs can really sound different, not really the case with ARCHIVE, you can still feel their "epic" sound.The musicianship is perfect including the vocals, they do have a new girl who's voice is sounding amazing and she's very cute too.
We might not be great fan of this band but they've performed a very enjoyable set.
Unfortunately as the band had to go to do radio shows afterwards, so they say, they couldn't sign anything to fans. Strangely enough one of the guys was still hanging out there half an hour after the end of the show.

Richard Hawley @ Fnac Forum, Paris June 07 2012 6:00 pm

Richard Hawley @ Fnac Forum, Paris June 07 2012 6:00 pm

40 min free showcase @ Fnac store in Paris for Richard Hawley, strangely enough not too many people turned up for this free gig, yesterday's show @ Bouffes du Nord was sold-out.
Go figure it out !
They've missed something, classy gig with full band and gear with Richard Hawley before going back to London.
He sat down on a chair for the whole set as he broke his leg in Spain, he didn't need to stand up as every song he played was a slow and "classy"song. Great songwriting and arrangements.
I've never really check what he has done musically as he played in Pulp and I've always hated all these English pop bands back in the 90's.
Big mistake...at least for Richard.

setlist:
1)Don't stare at the sun
2) Seek it
3) Lady Solitude
4) Before
5) Open up your door
6) Woods

Les Bouffes du Nord's setlist from yesterday's show (far right)

Crocodiles @ Agnes B store, Paris April 19 2012 & Caandides @ Colette

Crocodiles @ Agnes B store, Paris April 19 2012 6:30 pm

Tight schedule, we're getting into the store just as Crocodiles is starting playing.
We are the girls from the band ? It's an acoustic set and there are just the guys.
Tonight it's packed, I've never seen so many people in the store for a showcase.
They do sound much more "English" when it's acoustic , I remember them from playing a Black session it was much more 60's Psyche.
They have some very good tunes, the attitude, very cool 5-6 songs set.

The singer from Poni Hoax is also playing a few acoustic tunes on another stage.
A DJ was getting ready on the main stage when we left the premises.
When we went to the Kim Fowley signing session we were given an Agnes B-Rough Trade bag with cds , this time its a white single 45 from Nicolas Ker & Jonathan Fitoussi.

Caandides @ Colette Music Box, Paris April 19 2012 5:30pm

First in this late afternoon is another Colette Music Box with 2 bands & a DJ.
This time we're feeded with fresh vegetables and some Spanish Ham, Musicwise as the show started very late because of technical problems we could only hear the first band Caandides for some pop-electro -rock, not our drug of choice, we left before Tristesse Contemporaine took the stage as we didn't wanna miss Crocodiles @ Agnes B.

Mariee Sioux @ Gibert Joseph, Paris April 06 2012, 6:00pm

Mariee Sioux @ Gibert Joseph, Paris April 06 2012, 6:00pm

Another free show in Paris, this time on Bd St Michel with folk lady Mariee Sioux promoting her new album.
Small gathering of fans, she's playing acoustic guitar without any amplification, hard to hear anything as she has a tiny voice and the guitar playing was also very soft.
4 songs set maybe the conditions were not top to appreciate her quiet folk.

She's playing @ Café de la Danse on Thursday (April 19) with Matt Elliott
She'll play another showcase @ Fargo on friday (April 20) at 6:00pm
There should be another one on sunday at a secret location