I should probably write this in French. Here’s a video I’ve been working on for the last few days, showing a montage of shots from some of the Boby Lapointe gigs I did with Pascal Destal over the last 12 months. It shows the show fairly well, although some of […]
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Busking is not something I’ve ever done before. (The piano is not the most portable instrument, although some street-friendly keyboards are now available.) The idea has appealed to me for a while, in that you’d know whether you are playing something people actually want to hear, or if you need […]
It’s OK, I won’t write this in French… A couple of days after that last post, I went back to the regular Boby Lapointe gig over towards Les Eyzies. I did shoot some video here, which I’ll cut into an end-of-season video after our next gig—in Bergerac next week. Do […]
I’ve fallen behind with the blog posts, but the rush of gigs is easing up now, so I’ll be able to catch up soon… Here’s a screen grab of the Boby Lapointe gig on August 5th. I’ve put a video together when I’ve got more time. As always, a joy […]
The last week has seen two Boby Lapointe events. You will recognise the setting here from before—it’s a holiday village over towards Les Eyzies (a jawdroppingly amazing place and the crucible of modern humanity). The other event was in the street opposite a restaurant in my local town. These evenings […]
On Monday, I accompanied singer and actor Pascal Destal for an evening of Boby Lapointe. If you’re not French, you’ve probably never heard of him, but Boby wrote and performed songs at about the same time Spike Milligan was being a genius in the UK. Pascal has been performing Boby’s […]