– By David Lewis –

In three unique gives at Adelaide Cabaret Competition – On June 9, 10 and 11, 2023 – the well-known French band Paris combo It should pay a vigorous tribute to their charisma Singer-songwriter Invoice de Berry, who handed away instantly in 2020, on the age of 54, after a brief battle with most cancers. Her loss of life was a tragic loss for all who had been touched by her charismatic presence as a performer and songwriter throughout a profession spanning thirty years and greater than 100 songs.

Tribute to the charismatic Belle de Berry

welcome it painting As a “vocalist/accordionist and lyricist extraordinaire”, Bell was the beating coronary heart of the group. They had been the unforgettable voice of the band’s intoxicating, elegantly pleasant tackle the world, and their quirky, sensible, and infrequently humorous songs present a welcome antidote to on a regular basis gloom. Its musical roots hint again to post-punk bands, usually citing influences resembling Arletti, the French singer and actress of the Nineteen Thirties, in addition to the Surrealists and a spread of more moderen artists, together with the B-52.

Invoice de Berry, guitarist Pozzi and drummer François first carried out collectively in Paris as members of a unusual retro revue, “Les Champe tres de Joie” which went on to collaborate on the closing ceremony of the Albertville Winter Olympics in 1992.

Bell and Australian-born pianist David Lewis met whereas performing collectively within the authentic “Cabaret Sauvage” in 1995, starting their partnership in music and in life.

The group’s second album, Front room, (2000) he was awarded a flip disc (gold report) in France, confirming the worldwide status of the group with excursions to america, Australia and Asia and a nomination for the French Business Awards, Les Victoires de la Musique.

Invoice de Berry has toured Australia seven instances, each as a member of the Paris comboin addition to in a duet with David Lewis.

In Adelaide, the Paris Combo, with a particular ten-piece line-up that includes visitor singers Carmen Maria Vega, Pelli, Aurore Fuelke and Manu Razangato, will have fun the songs that made her a favourite on the worldwide stage. They may carry out alternatives from their well-known ultimate album with Belle du Berry, quisaco?

Paris Combos: Why ought to I do know them?

Seven studio albums and two and a half a long time spent touring the world, taking part in to enthusiastic audiences from Sydney to San Francisco and from Berlin to Beijing, have enabled Paris combo To create a global following for his or her distinctive world voice.

The group has struck a chord with critics and audiences alike with its enjoyable mix of swing gypsy jazz, cabaret, French pop, Latin and Center Japanese rhythms.

Venues and festivals included partial performances Olympia, Le Grand Rex, La Cité de la Musica, Good and Montreal Jazz Festivals, SF Jazz, Hollywood Bowl, Melbourne Recital Centre, Sydney Recital Corridor…