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Ending up our “Rock Without Borders” theme this week – another artist who gives further evidence the French Rock scene is alive and well and kicking ass. Izia (Higelin), daughter of the late and legendary Jacques Higelin and sister of Arthur H. (who I ran a gig from earlier this...
I just ran across this one from the Paleo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland which was recorded on July 13, 2013. Sophie Hunger is from Zurich and she was a surprise hit at the 2008 Montreux Festival. Her sound is a mixture of a lot of different influences. And so is her...
The Animen – live at Label Suisse Festival – Metropole Club – Lausanne Switzerland – September 19, 20202 – RTS Couleur 2 Radio – Your support to keep this going is really needed right about now: Become a Patron! Continuing our tour of places non-English speaking, I just ran across...
Further evidence that the Internet is one of the truly most astonishing innovations in recent memory is the amount of access one has to just about every corner and crevasse on the globe, and every musical taste that goes along with it. Case in point – tonight’s Soundbooth features a...
Morgan in concert at Sonorama 2019 – Recorded August 9, 2019 – RNE Radio 3 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Heading to other places and other countries this week, kicking it off with a concert by the much-talked-about Pop/Soul/Indie/Blues/Folk outfit from Madrid; Morgan. They’ve been around since 2012 –...
Les Rita Mitsouko – live at Alabamahalle, Munich – February 7, 1994 – Bavarian Radio – French Synthpop legends Les Rita Mitsouko in concert at Alabamahalle in Munich on February 7, 1994 and preserved for posterity by Bavarian Radio. Les Rita Mitsouko was a French pop rock group formed by...
Zahara – In Concert At Contempopranea 2019 – recorded on July 18, 2019 – It would be so nice . . .Become a Patron! Zahara to end out the week. A dose of Spanish Indie tonight in concert at the annual Contempopranea festival in Albuquerque, Spain and recorded on July18,...
Intergalactic Lovers – In Concert at Haldern Pop Festival – August 14, 2015 – West German Radio – Intergalactic Lovers in concert this week. One of my favorite of the recent crop of bands, not enough can be said about just how intoxicating and superb the voice of Lara Chedraoui...
Echoes From The Sky – Live At Altercafé – October 5, 2019 – Nantes, France – Band soundboard – And Patrons get perks – lots of the them. Become a Patron! Echoes from The Sky to end up our unintentional week in France, playing at the Altercafé in Nantes, recorded...
Totorro – live at Oans Pub – Rennes, France – April 22, 2015 – club soundboard – Become a Patron! Sticking around the Continent this week and making more discoveries. Tonight it’s Math-Rock/Indie/Noise contingent Totorro playing at a local pub in their hometown of Rennes, a few hours west of...
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