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Last night BondWoman and myself went to see Madeleinie Peyroux at the Queens Hall. I am going to make no attempt at a review, except to say that she is outstanding, and has a fantastic band behind her…

These photos are not of the highest quality because I supressed the flash; The Queens Hall seems to have a thing about Flash photography.

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Two hugely contrasting gigs in as many days – contrasting in so many ways but both with a great deal to recommend them.

On Tuesday, 24 November, a singer who has shifted an exceptional number of CDs and can fill a large auditorium but still continues to, in her own inimitable way, confound showbiz expectations.

The jazz fraternity can be sniffy about singers, especially ones who are on the margins of jazz and, to use the jargon, “shift units”. They should make an exception for Madeleine Peyroux; she is the real thing. She has paid her dues on the streets of Paris, has the uncanny knack of sounding about 70 years old and as if she has stepped out of a past jazz/blues era, and maintains very high standards, both for herself and her musicians.

And on her latest album, Bare Bones on the Universal label, she has moved in a subtly new direction and devoted the whole album to original songs.

She is a quietly compelling live performer and rarely have I heard anyone lay back so far behind the beat without getting lost. Not sure who is in her touring band but last time out Jon Herrington, who also tours with Steely Dan, was on guitar.

She is in the newly refurbished Butterworth Hall at the Warwick Arts Centre from 8pm. Tickets are £25 and £22.50 from www.warwickartscentre.co.uk

On Wednesday, 25 November, a young band that has probably shifted an unexceptional number of its first CD, but which deserves to sell vast quantities because it really is that good. Zed-U is bassist Neil Charles, clarinettist Shabaka Hutchings and drummer Tom Skinner.

The band’s album, Night Time On The Middle Passage, on the Babel label, reveals a most original sounding trio, combining some boisterous, freeish jazz with electronics and North African-influenced trance-blues.

It’s very impressive stuff, combining power with great subtlety, and Hutchings, especially, is electrifying live. Oh, and for this date Seb Rochford replaces Tome Skinner on drums.

No large and newly refurbished concert hall for Zed-U; they are at the Rainbow pub in Digbeth from 9pm. This is a Jazz Club session, from Birmingham Jazz, and entrance is just £4 on the door.

And maybe one day Zed-U will be filling the Butterworth – we can dream! More at www.birminghamjazz.co.uk

Before both of those is a not-really-jazz gig that should be an absolute joy. The Japanese pianist and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto is at Symphony Hall on Sunday,  22 November, with just a piano and his gorgeous tunes.

If he plays Amore, the opening track from his new Decca disc, Playing The Piano, that will be enough. You might remember the song from his best-selling album Beauty (and including the Arto Lindsay lyrics: “Good morning, good evening where are you?”). The solo piano version is heaven distilled into a few minutes.

There aren’t many tickets left, but just being in the same hall as the man should be enough. Go to www.thsh.co.uk

Dr. Jim went shopping the other day for some necessities for the trip to New Orleans, including a brand new laptop bag. Of course, I just happened to be passing by the record shop. I was assaulted, forced into the shop and made to buy half a dozen CDs. I did not do this intentionally, but fortunately I was forced to buy some music I like. My plan to save my money is still on track…

I haven’t heard them all yet since I’ve been busy, but I’m working on it.

Here is what I got:

B.B. King One Kind Favor

Click to go to BBK's site with further links to itunes, etc.

I don’t have much of B.B. King’s music but I’ve always like it. He seems like such a natural, easy-going guy, and he is a great musician. Here is a live version (after lots of friendly banter, of the tune that opens One Kind Favor, “See that my grave is kept clean”.

Mark Knopfler Get Lucky

One of my favourite guitar players of all time. I like Dire Straits, especially the first two albums (Brothers in Arms is very good, but I’ve heard the hits from it so many times I can’t bring myself to play it any more), and all of Knopfler’s solo albums I’ve heard have been excellent. There are a few I haven’t got yet. I lost my copy of the Notting Hill Billies Missing and Presumed Having a Good Time, and I can’t find a new copy anywhere.

The Best of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (Millennium Collection).

All sorts of great stuff from way back, for only $7.00. Can’t go wrong! Love the old soul and Motown sound.

J.J.Cale Roll On

Follow the links to Amazon.com, itunes.

I first heard J. J. Cale’s Troubadour in high school and it is still on my top 10 albums. Grasshopper is pretty high on the list, too. I don’t think I have a third of his discography, but I’m working on the works. His recent album with Eric Clapton is highly recommended.

