Thursday, August 18, 2022
Summer Cleaning: Picks and Sticks
Monday, August 15, 2022
2021/2022 Concert Season Recap pt. 2
Here's part 2 of our recap of this past concert season. You can find part one HERE. Be sure to come back next week for the last installment.
Enjoy, comment and share!
Sunday, August 14, 2022
Summer Cleaning: Autographs
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Summer Cleaning: Setlists
Welcome to Summer Cleaning! Grab a broom, make yourselves useful.
This second installment focuses on setlist we've grabbed of photographed on stage over the years. Once again, they are presented to you in particular order, some of them for the first time. Check them out after the jump. Enjoy, comment share!
Sunday, August 7, 2022
2021/2022 Concert Season Recap pt. 1
The 2021/2022 season has been an exceptional one for rock shows in Paris. Obviously, any time the Stones roll through town, you know it's going to be something to remember.
This season was also notable for the fact that it marked the return of live music after the pandemic effectively shut down the world for the better part of two years. And if the virus is still around, still dangerous, we have learned to live with it.
Our last gig before the cancellations and lockdowns was Tenacious D in February 2020, and then we didn't set foot in a concert hall until September 2021 for Robert Jon & the Wreck. But between the Robert Jon gig and today, we have attended 34 shows in almost every possible genre, from Metal to Jazz, Pop, Blues, Progressive Rock, Punk Rock, Americana... Some of them were old favorites that we'd already seen a bunch of times, and others were first times for us.
Singling out one show would be impossible and unfair, so here's a quick recap of every show we've been to. Apologies to opening acts, but we're only featuring the headliners here. Click on the titles to access the full articles.
Saturday, August 6, 2022
Summer Cleaning: Mixing Desks
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Suffocation @ Backstage By The Mill, Paris - August 2nd, 2022
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Transatlantic @ l'Olympia, Paris - July 28th, 2022
Monday, July 25, 2022
Jeff Beck feat. Johnny Depp @ Olympia, Paris - July 25th, 2022
Saturday, July 23, 2022
The Rolling Stones @ Hippodrome de Longchamp, Paris -July 23rd, 2022
Ayron Jones @ Hippodrome de Longchamp, Paris - July 23, 2022
We discovered this young man and his top notch band a few months ago at the New Morning, on their very first concert outside of the U.S. and it was obvious that great things were in store for them. Hopefully this short but powerful set opening for the Rolling Stones will help them grow their audience and find the success they deserve.
Popa Chubby @ Cabaret Sauvage, Paris - July 22nd, 2022
The artist formerly known as Ted Horowitz is celebrating thirty years on the road as his larger-than-life blooze-rock persona. This is Popa Chubby's second Paris gig in less than ten months, which probably explains why this date at the Cabaret Sauvage wasn't as well-attended as the Olympia from last October.
Friday, July 1, 2022
Friday's Playlist: Voodoo Rock
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Social Distortion @ Élysée-Montmartre, Paris - June 29th, 2022
Monday, June 27, 2022
Brown Sugar No More
The Rolling Stones returned to live work last year in a post-pandemic world. They first toured America in 2021 and are now celebrating 60 years by embarking on a European trek which has already rolled through Spain, Germany, England, Italy and is scheduled to hit France in a few weeks.