Une collaboration avec Yasmin Shah, on a décidé de créer cet événement au Paris Poppins a Belleville, avec sa petite scène en sou sol.

Une sorte de soirée Carte Blanche. Nous inviterons différentes musiciens /chanteurs a chaque fois : des artistes confirmés qui ont chacun(e) une identité propre.. Les artistes pop/rock/folk/essentiallement anglophone mais aussi francais !  La seule condition qu’on a imposé sur nos invitées -

Uniquement les compositions originales – Pas de reprises!

Je voulais éviter et de faire encore une soirée “Open Mic”. Il existent plein des soirées Open Mic déjà qui ont une succès. Mais dans mon expérience de ces soirées, le niveau n’est pas toujours au rendez-vous et les gens s’ennuient après le 4ieme artiste, ou n’écoutent même plus de tout les autres une fois que leur ami a joué!

Donc une petite scène acoustique, des artistes de qualité, un bon son et une ambiance chaleureuse. Voila l’objectif.

La première soirée est Mardi 26 Mars, dans 2 jours.

Yasmin Shah   (chanteuse /pianiste /compositrice d’origine Amer-Indienne) ouvra la bal et jouera un petit set de ses compos, accompagné par Olivier Soubeyran a la basse et cello, Daniel Largent a la batterie & percussion , et Fabrice a la guitare acoustique.
On invitera alors quelques invitées a partager la scène,

Ensuite je ferai un petit set de mes compos accompagné sur scène par Yasmin au Piano, Olivier (basse et cello) et Daniel (batterie et percu). Quelques anciens morceaux en version acoustique. Et quelques nouvelles chansons que je jouera pour la première fois.

Et derrière les manettes, l’ingé son Jean Paul Gillipino.

Ce sera donc la première. J’espère que cet événement prendra de l’ampleur dans les mois a venir pour devenir une soirée ou l’on y vient pour écouter de la musique originale.

On se voit mardi alors? .

OK Back to the studio!

Back from the cold

After spending Christmas and New Year in Canada, (Somewhere called Penetanguishine, to be exact!) I was getting use to the cold.

Undeterred, I borrowed a beat up strat from the little town’s only guitar store, (thanks Steve) so I could work on some new songs by a roaring fire and a glass of wine. Kind of sort of not so productive as it turns out, but the wine was good.

Anyway its good to be back and kicking off 2013 with my regular gig at the Village Bar, (Paris 5ieme) next Tuesday 15 Jan. Details on the flyer.

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• Artist: Dom Hutton
• Date: Tuesday, January 15th 2013
• Time: 8:00pm
• City: Dom Hutton in Paris 75005
• Venue: LE VILLAGE Bar
• Address: 56 Rue de la Montagne Saint Genevieve. (near Pantheon)
• Country: France
• Admission: 0€
• Age restrictions: All Ages/Licensed
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Ah the simple pleasures in life. Whatever manufacturers try to make, or whatever life-changing gadget is considered a “must-have”: from some web site;   its comforting to realize that these 2 things were made a long time ago by 2 very clever chaps.  In the early 50′s Leo Fender made a Telecaster and in the early 60′s Dick Denney designed the VoxAC30Top Boost Amp.

Its funny – I remember as a guitarist growing up there was a time in the 80′s and even 90′s when we all snubbed old gear for new modern stuff. How wrong we were!

Old guitar amps like this old Vox AC30 have valves inside them which are like little bottles that glow and get warm because they have magic inside.

So come along to the gig tonight and if you promise to be careful, I’ll let you carry the amp back to the car!!!

Back to the Village

Ok I’m doing it again at the Village Bar (or Bar Village). This will be the last one before the new year. So if I don’t see you on the 11th , to quote a Richard Ashcroft song: “I’ll see you on the Other side”.

Acoustic and Unplugged bla bla bla.

Ok It says Acoustic and Unplugged bla bla bla. But honestly, its not unplugged, atall. The guitar plugs in to an amp even “acoustic” ones. And if tuesday night is anything like last week, the amp will be turned up quite a bit. And we all know that a vintage VOX AC30 can turn up quite a lot in fact.