Norah Jones The Fall

This is not really a Slinky Jazz Babe album, it has a lot of a pop sound to it, but it is pretty good. I have four Norah Jones albums and I like them but I don’t listen to them as often as other singers. The album she did with a crew called the Little Willies is a great countryish time. She has a great, mellow voice and she doesn’t over-sing things.  The Fall sounds pretty good, and it was a good price too, considering there is an extra bonus 6 tune live CD called Live at the Living Room included in it. If you are into free, go to National Public Radio and listen to The Fall for free.

Click the pic to NPR and listen.

Madeleine Peyroux Bare Bones

http://www.madeleinepeyroux.org/discography/BareBones.asp

Madeleine Peyroux is one of the first Slinky Jazz Babes that Tommy Gun Annie recommended to me (she hasn’t let me down yet). This her fourth album and was released in March of this year. I now have the whole set. Peyroux also has some CD singles (which I never buy) and appears on some other compilations and what not. One of theme is a great collection in the Putumayo series. The new album is a very melodic mix of reflective, sensitive song with a lot of acoustic guitar, piano and simple arrangements.

Dang! Lets have some music!

Here is Madeleine Peroux with the tune that opens Bare Bones “Instead”.

Am trecut printr-o perioadă în care nu am avut chef să scriu în blog. Duh, cred că s-a văzut. Perioada asta a fost urmată de alta în care nu mai știam de unde să încep să scriu. Au fost cam multe concerte, 2 carti, multe chestii enervante, succesuri cu asociația și atâtea emisiuni câte săptămâni în care n-am scris despre ea.

Singura și cea mai drăguță chestie pe care o pot zice e că istodor a pus chiar link către live stream-ul RRM să poată cititorii lui să-mi asculte emisiunea aici . Very Very Cute.

Emisiunea de săptămâna asta (vă anunț cu o jumătate de oră înainte să înceapă) e cu miezul nopții. Pentru că mai mulți m-au întrebat, atunci când le-am zis că am o emisiunea de jazz duminica la 12 jumate, dacă e la 12 jumate noaptea. Și nu e, dar mi-ar plăcea să fie, așa că azi ne prefacem că este. Muzica e f mișto. Chill, așa, și am inclusiv Madeleine Peyroux (care-mi place puțin mai puțin acum că știu că-i place și altcuiva) și Katie Melua.

Oricum, audiție plăcută, revin mai pe seară cu informații detaliate despre săptămâna mea, care n-a fost rea deloc.

This month TaylorSpearsRecommends brings you an eclectic collection of holiday favorites (and some not so holiday-ish favorites too!). On the list is Kermit Ruffins, Count Basie, Harry Connick, Jr., Jeremy Davenport, Louis Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, Sting, Sugarland, Carrie Underwood & Los Lonely Boys.

I’ll guide you the right gift for everyone on your list! There’s some great deals out there in November, so don’t delay, start your gift buying today!

Volevo postare due link per segnalare due autrici fantastiche, scoperte grazie ad un cliente di Parigi che tutti gli anni viene in vacanza a Radda. La musica di queste due ragazze è bellissima. Tutte e due sono jazz singer e tutte e due hanno una voce calda e raffinata. Verrebbe voglia di abbinare i loro pezzi a qualche vino.

Qui però si entra in una tematica, quella di “vino e musica” che è stata trattata in tutte le salse. Due spunti interessanti che vale la pena di leggere, li si trova come al solito balzellando per i blog. Di seguito i link ai post de l’Espresso e di da Da Burde.

Ritornando alle cantautrici, le ragazze sono entrambe americane ed entrambe già famose: Melody Gardot e Madelaine Peyroux

From November 4th to 28th, Madrid is becoming once again the capital of music thanks to a new edition of its International Jazz Festival. This is already the 26th edition of Madrid International Jazz Festival, which has become an unmissable appointment for jazz lovers. It’s the most eagerly awaited music event, which will be inaugurated this year by one of the most important tenor saxofonists in the world, Joe Lovano, who is performing on November 4th in Fernán Gómez Theatre.

