Summer 14 Festivals Review – Paléo Festival Nyon – Day 3 – July 24th
Day 3- Thursday July 24 The Excitements, Les Arches, 5:45pm-6:45pm This band form Barcelona (Spain) the audience jumps straight into the sixties music. The mix of Koko-Jean Daniels’ charming full...
View ArticlePREVIEW: Two Gallants, Les Docks, Lausanne, 06.03.2015
Two Gallants are a guitar-drum duo from San Francisco. Like many other duos they have nothing to envy to larger bands. Their folk-rock sound creates captivating melodies and is accompanied by...
View ArticleLes Hivernales, Rock’N’Beat Festival, Nyon, 26.02-01.03.2015
I had never really been to Nyon except for Paléo and Caribana Festival, which are in the Nyon region but not at all in the city. The concerts held by Les Hivernales allowed me to take a stroll in the...
View ArticleCONCERT REVIEW // Two Gallants // Les Docks, Lausanne, 06.03.2015 – Oh fools...
8:45pm-9:15pm Duck Duck Grey Duck The first opening act of the night is Duck Duck Grey Duck, a blues-rock band from Geneva. I saw them during the Summer at the Nuit des images at the Musée de l’Elysée...
View ArticleFestival Balélec, EPFL Campus, Lausanne, 08.05.2015
Festival Balélec is the biggest student event in Europe. It is held every year on a Friday in May on the EPFL Campus in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is now on its 35th edition and in the past hosted bands...
View ArticlePreview: The Two, La Cave du Bleu Lézard, Lausanne, 30.09.2015
La Cave du Bleu Lézard hosts a unique concert in the frame of the Holy Groove Festival in Lausanne… and what a groove! The Two are a band formed by a Mauritian guy and a Swiss guy. Together they create...
View ArticleThe Two & Martin Harley, La Cave du Bleu Lézard, Lausanne, 30.09.2015 – I’ve...
As I approach La Cave du Bleu Lezard, there’s a really long line, hardly ever seen it! the reason why is the first night of the Holy Groove Festival and the blues artists playing tonight are pretty...
View ArticleCONCERT REVIEW // JOHN DEAR // LA CAVE DU BLEU LÉZARD, LAUSANNE, 14.01.2016 –...
La Cave du Bleu Lézard is pretty crowded to welcome the powerful Lausanne duo John Dear, let’s see what they offered the audience! 9:20pm-10:20pm John Dear Guitarist and singer Guillaume Wuhrmann and...
View ArticleCONCERT REVIEW // ALEJANDRO REYES // LA CAVE DU BLEU LÉZARD, LAUSANNE,...
8:30-10:15pm La Cave du Bleu Lézard has its lights already dim when I enter and Alejandro Reyes starts playing filling the air with joyful notes. Alejandro Reyes is alone on stage, just him and his...
View ArticleSUMMER 16 FESTIVALS REVIEW – CARIBANA FESTIVAL, NYON – DAY 1 – JUNE 1ST
This year the climate and the weather didn’t really make us feel like it’s summer. Nevertheless Caribana Festival offered us some shiny bands and some happy music to fill the evenings of this first...
View ArticleNADJA ZELA, MUSIC IN THE PARK, MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL, 10.07.2016
Nadja Zela is a rock artist from Zürich. In March 2016 she released her new album Immaterial World, produced with Robin Girod (Mama Rosin, Duck Duck Grey Duck). It’s an album in which she manages to...
View ArticleSUMMER 16 FESTIVALS REVIEW – 40+1 PALÉO FESTIVAL NYON – DAY 3 – JULY 21ST
Day 3, Thursday July 21 I really couldn’t get enough of the Village du Monde this year! So here I go again, making also a stop at the Club Tent though. Cití Mac, O’ Voyager’s Pub, 7pm-8pm O’Voyager’s...
View ArticleHIGHLY RECOMMENDED! YELLOW TEETH: THE LIBERATION INTERVIEW
Back in June at Caribana Festival I had the chance to have a chat with Tiziano Zandonella aka Yellow Teeth. The Swiss country-folk artist told me, among other things, about his upcoming album Rags and...
View ArticleHIGHLY RECOMMENDED! THE TWO: THE LIBERATION INTERVIEW
I had the pleasure to meet Thierry Jaccard and Yannick Nanette, who together form The Two, in July at Paléo Festival Nyon. The Two is a Swiss-Mauritian blues duo, the band came out with the first...
View ArticleHIGHLY RECOMMENDED! ANDREA BIGNASCA: THE LIBERATION INTERVIEW
At the end of October at Zermatt Unplugged Kaufleuten, in Zürich, I had the great pleasure to encounter Andrea Bignasca, a very talented folk-rock musician from Ticino with an incredible and powerful...
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