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HOT PRESS Journalist Adrienne Murphy
Adrienne Murphy, Hot Press magazine journalist, writes about The Jeanie Johnston Concert
“Even before we hear the resonant voice of Caroline Moreau, the joy and command with which she takes the stage signals the French chanteuse as a natural diva. Tonight she plays on Dublin’s River Liffey, aboard the replica of the 19th century tall ship, the Jeanie Johnson. The ship’s low-ceilinged wooden interior is old-world and bohemian, the perfect backdrop for Moreau’s choice of French folk-songs and sea-shanties, seasoned with timeless classics from the French chanson tradition. (more…)
Irish Times
“Timeless and unapologetically contemporary, Caroline Moreau’s music belongs to another time and yet manages to root itself in the present with a rare vitality.Her voice is that perfectly pitched combination of French sultriness and quintessentially European insouciance. Her partnership with violinist and producer Oleg Ponomarev is fired by a shared appetite for wicked invention and reinvention, which reaches it’s zenith in her magnificent reading of Barbara’s “Nantes”. Debuts don’t come much more accomplished than this.”
Irish Independent
“What Caroline Moreau does is simultaneously meet our expectations and blow them to smithereens… A tour de force of some of the darkest, Frenchest tunes in history. Serge Gainsbourg, Jacques Brel and of course, The Little Sparrow Edith Piaf, take the stage, channelled via Moreau, telling their tales of soulless employment and disappearing lovers with a vibrancy that is thrilling.
Moreau embodies the voice of each song, not only with her own very sturdy pipes, but also with her body and soul: she becomes the entire world of the song, and proves herself to be a convincing actress in the process.”
Irish Examiner
“The arrival on Moreau on stage, with her swaggering moves and theatrical delivery, upped the ante.”
Clare People
“The elements of instrumental virtuosity and theatrically-inspired vocalising merged to produce a concert of warmth, passion, humour, and musical excellence.”
Metro
“While it’s impossible for a studio recording to capture all the charm of those live performances, her new CD “Paris Is Burning” does do a great job of showcasing her technical skill as a singer.”
Irish independent
“The atmosphere was magic…”