This theatre will be the main venue of the festival. On its scene we will see, among others, great names such as Richard Bona, Cassandra Wilson, who’s presenting her exquisit Thunderbird, and Toni Zenet, a captivating Andalusian crooner who’s bringing to Madrid the songs of his first solo album, Los Mares de China, which has the makings of a classic. Fussion is his thing: a travel around the world that will take the audience from the Andalusian copla and the Argentinian tango to Cuban rythms and the jazz of New York.

In Fundación Carlos de Amberes we can see Roy Hargrove, and in the Teatro Circo Price, Kike Perdomo & Eric Marienthal and the always surprising Madeleine Peyroux, who will approach us thanks to her voice to the melodies of Bare Bones, her latest album, in which, according to her, she tries to explore the essence of the things she believes in and really cares for. Two more women, Patricia Krauss and Edith Salazar, will be the protagonists in the Centro Cultural Nicolás Salmerón, on November 27th and 28th.

Besides, a total of 15 jazz clubs spread all over the city will also take part in this edition, completed with the programmes of the 28th San Juan Evangelista Jazz Festival and the 14th Ciudad Lineal Jazz Festival. There will also be musicians performing on the streets, workshops, presentations of new young artists and a lot of cinema, with different venues showing films in which soundtracks stand out on their own, such as the Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Institut Français de Madrid) and Breathless (Centro Cultural Nicolás Salmerón).

I’ve been a contributing music critic to Christianity Today Magazine for about a year now, and I’ve made an effort to link to some of those CT reviews here when they are posted online. Just today I stumbled across the fact that a handful of my brief, capsule reviews of current releases are available for your perusal. If you’re interested, you can find my quick take on Levon Helm’s Electric Dirt by scrolling to the bottom of this page (or check out the full review here). Additionally, my blurbs about Brian Blade’s Mama Rosa and Madeleine Peyroux’s Bare Bones can be found here.

Madeleine Peyroux – Love and Treachery

I put on my gloves tonight, pull onto the road to San Berdu
They remind me of hustlers, confidence men, and you
My hands are warm beneath them, and easy on the wheel
Without your love and treachery the calm is all I feel

I shiver in the mirror, pull my belt across my hips
The leather’s hard in bending as your fingers to my lips
I wrap it tightly in defense as if your arms were near
But for your love and treachery there’s nothing left to fear

I’ll take a glass of wine and recall the words you spoke
From the bottom of your cup, covered in spit and smoke
But in your voice I’ll hear my own and recognize the crime
That all your love and treachery has ended up as mine

I see you in the rearview with just a passing glance
How your eyes shine, as if through mine, you’d see and understand
As if we’d played each other but never knew the score
And all was love and treachery but isn’t anymore
That all was love and treachery but isn’t anymore.

¡Zaragoza suena a Jazz damas y caballeros!

El ayuntamiento de Zaragpza, con el patrocinio de cerveza Ambar 1900 presenta un año más Jazz Zaragoza, que este año cumple su decimoquinta edición, y lo celebra con un elenco de estrellas de la escena jazzística internacional. Marcus Miller, Madeleine Peyroux, Kenny Garrett o Brad Mehldau son sólo alguno de los nombres que se van a dar cita en la capital aragonesa durante el mes de Noviembre.

Sala Mozart – 29 de Octubre
Sala Multiusos – del 5 al 15 de Noviembre
Entradas a la venta en taquillas del auditorio, cajeros de ibercaja, www.ibercaja.es y fnac
Precio del abono – 125 € (350 abonos a la venta)

Good music is hard enough to find, but it’s even harder sifting through the malaise of more recent, over-hyped offerings of current artists whose reviews and exposure usually have nothing to do with how good their records are. If you’re like me, you probably stick to new releases from those you know will deliver (Dylan, Beck, Ryan Adams, etc.), and perhaps only download single mp3’s of songs you have heard that you liked. But buying single mp3’s of an artist is limiting in that it only gives you a slice of what the album really encompasses, and taken out of context can leave the listener short of the full experience they deserve and crave. It’s like getting to second base with someone really hot, and never finding out what they’re like in bed. I want the whole enchilada!

That being said, I would like to offer my most recent discoveries in new(er) music, and since I am a musician and serious music-lover who is very skeptical of anything new, I hope you will appreciate the fact that I am not easily swayed by public opinion and advertisements that too easily cry, ”the Next Big Thing”. My inspiration for finding new music comes from my local public library and a blog called dk presents, and am much indebted to dk for opening my mind to contemporary music that doesn’t make my ears bleed. And so now I am passing my findings along in hopes of inspiring someone else to revise their stale music collection. Without further ado, here’s a list of albums I think you will like (and ones to avoid):

*Disclaimer* – This list is not intended for people who read Blender and/or  are avid followers of the current music scene. Most of these records have come out in the past 2-3 years. It is more intended for the person who is admittedly unaware of modern culture and probably hasn’t bought a new CD in the past couple years (but wants t0).

