Showing posts with label BD and Comics Passion festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BD and Comics Passion festival. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 May 2013

La Grande Sophie: Drawing Jam in London



A look ahead at what looks like a great event in London on May 31, with La Grande Sophie and performing live accompanied by artists creating improvised work.

The show - a Drawing Jam - is part of the BD & Comics passion festival organised at the Institut français in London.

La Grande Sophie has been releasing material since her debut album in 1997, La Grande Sophie s’agrandit

She's released six albums in total, the most recent La place du fantôme bagged her a Song/Variety Album of the Year Victoires de la Musique aWard in 2013.

She released in February an EP entitled Re(cord) , which featured versions of some the songs off the album re-recorded with a string quartet.

Meanhwile, the song Suzanne has been put forward as the third single from the album, following and ne m'oubliez pas and Sucrer les fraises.

A concert by La Grande Sophie would be worth a mention at the best of times, but an event like this looks like a unique opportunity to see something extraordinary.

She's a big enough artist in France to be playing at the Olympia on June 21 with the orchestra of Radio France as part of the Fête de la Musique.

The show on Friday May 31 takes place at the Institut français in London, 8 - 11pm.

BD and Comics Passion is on at the Institut français in London from 30 May to 2 June 2013, and it includes workshops, live drawing, book signings, concerts and movies.


Thursday, 17 May 2012

Live: Mesparrow at the BD and Comics Passion festival


A quick heads up for those in the London area that singer Mesparrow playing live at the BD and Comics Passion festival courtesy of the good folks at Bureau Export French-Music United-Kingdom

She's playing at the Ciné Lumiére at the Institut Francais on Saturday May 26 as part of the event.

Mesparrow, born Marion Gaume ,sings soul and jazz, but more in line with the likes of Portishead or Bjork than any traditional artist.

The show will be different from the usual show as it will not only feature music but live art, with comic book artists including Luke Pearson, Tom Gauld, Richard Short and others collaborating live, their improvised work being projected onto the cinema's big screen as accompaniment to the Mesparrow's performance.

The international BD and Comics passion festival runs from May 24 to 27, and features some of the biggest names in the world of comics and BD.

There will be talks, workshops and book signings, and on the bill features Christophe Arleston, David B and Jean-Louis Mourier from France, Pat Mills and Kevin O’Neill from the UK as well as Tom Gauld, Guy Delisle, Karrie Fransman, Luke Pearson, Grzegorz Rosinski.

Celebrity comic fan and Cinémoi regular Jonathan Ross will be discussing his loves for comics and BD.

The Mesparrow gig is followed by a fancy dress club night on the theme of Victorians vs Decadents, in homage to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, with music by DJ Sacha Dieu.

More details of the BD and Comics passion event here http://www.bdandcomicspassion.co.uk/