Second concert of the Epitaph Tour, in the same chapel we played in 2008. Metz, yellow stone everywhere, art nouveau buildings, christmas markets, dragons. ———————– Buffalo Skinners When I Ride History Of Violence Diamonds Never Die Private Lily Ginger Joe Milena Moonshiner Ramblin’Man G.I.Jesus Little Sadie Dying Crapshooter Blues Long Live...
Back on the road with the new songs from the upcoming album « Epitaph »: First gig in La Poudrière, Belfort in Eastern France. A low-slung, heavy building, formerly a gunpowder storage facility. Long deep room, 4-meter thick walls, the sound is boomy and concentrated by the barrel-vault ceiling. Above us looms the ominous fortress, sitting on its titanic rock cliff, the giant lion statue roaring...
Moriarty & Salem: « Le Bal Poussière », Cabaret Frappé, Grenoble 21.07.2014 Hard Rain falls. L’Isère flows, grey like lead. The big rocks are looming all around the city. Under the kiosk in the garden shaded by heavy trees Sena Dagadu opens the night in style. We play for a long time, the audience is the hottest craziest fiercest one we’ve had in months… They just...
Moriarty & Salem: « Le Bal Poussière », Festival Les Temps Chauds, La Plaine Tonique, Montrevel-En-Bresse (Bourg-En-Bresse) 17.07.2014 Artificial lake. Drought crushing sunlight sweat burning feet on the stage standing by the lakeshore. Distant clouds and overgrown islands makes it feel like a southern bayou landscape or the everglades. Yom & Wang Li open the night at sunset with...
Moriarty on tour: « Griboïedov’s Burning Blues », Festival d’Avignon 13/14.07.2014. At last, the southern sun. Avignon looks bright, agitated and idle at the same time. Stony city of Popes. The crisis of the intermittents runs throughout the whole thing like a needle. The shows are almost canceled in protest, then maintained at the last minute through hand votes. It’s a feeling...
Moriarty on tour: Festival Les Sept Collines, Saint-Etienne 11.07.2014. Feels like one long day. Waking up in Québec City in the morning and stepping on a stage in St-Etienne 30 hours later, after a long sleepless journey in vans, planes, trains, buses, cars and traffic-jams over the Atlantic Ocean. Knackered. We re-unite with Christine Salem and her musicians in the backstage area of the venue...
One long ride: Québec City – Montreal – Paris – Lyon – Saint-Etienne in one shot / left Québec at 1:45pm, arrived in Saint-Etienne 24 hours later, blasted… / it starts with a crazy driver from Quebec named JC, poking jokes at every sentence in his hoarse voice while driving the van like a madman / A quiet flight along the St-Laurent as the moon rises and reflects...
Moriarty on tour: Festival d’été, Québec City 09.07.2014.
The familiar three-hour drive from Montreal to Québec / Arrival on top of the hill, Grande Allée / Hilton / Brutalist concrete government buildings again /
An open-air stage facing a great lawn, shaded by pine trees / Short gig, too short / Sunset on the audience / Fans from Quebec / Daniel Lanois / A walk down to St-Joseph.
Moriarty on tour: Recording in Montreal, 07 & 08.07.2014. Hot days / Mile End / Saint-Laurent & Fairmount / When I Ride / Deconstruct and reconstruct the song / turning off the A/C while recording makes the heat rise / Patience / Chaos / Confusion / Improvisation / Half-time beat / Mood / Piano / Bright darkness / at 10pm the neighbour screams for silence / Sleep on it / Morning energy /...