1. Madeleine Peyroux – Half the Perfect World

Peyroux croons like Billie Holiday and this album delivers with great modern song selections, stylish session players, and wonderful engineering/production. Just when you think jazz is dead, along comes a new surprise…

2. Iron and Wine – Our Endless Numbered Days

Apparently, folk is coming back in a big way, and it’s partly due to Sam Beam, the wizard behind Iron & Wine. Soft vocals with female harmonies create a great subtle mood throughout the album, but it is the songwriting that ultimately carries this record, with clear and introspective lyrics that evoke visceral images of children and the South. This is your lazy morning chillout record.

3. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago

This one is idiosyncratic because no one will be able to replicate the atmosphere and conditions under which it was recorded. Not even Justin Vernon, who did most of it himself on a home recording setup in the woods, and it’s a miracle that it turned out as well as it did. Whiny singing and meager drumming over acoustic guitars never sounded so good. I wouldn’t expect the follow-up to be close to this, but you never know. A great listen, especially if you are going through a breakup.

4. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes

SubPop is a great record label, probably the best around today (with the exception of ATO). They continue to discover great underground acts and give them enough exposure to become successful. This album is on most music critics’ list of greatest records in 2008, and it does sound great, mostly because the reverb on the vocals is so moody and entrancing, and the playing is so tastefully complementary to that. The songwriting isn’t so important as the ambience, which makes it a great listen from start to finish.

5. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible

Funeral was a wonderfully inspired and solid first record from this Canadian indie band , and I was thoroughly impressed when I heard the equally solid followup. Win Butler clearly shines as the main songwriter, and his passionate singing about religion and loss perfectly complement his mostly positive, and sometimes sentimental, dirges. Beautiful melodies throughout make this a great hum-along disc. As a band, Arcade Fire rocks kind of like Crazy Horse with violins and humming girl backup singers.

6. Calexico – Carried to Dust

Ok, at first I was skeptical. When someone tells me to listen to a band from Arizona that blends Mexican folk music with American pop, I am immediately thinking this is going to be a cheesy train wreck, like a cross between Sublime and Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, or something like that. Not so. White people canwrite songs with Mariachi horns behind them, and the results are definitely cinematic. This album offers a lot more than just the aformentioned desctiption entails, and I think it’s to the band’s credit that they can cover so many styles without seeming unfocused. Probably the best goup you’ve never heard of that’s been doing it for 10+ years, they just keep cutting their little niche in modern music deeper and deeper. You’ll have to pay attention sooner or later, why not start now? (By the way, Feast of Wire isn’t as good as this record is).

7. Cold War Kids – Loyalty to Loyalty

With a name like this I expected something between Dashboard Confessional and Bright Eyes. Instead I got a cd full of great songs (some are better than others, admittedly), with interesting arrangements over singing that conjures thoughts of Jeff Buckley. There is a soulfulness to the record that is vacant on most of the “indie” discs I’ve listened to, and I’m looking forward to checking out their debut album as well.

8. Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood

I’m still kind of on the fence about this one to be honest. On one hand, you have really great arrangements featuring awesome musicians (everybody loves Garth Hudson from the Band), and unique songwriting that is more Victorian than anything else. The words and concept of the album are a little inaccessible and pretentious, although ornate and beautiful, and Neko’s voice, while sultry, at times sounds a little sharp and dissonant to my ears. I keep listening hard to see if the songs will start to make sense. The main reason I put it on this list is because it’s so unique and at random moments will catch me off guard with bursts of eloquenence, which leads me to believe that the music will continue to grow on me.

9. The Black Crowes – Warpaint

I’m an old-school Black Crowes fan from their very first single (Atlanta represent!), but most people probably thought this band was way past its prime, especially after Marc Ford quit forever ago. I myself had kind of swept them under the sentimental rug, along with the likes of Pearl Jam and Portishead, but this album seriously blew my mind upon first listen. Seriously, folks, you really owe it to yourself to check it out. The Crowes sound like a well-worn version of themselves that doesn’t try too hard, and the album is so comfortable to listen to that I made it all the way through without stopping the first time I heard it. It really gets great around the sixth song, and I felt like I was listening to Pink Floyd, the vibe was so heady. Admittedly, Luther Dickenson isn’t the virtuoso that Marc Ford is, but he plays the hell out of the slide guitar and actually fits in with the band’s sound better than Ford. I’m thoroughly impressed by this effort, and am looking forward to the day I can afford their newest double-length with Levon Helm, entitled Before the Frost/Until the Freeze.

