Swunky Long Legs joins Montélimar City Jazz with a blend of gypsy jazz, mainstream swing and funk. Singer Emily Przeniczka performs alongside guitarists Arthur Anelli and Symon Savignoni, with Michel Crosio on piano. Guitar and vocal improvisations create playful exchanges within the quartet. Their concert forms part of the local association’s recurring jazz season.
Tag: vocal-music
L’Heure Exquise: soprano, horn and harp at Lureuil
Hors Saison Musicale brings the trio L’Heure Exquise to the Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Lureuil. Chloé Jacob sings soprano, David Harnois plays the horn and Marie Le Guern the harp, forming a chamber ensemble of voice, brass and plucked strings. The concert belongs to Hors Saison Musicale’s programme of live performances in rural churches and other heritage buildings.
Faîtes de la musique : Cœurs à Chœurs et Corps Accords
The two local groups Cœurs à Chœurs and Corps Accords fill the salle des fêtes at Pouligny-Saint-Pierre with a free show in three parts. One sings French chanson, the other dances the traditional repertoire. The pair also open the hall earlier for music and dance workshops. A bar serves the interval, and whoever wants to stay ends the night on a shared picnic with the singers, players and dancers.
Ensemble vocal Garance : concert de Noël à Saint-André
The Garance vocal ensemble returns to the Église Saint-André in Châteauroux for its long-standing Christmas concert. Anne JeanJacques, a lyric singer who teaches at the Conservatoire, conducts the choir and its soloists. Programme notes place the evening under the title Tous à l’opéra, setting opera repertoire beside Christmas carols. From ten euros, seats are sold at the Comptoir Local de Châteauroux.
Noël a cap(p)ella with Les Métaboles
Les Métaboles bring an a cappella selection of Christmas carols to Arc-et-Senans. Léo Warynski draws on lesser-known collections from Latin America and Africa, placing them alongside European and Caribbean songs. Antillean carols he sang as a child give the programme a personal thread, joining newly encountered scores with music that left a lasting impression on him.
Sweet Mama: Jazz, Swing and Washboard
Sweet Mama brings blues, swing, boogie-woogie and calypso to Sens with a line-up led by Catherine “Cajoune” Girard. Her washboard and voice join guitar, violin and double bass, with kazoo and slide whistle adding further colours. The quartet shapes its own arrangements around influences including Charlie Christian, Stuff Smith and Fats Waller, drawing on jazz and blues repertoire.
Keren Ann + Mathis Akengin in Concert
Keren Ann brings Paris Amour to Arc-et-Senans, pairing intimate songwriting with carefully shaped sound. Her tenth studio album continues a musical approach built around warmth and precise composition. Opening artist Mathis Akengin introduces Passage des Fleurs, his debut album, whose contrasts between fragility and force follow appearances at the iNOUïS section of Printemps de Bourges.
Chansons en pêche: Fishing Lives in Song
Fishermen’s songs in French and Breton recount working lives at sea and changing fishing practices. Chansons en pêche follows an orally transmitted repertoire concerned with whales, cod, sardines, tuna and lobster. Anecdotes and images accompany the sung poetry, bringing the words of fishing communities into a concert in Douarnenez.
Danakil Live at Le Roudour
Danakil arrives at Le Roudour with the roots reggae sound that has carried the French collective from small clubs to major festival stages. The set draws on Demain peut-être and its expanded Reload edition, pairing weighty rhythms with socially conscious writing. The band’s independent Baco Music story and long connection with audiences give the Saint-Martin-des-Champs concert a clear place in today’s French reggae circuit.