Might switch out the cosy Martin Acoustic for a Fender Telecaster too, so when I say “Acoustic Unplugged”… that’s just for the first few songs!!!  Somewhere into my second drink I’ll be picking up the Telecaster. (which if you don’t know is very Electric and not at all Acoustic.)

But lets call it “unplugged”.  Cos its a nice word.

So… you coming?

PS. Last concert before Nibiru gets here, so don’t miss it.

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Unplugged Acoustic concert.

In preparation to the new album…(!) I will be playing a series of acoustic concerts in a cosy setting in the Pantheon area of Paris (5th). Just me and my guitar. Some new songs, some old, and the rest have been pretty much begged, borrowed and stolen from artists I admire.

I’ve been spending a lot of time in the studio recently, either for the new album or for film score projects, I really need to get out more.

The venue is a typical Parisien Tabac/Bar called “Le Village” close to the Pantheon (in the 5th).  It’s not “L’Olympia”, but it has a good vibe. It kind of feels like a place I used to play many moons ago in Le Mans called the “Dix Vins”. If this was a Spanish bar it there would probably be sawdust on the floor (but it’s not and there isn’t.)

No Cavalry to the rescue.

Although I love playing with a band of fine musicians as was the case for my last album, there will be no cavalry to my rescue on these gigs: just me, a Martin acoustic guitar and maybe my Fender Telecaster. “Très epuré” as the french would say.  But a welcome return to the purest of singer-songwriter formats, and probably the best way to see if any of the new songs are any good!

There’s no cover charge on the door so please stop by if your in the neighborhood. There are some great restaurants near by too.

The first concert is next Wednesday 28 Nov 2012, with the idea being to play every week, with who knows maybe some guest artists as the thing gets going. Starts at 8pm till 10pm (plus si affinité).

So if you miss the first one don’t beat your self up- you can come back the following week. Having said that I really don’t know why you would want to do anything else that night. There are no decent films on at the moment (everyone tells me!) and if you want to stay in and watch football on Canal+ then lets face it you probably wouldn’t like what I do anyway! (Just saying).

 See the flyer above for the address.

Feel free to leave a comment below, don’t be shy.

Related show

• Artist: Dom Hutton
• Date: Wednesday, November 28th 2012
• Time: 8:00pm
• City: Dom Hutton in Paris 75005
• Venue: LE VILLAGE Bar
• Address: 56 Rue de la Montagne Saint Genevieve. (near Pantheon)
• Country: France
• Admission: 0€
• Age restrictions: All Ages
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My twin bother Alex came over to Paris for a few days so we could rehearse some of the songs we’ll be playing together at Saturday’s concert.

For those who don’t know Alex. He is a fantastic pianist and composer. His background and schooling is mainly contemporary Jazz although his recent (third) album “The Legentis Script” has filmscore music undertones and english folk influences. Our different musical universes have meant that we haven’t often played together, but it seems that our creative paths seems to join more and more of late as our musical worlds overlap. Check out his website here.

We just finished a couple of days rehearsal at the Big & Yellow studio in Paris, to work out some new songs and also some old ones. Some of Alex’s regular musicians will be joining us on the night of the gig (Top London musicians Mark Rose on Bass and Chris Nichols on Drums). So it will be a very special  event.

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Our Dad, Graham Hutton, passed away last February after a long battle with Parkinsons. Today would have been his 79th birthday.

Beauchief Hall

Dad was a long time member of the De La Salle club, which was and still is situated at the beautiful and apparently haunted Beauchief Hall. (Sheffield, England). We all have fond memories of going to “the Club” as we were growing up, exploring the old hall and the surrounding grounds and generally getting upto no good. So it is sort of fitting that our concert to celebrate his memory will be played there.

Friday 10th August 2012.

This show is absolutely crazy, so I have no idea what will happen. Anyway I’m hugely looking forward to it.

More details to follow very soon.

Related show

• Artist: Dom Hutton
• Date: Friday, August 10th 2012
• Time: 10:00am
• City: Dom Hutton in Toronto
• Venue: Humble and Fred Radio Show / Podcast
• Country: Canada
• Age restrictions: All Ages
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