10. Elliot Smith - New Moon

Not much needs to be said here if you already know who Elliot Smith is. If you don’t like him, you won’t like this, because he’s at his most whiny and softest acoustic peaks here, ala Elliot Smith and XOXO. But man, this guy could write wonderfully acerbic pop songs, and this double-disc posthumous release just proves that he had so much more left to give . If you like Smith, you won’t be disappointed by this one. If you aren’t sure, check out Figure 8 and Either/Or first.

11. Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger

This was my first record of Ryan Adam’s, and I admittedly had never really listened to any of his music before a couple of years ago. As a songwriter, it’s ridiculous that I discovered this guy right before he decided to call it quits and marry Mandy Moore (he’ll be back, I just know it). This is his first album recorded after his alleged sobriety, and many of the songs have to do with him grappling inner demons and recovery. There are some great tunes on here, and proves that you don’t have to be on high on speedballs to be the greatest songwriter of your generation (you were sober when you wrote those songs, weren’t you Ryan?). And trust me, Adams is undoubtedly the greatest songwriter of the 2000’s, just like I think Elliot Smith was in the 90’s and Dylan was in the 60’s and 70’s. The Boss gets stuck with the 80’s. Anyway, check this album out, and if you’re really brave and want to have your life changed, go out and buy Heartbreaker. I dare you.

12. Wilco – Sky Blue Sky

It seems like everybody knows and loves Wilco these days, so it’s not a surprise that I picked this album as a winner. I just would like to say that while it’s not as good as A Ghost is Born, it has some shining moments, and Nels Cline continues to be tasteful and creative without stealing the show. My only complaint is that Jeff Tweedy still sounds pharmaceutical, for lack of a better word, and any songwriting he does that isn’t explaining why he’s such a grumpy old man doesn’t really mean much to an ordinary guy like me. That being said, there are songs on here that touch just slightly upon fusion and stay away from the experimental wastleland of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. “Impossible Germany” is possibly the best song to listen to while taking off in an airplane

13. Lucinda Williams – West

Lucinda Williams is a godsend to country music. I know she’s not straight country, but the subject matter of the songs on West is so earthy and personal, that you can’t help but feel like this woman is the sole inheritor of the Hank Williams legacy. Written shortly after her mother’s death, this album features songs that call to Momma throughout, and the mournful lonesomeness in her voice is like a coyote in the desert, sending chills down my spine every time. By far some of her most sophisticated and deepest songwriting yet, Lucinda elucidates souls of dead poets throughout, and for the most part avoids the man-hating sludge rock that she’s never really pulled off that well on past efforts. Also, the cheesy Nashville production and distorted guitars that showed up on World Without Tears have been toned down in favor of sonic layers that really complement the music. I think this is her finest record yet - be prepared to weep.

 14. Kelley Stoltz – Below the Branches

Kelley Stoltz is a San Francisco songwriter I have been following for many years. He’s not really well-known outside of the City, but is clearly a very gifted musician. I chose this record to share, even though it came out in 2006, over the more recent Circular Sounds, simply because it’s better. Stoltz always self-records with an eight-track tape machine, which creates the loose psychedelic warble that gives his records a well-worn glow. By far the best album I have ever heard by anyone from the Bay Area in the last 10 years, Below the Branches collects influences and jumbles them up into original music, courtesy of Stoltz’s ability to conjure the sounds and atmospheres of classic records. The songs are simple and fun, the music cheerful and effortless. In fact, Stoltz should put more effort into his music, because he has such a wonderful voice and an endless supply of talent to draw from that everyone should know about. This is a great summer album, my friends.

