Showing posts with label places. Show all posts
Showing posts with label places. Show all posts

Wednesday, 16 September 2015

Lou Doillon: Good Man

Another exrtact from the forthcoming Lou Doillon album, with the track Good Man.

It will feature on the new album Lay Low, which is due out on October 9.

The new track follows the release of Where To Start last month.

Lay Low is the follow up to her 2012 debut Places, a top three album in France, and which led to a 2013 Victoires de la Musique award for best female artist.

Following the release of the album, Doillon takes to the road in France, with shows around the country from October 24, including a show at the Casino de Paris on December 8.


Monday, 24 August 2015

Lou Doillon: Where To Start

A new video by Lou Doillon, the track Where to Start emerging ahead of the release of her second
album.

It follows her 2012 debut Places, a collection that went on to sell in huge quantities  with the success of songs like I.C.U and Devil or Angel. She picked up a Best female Artist award  in the 2013 Victoires de la Musique awards.

Before the release of her album, Doillon had made a name for herself as an actress, with roles in films since the late 80s. She's also a model, having worked for big names like Givenchy and Pirelli.

The fact that her mother is Jane Birkin and her father director Jacques Doillon may have helped a bit initially, but the length of her career and the success of her album are essentially down to her.

Douillon has got tour dates around France in the autumn, and plays at the Casino de Paris on
December 8.

Her new album Lay Low is expected on October 9.


Monday, 25 May 2015

Lou Doillon: Tour announced

A return to the stage by singer Lou Doillon has been conformed for later this year, with dates for a
tour in autumn confirmed.

Doillon's 2012 album Places saw her take the 2013 Victoires de la Musique award for best female artist.

She is the daughter of  film director Jacques Doillon and actress Jane Birkin, and very much park of the French music aristocracy, but I reckon her music was judged more on its own merits rather than on who her mother or father were.

The album was an acoustic and folk flavoured take on indie rock, produced by Étienne Daho,  and was a massive commercial success.

There are no dfetails yet about a follow up album or who will be involved in it.

Her tour kicks off in Arles on October 24 and takes her all over France, as well as Zurich, Lausanne and Brussels

 She plays in Paris on December 8 at the Casino de Paris.


Thursday, 6 June 2013

Lou Doillon: Live in London

French singer Lou Doillon takes to the stage in London tonight, giving a UK audience the chance to see on of France's most promising artists.

Doillon's been an actress and a model, and is the daughter of Jane Birkin, giving her perhaps a head start on other singers, but the quality of her work puts her beyond any accusation of favouritism.

Doillon may be the daughter of Jane Birkin, but her debut album Places sees her stand on her own merits.

It's an assured collection that deserved the critical acclaim it received, as well as the Female Artist of the year award at the Victoire de la musique awards in February.

Of course, the fact that the video for her song Angel or Devil was shot in Scotland, in Glasgow and Glencoe, certainly endeared her to this critic.


While the album was released in France in September last year, it recently got a release in the UK which no doubt helped bring her to the country.

She's playing live extensively in France, but the chance to see her in the UK is one well worth taking. Hopefully we'll see her back here for more live dates before too long.


Tuesday, 26 March 2013

Lou Doillon: Defiant


A video's come out for another track from the Lou Doillon album Places.

This time its the song Defiant that gets the big screen treatment.

The album, the debut collection from the daughter of Jane Birkin and Jacques Doillon, has been a huge hit in France since it was released in September. It has already been in the top three in the album charts and has been a platinum seller, with the tracks Angel or devil and ICU having been previously promoted as singles.

The former actress and model went on to win the Best Female Artist award in the Victoires de la Musique awards in February.

The new video follows the clip for Angel or Devil, which was filmed in Scotland. This one is more upbeat and has a more retro pop style with nicely shot live footage.

Lou Doillon is on  tour in in France at the moment, and plays festival dates over the summer

The album Places gets a UK release on April 22.

Friday, 11 January 2013

Lou Doillon: Devil or Angel


An atmospheric video by Lou Doillon for her song Devil or Angel, which sees her wandering around the wilds of Scotland and some of this country's more sophisticated urban environments.

Locations include Glencoe, the Merchant City in Glasgow and the River Clyde, as well as the Blythswood Square Hotel in Glasgow.

The video was shot by towards the end of last year, and even the weather looked great for the outdoor scenes.

Production company Greenwood Films said on their website "It was a real dream shoot to work on, and it’s rare you see so many different people, from Scotland/from France (Speaking broken bits of each others language), Directors to Make up Artists, gel together so well, so quickly, and have such an amazing time whilst producing some amazing work."

It's great to see Scottish locations featuring so prominently in a French music video, and Doillon makes a great and unexpected ambassador for the country.

Doillon, the daughter of Jacques Doillon and Jane Birkin, released her debut album Places in France in September. The album reached number three in the French charts.  It followed the release of her single ICU earlier last year.

She had previously pursued a career in modelling and acting, having worked with directors including Agnes Varda, Guillaume Canet, Bernie Bonovoisin (the former Trust singer), Abel Ferrara and and also with her father Jacques Doillon and her mother Jane Birkin.

Doillon has performed a few live dates in 2012, but undertakes her first full tour shortly. She plays live dates across France in February, March and April, and has been nominated for best female artist and best rock album in the Victoires de la Musique awards in February.

Fingers crossed we'll get to see her perform here in Scotland some time in the future.