IN BRIEF – “Live at the Bastille” is back. Every Friday from July 22, 2022 until August 26, it is thus possible to attend an outdoor concert. Meet at 6:30 p.m. at Place Tournadre at the Fort de la Bastille in Grenoble.
The former Fort de la Bastille comes alive during the summer of 2022 with six concerts outdoors, free and open to all. On the program of “Live at the Bastille”: two solos and four duets. All in a variety of moods: pop, folk, reggae, hip-hop, acoustic, electronic, blues, punk, poetry, etc. With influences ranging from Pink Floyd to Jamaican reggae singer Etana and Leonard Cohen.
i am Sparrow opens the festivities Friday, July 22. ” Atmospheric and catchy at the same time, his excursions are an invitation to take flight and to the simple pleasure of rediscovering our senses. » Ses influences ? Pink Floyd, Nosaj Thing, Rone, NTO ou encore Extrawelt.
A concert, a style, a music, an experience
The group BOBATO should satisfy lovers of pop and synthesizers. On July 29, they will discover a mix between “ the madness of Flavien Berger, the facetiousness of Supertramp, and the beauty of Philippe Katerine. A truly unique moment.
Friday, August 5, the Bastille will vibrate with the power of the ” social poetry » you two Treiz Its. « Inspired by historical or simply fictitious events, the texts highlight those that History has forgotten or never wanted. » The assurance of immersion in their « folk from the shores “for a wavering concert” between these stories, the melodic flights of the mandolin and a two-part song ».
Then, on Friday August 12, an artist from Grenoble Jaly Luz ! will be part of it. Grenoble, but not only. With her Latin origins, and her years of living in Saint-Martin and the Dominican Republic, she ” bring in your suitcases the Caribbean sounds “. In the program ? An auditory explosionbetween the heartbeats of reggae, hip-hop dynamics and electro digital touch’ ».
The duo Yøkim & Ægir. will be on view on Friday August 19. How to define this duo? Some refer to a meeting of acoustics and electronics, analogy and digital, raw and sophisticated, keyboards and drums, guitar and electro beat ».
Finally, for the final concert on Friday August 26, the duo Mama Kandy talk of ” blues, voodoo sorcery and punk spirit, their love for old guitars and analog sound “. The promise of a crossing the States, without forgetting his African roots ».