15. Alejandro Escovedo – The Boxing Mirror

Lots of people have probably thought to themselves, “I see his name everywhere, I wonder if that guy is any good”. Well, I can assure you that he is great, and once you become accustomed to his unique style, you will find yourself entranced by the moody and spiritual presence that shape-shifts throughout this record. The closest influence I can name is Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda, and hallucinations of animals in the desert appear often throughout songs that vary from folk rock to 80’s electro pop in instrumentation and feel. Escovedo sounds like no one you have heard before, and the indigenous loping of his enchanting lyrics will cast a spell on your soul and leave you wanting more. Oh yeah, and it’s produced by VU legend John Cale, if that helps.

CD’s that really didn’t do it for me:

1. Prince – Planet Earth

Just in case you are a Prince fan and thought that since he rocked “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” and the Superbowl so hard that his most recent album must be a winner as well, I’m here to let you know that it’s not. Sorry, Prince, please don’t sue me.

2. My Morning Jacket – Evil Urges

I’ve really liked this band ever since I heard It Still Moves. Since then they have moved further away from the reverb drenched Neil Young sound and more towards the Prince and whiteboy reggae sound. Ewww. Admittedly, there are some great moments on this record, and it’s worth buying some mp3’s, but please, for the love of God, stay away from “Highly Suspicious”. Z is a much better album, buy that instead.

3. The Black Keys – Catch and Release

Is it just me, or this band highly overrated? And is it just me, or is Dangermouse in that same category? Well, it makes perfect sense then that these two should be paired together to make what I consider to be a true dud of an album. Why buy the Black Keys when I can have the White Stripes? I caught and released this album as quickly as I could. Dan Auerbach’s solo effort is looking much more promising.

5. Grandaddy – Just Like the Fambly Cat

I really like Jackpot, and I thought this would kind of be in the same vein. It was, just not in a good way. If the synthesis of obnoxious synths and repetitive loops over folky acoustic guitars is your thing, check out Beck instead. I wanted to like it. I really did.

6. LCD Sound System – Sound of Silver

 I am guessing that James Murphy took all the money he made from his first record and blew it on coke, then decided to make something “genius”. In any case, I can’t get into this disc because I keep thinking that my CD player is skipping. After getting rid of this record, I am relieved to discover that my CD player is just fine.

Singles I’m Diggin’

1. The National – “Mistaken for Strangers”

3. Slaid Cleaves – “I Feel the Blues Moving In”

4. Flight of the Conchords – “Bowie” & “Hiphopapotamus vs. Rhymenocerous”

5. Black Lips – “It Feels Alright”

6. Dan Auerbach – “My Last Mistake”

photo by James Minchin

“Bare Bones is Peyroux’s most revealing, personal statement to date”– Associated Press

“Madeleine Peyroux’s sound is seductive and entrancing…her 11 originals sparkle on her fourth album, Bare Bones.” – The Washington Post

Burlington, MA – Rounder Records is pleased to announce the release of Madeleine Peyroux’s first DVD Somethin’ Grand on November 24. The DVD running time is 142 minutes, and it includes a full-length concert, 5 bonus acoustic performances and an hour long documentary on Peyroux’s life and career.

The live concert portion was filmed in January, 2009 in an intimate LA club setting, and features 17 of her greatest hits. It captures the distinctive jazz chanteuse and her amazing band performing a mixture of her uniquely-styled covers alongside the very personal songs she has written for her most recent, critically acclaimed album, Bare Bones (Rounder).

The documentary portion of the DVD is a revealing film portrait which covers Peyroux’s background and history — from her days playing the streets of Paris, to her development as a brilliant interpreter of other people’s songs, into someone creating new songs from her own experiences.

Plus 5 acoustic performances (see below for complete list of songs).

DVD CONTENT:

MAIN CONCERT – LA SETLIST
01. Dance Me To The End Of Love
02. Bare Bones
03. River Of Tears
04. Damn The Circumstances
05. I’m All Right
06. A Little Bit
07. La Javanaise
08. You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
09. Between The Bars
10. Our Lady Of Pigalle
11. Love And Treachery
12. I Must Be Saved
13. Instead
14. You Can’t Do Me
15. Don’t Wait Too Long
16. Somethin’ Grand
17. La Vie En Rose

DOCUMENTARY
01. Don’t Wait
02. Growing Up In Paris
03. Playing On The streets
04. Signing Madeleine
05. After Dreamland
06. Success
07. Writing
08. Instead

ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCES
01. J’ai Deux Amours
02. Getting Some Fun Out Of Life
03. Don’t Cry Baby Don’t Cry
04. Instead
05. Somethin’ Grand

Submitted by Rounder Records

… may break my bones,

but tears do not leave scars.