Category Archives: Free Entry / Entrée Libre
Free French Music Live in NYC! Summer 2011
You won’t want to miss Ben L’Oncle Soul and Les Rita Mitsuko’s Catherine Ringer at Central Park Summerstage. Bringing a taste of the Parisian summer rite of passage, Fête de la Musique on June 21st.On the 22nd, you know I’ll … Continue reading
Filed under Free Entry / Entrée Libre, Hiro Ballroom
La Flèche d’Or is Back!/ La Flèche d’Or est de retour!
Après quelques mois de fermeture la salle de concert, La Flèche d’or est de retour! L’ancienne gare s’apprête à re-ouvrir ses portes cette semaine aux groupes du rock/pop indés et internationaux pour votre plaisir musical // After several months of … Continue reading
Filed under 5-10 euros, Free Entry / Entrée Libre, La Flèche d'or, Pop/ Rock
Sandra Nkaké – Faces, on Fairtilizer
Sandra Nkaké – Faces, on Fairtilizer Venez mater et télécharger le nouveau mixtape de Sandra Nkaké. C’est facile et GRATUIT! Le mixtape rassemble 26 morceaux des inédits et des featurings avec Ji Mob, Booster et BlackJoy, parmi d’autres. // Go … Continue reading
Hocus Pocus @ La Bellevilloise
Rare is the hip-hop group that can sample Cesaria Evora’s « Mon Petit Pays » and still keep an eager audience of hip hop heads bopping for more. Hocus Pocus is just such a group, whose upcoming album Place 54 … Continue reading
Par Avion: Mélissa Laveaux
A fashionably flat-bellied Parisan woman might scoff at the charms of curvy Candian singer/songwriter Mélissa Laveaux. Born in Montréal, and employed by the Candian government in Ottowa by day, Mélissa just completed a week of shows with her Paris-based record … Continue reading
Third Shot – Concert apéro-jazz, Paris 12è
Last Wednesday, I checked out Third Shot, at a special jazz cocktail hour event sponsored by a community center in the 12th. Friday’s Libération cited Lisa Spada, lead singer of the electro-soul group, as a young artist to watch among … Continue reading
Soko @ La Flèche d’or
While « Don’t come. It’s over. Take it and deal with it, bitch» might sound like a lyric from a song by your favorite neighborhood rap artist, it’s actually from a song by French up-and-coming folk singer/songwriter Soko. « Don’t … Continue reading
Tahiti Boy and the Palmtree Family @ Showcase/Sous le Pont, Paris 8è
I suppose it is SO not a scoop that any new French band must perform in English to get any respect around in this town. With the recent success of Phoenix, singing in French might seem as passé as a … Continue reading
Hindi Zahra @ La Bellevilloise
It is no surprise that Hindi Zahra is developing a solid following around Paris judging from the hipster Paris Djs and musicians who represented in full force at Wednesday night’s show. Although she is unsigned, her tour managers seem to … Continue reading
