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Marianne Faithfull Marianne Faithfull live concert show rock rock music photo de concert concert photos live report Xavier Chertier XavFoto XavFotoLive Nikon D300 Marianne Faithfull’s long and distinguished career has seen her emerge as one of the most or
Marianne possesses that rare ability to transform any lyric into something compelling and utterly personal; and not just on her own songs
for she has become a master of the art of finding herself in the words and music of others. Marianne Faithfull’s story
has of course
been well documented
not least in her entertaining and insightful autobiography FAITHFULL (1994). Born in Hampstead in December 1946 Faithfull’s career as the crown princess of swinging London was launched with As Tears Go By; the first song ever written by Mick Jagger and Ke
five albums followed whilst Marianne also embarked on a parallel career as an actress
Marianne was not entirely free of the chemicals that had ravaged her in the sixties. Displaying a sadness tempered by optimism
and a despair rescued by humour Marianne returned
finally clean with a collection of classic pop
blues and art songs on the critically lauded STRANGE WEATHER (1987). A live retrospective followed on BLAZING AWAY (CD&VHS 1990)
which ably displayed why Faithfull has become one of the most sought after concert artists of the last 30 years. New directions were taken on A SECRET LIFE (1995) co-written with the Italian composer Angelo Badalementi
and in her exploration of the music of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht: Beginning in 1991 with her performance in the Threepenny Opera
at the Gate Theatre in Dublin and continuing with 20TH CENTURY BLUES (1996) this journey concluded with her important recording of the opera THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS (1998). Marianne returned to mainstream musical career with the release of one of her most a
VAGABOND WAYS in 1999. The millennium ushered in a period of renewed creative vigour that saw Marianne return to her acting career in INTIMACY (2001)
MARIE ANTOINETTE (2006)
and her acclaimed starring role in IRINA PALM (2006) for which she was nominated at the EFA for best actress. Two acclaimed albums followed based around collaborations with other artists that put her firmly back in the rock idiom KISSIN TIME (2002) with B
Beck
Pulp and Blur and more successfully with PJ Harvey
Nick Cave
Damon Albarn and Jon Brion on BEFORE THE POISON (2004). Marianne also returned to the stage in THE BLACK RIDER (2004)
easy Go was released in Europe in November 2008. The album is released in the UK and US in the second week of March 2009. Recorded over a two week period at the historic Sear Sound studios in New York
All the songs have been chosen by Marianne and Hal. The album includes interpretations of songs from such varied artists as Billie Holiday’s ‘Solitude’
Merle Haggard’s ‘Sing me back home’
Bessie Smith’s ‘Easy Come Easy Go Blues’ (the title track)
Morrissey ‘Dear God Please Help Me’ and Dolly Parton Down from Dover. Using a brass band and string section
the band also reunites Marianne with Marc Ribot
and Barry Reynolds. Both Marianne and Hal feel the album is one of their best to date. Marianne will also be doing some special performances throughout 2008/9 of Shakespeare's love sonnets
She will be reading a selection of the sonnets with a cello accompaniment.| Link to this photo view: |
