Carmen Maria Vega + Liz Green + Liza Manili @ Hotel de Ville for Paris Plage, July 22 2012

Carmen Maria Vega + Liz Green + Liza Manili @ Hotel de Ville for Paris Plage, July 22 2012

Last day for this free festival in front of the Hotel de Ville in Paris, once again it's sunny & warm with the sun shining like never before for July 2012.

First is Liza Manili, nice pop-rock set à la Blondie

Folk artist Liz Green with little folk songs, not the best for an outdoor festival in daylight, a bit boring

Carmen Maria Vega, she's now playing some rock tunes singing in french with some funny & sarcastic lyrics, she's acting on stage like the typical "Parisian lad"
Cool set.

Marathon Photo Fnac, Paris July 21 2012

Marathon Photo Fnac, Paris July 21 2012
+ Rover & Dominic A rehearsals

Rover & Dominic A

"Marathon Photo Fnac 2012" in Paris, They give you 1 subject every two hours and you have, with your team mate, to take two pictures for each subject.
Nice way to get busy on a saturday sunny afternoon in July

"La nature dans la ville"

"L'envers du décors"

"La Parisienne"

We did it last year and were very conceptual but the jury chose "postal cards" so we tried to get "down to earth" for this one.
As we were from time to time at the Hotel de Ville during the afternoon , we saw some of the rehearsals (Rover & Dominic A") for the night show. Too tired to go after walking the streets of Paris for a few hours.

Mina Tindle + La Grande Sophie @ Hotel de Ville for Paris Plage, Paris july 20 2012 6:30pm

Mina Tindle + La Grand Sophie @ Hotel de Ville for Paris Plage, Paris july 20 2012 6:30pm

Short set (25 min) by Mina Tindle & friends
Indie Pop tunes with a bit of electronica, nice even though there's no real hit single , it's more "ambiant".

La Grande Sophie

We only stayed for the first 3 songs, nice pop-rock but nothing special

Charlie Winston @ Hotel de Ville for Paris Plage, July 19 2012

Charlie Winston @ Hotel de Ville for Paris Plage, July 19 2012 9:30pm

Free gig at the Hotel de Ville for the Paris Plage festivities, it's packed with a few thousands people, lots of late teenage girls, most of them smoking & drinking alcool in a friendly atmosphere.
There were a few artist before, we only came came for Charlie Winston.
He's playing acoustic & electric guitar, a couple of songs on piano and one on bass.
He gave out a few of his (trademark) hats to the audience and had them clapping and singing to his hits.
The music he's playing is not Top but hes' a good showman and the show was enjoyable.

Dawn Landes @ Gals Rock, Paris, July 19 2012

Dawn Landes @ Gals Rock, Paris, July 19 2012 8:00pm

Nice 5-6 songs set by Dawn Landes

Gals Rock: 17 Rue Henry Monnier
75009 Paris

Jon Lord (Deep Purple) dies at age 71 from Pancreatic cancer

JON LORD 1941- 2012
RIP

It is with deep sadness we announce the passing of Jon Lord, who suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism today, Monday 16th July at theLondon Clinic, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Jon was surrounded by his loving family.

Jon retired from Deep Purple in 2002.

Jon passes from Darkness to Light.

Jon Lord 9 June 1941 – 16 July 2012.

Bruce Springsteen with Tom Morello & Paul McCartney @ Hard Rock Calling, London,July 14 2012

Bruce Springsteen with Tom Morello & Paul McCartney @ Hard Rock Calling, London,July 14 2012

Bruce watched John Fogerty's set from side of stage then joined him for last song "Rockin All Over The World".

Pctures available HERE

SETLIST:

01. Thunder Road (Bruce & Roy Bittan)
02. Badlands
03. We Take Care of Our Own
04. Wrecking Ball
05. Death To My Hometown (with Tom Morello)
06. My City of Ruins
07. Spirit In The Night
08. The Promised Land (with John Forgerty)
09. Jack Of All Trades (with Tom Morello)
10. Take ‘Em As They Come
11. Empty Sky
12. Because the Night
13. Johnny 99
14. Darlington County
15. Working On The Highway
16. Shackled And Drawn
17. Waiting On A Sunny Day
18. Raise Your Hand
19. The River
20. The Ghost of Tom Joad (with Tom Morello)
21. The Rising
22. Land Of Hope And Dreams

Encore:

23. We Are Alive
24. Born In The USA
25. Born To Run
26. Glory Days
27. Dancing In The Dark
28. I Saw Her Standing There (with Paul McCartney)
29. Twist & Shout (with Paul McCartney)
30. “Goodnight Irene”

3h20 min show

Unfortunately the sound was turned off at the end of "Twist & Shout" without the band noticing, Bruce wanted to carry on and and started "Goodnight Irene" until someone came on stage and told him to stop.

Curfew is very strict in London as it was an outdoor show in Central London.

New Cat Power album "Sun" out on Sept 04 2012

New Cat Power album "Sun" out on Sept 04 2012

Track listing:
1. Cherokee (click to listen to this song)
2. Sun
3. Ruin
4. 3,6,9
5. Always On My Own
6. Real Life
7. Human Being
8. Manhattan
9. Silent Machine
10. Nothin But Time
11. Peace And Love

SUN is the first album of original material from Cat Power in over six years. Chan Marshall performed and produced SUN herself in various locations including a studio she built in Malibu.

There will be a Deluxe 2LP that comes on clear vinyl with an alternate gold foil cover and includes a clear vinyl 7" with 2 exclusive non-album tracks.

Here's a recent interview from The Stool Pigeon.

Another (video) interview from Les Inrocks

Paul Personne + The Aerial @ Mairie du 3e, Paris July 11 2012

Paul Personne + The Aerial @ Mairie du 3e, Paris July 11 2012; 8:00 pm

Festival Soir d'Eté à Paris

The Aerial

Free outdoor gig in front of the 3rd district Town Hall in Paris for the Festival Soir d'Eté à Paris, tonight this is a Blues -Rock orientated night with Great french Blues Guitar-Hero Paul Personne.
For people staying in the French capital, there are lots of free activities organized by the city of Paris, free gigs (including the Paris plage fest at the Hotel de Ville this July), you can also watch movies on huge screens in parks and so on...

Before Paul Personne we have Franco-English Electro-Pop band The Aerial, I'm just wondering what they are doing opening for Paul, not really our cup of Tea. The funny part was when they went into the audience to play an acoustic song otherwise... Funny how the singer has Robert Plant poses too.

The show is broadcasted live on OUIFM radio so each band is playing on time.
9:15 pm and DJ Dom Kiris is introducing Paul Personne to a packed street, This festival is situated in the street between the Town Hall and a Park.
It's starting badly with two uninspired blues-rock tunes then things are getting much better with better songs and some great guitar playing.
Lots of guitar solos and stretched out songs, Thank god, we have our French Allman Bros band but with only two guitar players and it's sounding amazing.
Great 75 min performance.

Reminder: Paul Personne @ OUIFM radio Nov 16 2011