01/05/2012 – Learning the guitar. Composing songs all by myself. Pfff. ‘Bout time, no?
12/31/2011 – What a year it’s been! So much travels and all about music! Farewell, Mamie. “L’Abandon” gets listed in Best Albums of 2011 in Le Parisien, from the Bruxelles Mediatheque, on Texas Public Radio and New York Music Daily.
12/22/2011 – Merry everything to everyone I’ve had the luck of meeting on the road, everyone I’ve had the luck of working with. Here’s a Christmas song for you : Stop The Cavalry, with Matt Mitchell, Tommy Larkins, Thøger Lund and Marco Rosano. Recorded at Jim Waters’ in Tucson a few winters ago.
1/05/2011 – Working with BK-One from Minneapolis’ Rhymesayers label on a new album. Working on sending Christian some melodies, as we did with “Almas Perversas”. Working on resting. Reading. Breathing.
10/07/2011 – Announcing the next big 2012 adventure! Tucsongs Super Tour of Europe starts April 2012 with Sergio Mendoza Y La Orkesta, Brian Lopez and Andrew Collberg, all now signed to Le Pop and SOFA Agency, my European label and booking agents since their taking on a first Tucson project when they decided to handle L’Entredeux three years ago! What a ride it’s been! I’ll be backed by members of La Orkesta as well as my regulars, Brian Lopez and Gabriel Sullivan, Sergio Mendoza.
09/29/2011 – Final days in Beijing. China has been incredible! Read the Tour Diary here. Almost time to get back home… almost, after 9 months on the road! Still ahead: walking tour of French Pyrénées with my donkey and a Halloween show in London.
8/07/2011 – Launching a Kickstarter campaign to get ”Beijing 北京 Three Takes” recording session funded. Details here.
07/12/2011 – I went to Oostende, Belgium and ate mussels and fries with Arno. Then we went to record a track together over ‘Un Gros Chat’. I hope to release it in the fall. I want to eat mussels and fries again in Oostende. They’re the best in the world.
06/12/2011 – Recorded a track with my Los Angeles friends, Noah & The Megafaun, on their new album! Listen to Gusano Coco mp3 and buy Noah’s albumhere.
06/06/2011 – Listen to the Audio Commentary to “L’Abandon” by myself and Jim Waters. We talk shop, recording process, studio bits and gossips, it was a lot of fun to record, just days after the basic tracking and overdubs were completed and prior to sending it off to BK-One for mixing. Just like you’d get in a DVD with the director commentary and things like that : http://mariannedissard.bandcamp.com/track/labandon-producers-audio-commentary
04/04/2011 – Toured Europe, now touring New Zealand and Australia. Heading back home for three days then onward to Europe for three months, maybe shows in Italy, Turkey, France, China… Rolling Stone, not as in ‘rock n roll’ but as in ‘gather no moss’.
01/30/2011 – Grin, grin, grin Indulge me, please, FB, in RTing this? –> GONJASUFI GONJASUFI ™ @mariannedissard track 3 off your record is my shit!!! <— from the singer whose album I listened to most in 2010. (little sunday morning dance in front of computer!!)
01/10/2011 – Got selected for SXSW! Also doing the KDHX day showcase there!
12/26/2010 – Looking ahead to the coming year. I will be going around the world, first playing in Europe with Brian Lopez, Sergio Mendoza and Gabriel Sullivan, then heading to New Zealand and Australia to perform solo. After that, I’ll hop over to China and take trains all the way back to Italy where I’ll start working with Christian on a new album. Maybe I’ll play Canada next and be back in Tucson by August for the monsoons! Pffff. See you on the road. Happy new year!
12/18/2010 – Christmas song for you ! A cover of Jona Lewie’s “Stop The Cavalry”, recorded in 2007 in Tucson with Matt Mitchell, Marco Rosano, Tommy Larkins, Thøger Lund and Adrianne Mamet at Waterworks. Listen here: Marianne Dissard does “Stop The Cavalry” – A Christmas Cover – mp3.
For kicks, here’s the original version:
2/2010 – A song from “L’Abandon”, with new lyrics, will be in Australian feature film “X” by Jon Hewitt.
12/03/2010 – My Top Ten List of Albums for 2010: 1/Gonjasufi – A Sufi And A Killer, 2/ Erykah Badu – New Amerykah, 3/ Gaslamp Killer – Death Gate, 4/ Brian Lopez – El Verde, 5/ Giant Sand – Blurry Blue Mountain, 6/ Mexican Institute of Sound – Mexico Majico 7/ Philippe Katerine – Philippe Katerine – 8/ Marianne Dissard – Paris One Takes 9/ Gabriel Sullivan & The Taraf de Tucson – Live 10/ Le Pop 6 – Le Pop Musik
11/25/2010 – Hello, Thanksgiving! Here’s a lil’ mp3 of a wacky duet version of LES DRAPS SOURDS * MP3 * from a live show @ Solar Culture in Tucson on 10.15.2010, with Luc Goodhart répliquing, Sergio Mendoza on drums, Gabriel Sullivan on upright, Connor Gallaher on guitar and Dante Rosano on piano. James Bones recorded from the back of the sound board.
11/11/2010 – Release date is set! L’Abandon will be available starting January 22nd, 2011! CD release parties in Tucson at Club Congress, Screening Room and Vaudeville! DVD also available!
10/30/2010 – Back in Tucson for a couple of months. Some shows, but mostly preparing the new release and 2011 tours!
10/17/2010 – Heading to NYC for a couple of shows and also to act in a French film directed by Astrid Serafini. Looking forward to releasing the new album in January 2011! Stay posted!
10/14/2010 – Premiere of my wacky film, “Lonesome Cowgirls”, in Tucson at Loft Cinema! Pictures of the event on Facebook! Watch the trailer:
8/2010 to 10/2010 – USA TOUR August to October 2010! East Coast and then with Françoiz Breut. Big show at MOMA Museum of Modern Art in NYC!
6/2010 – Filming “Lonesome Cowgirl” in Tucson, AZ, a film ‘informed’ by Andy Warhol’s “Lonesome Cowboys”.
4/2010 – Recording new studio album “L’Abandon” in Tucson, AZ.
3/2010 – New album “PARIS ONE TAKES” available as a FREE DOWNLOAD here! Please share with your friends.
Indulge me, please, FB, in RTing this? –> GONJASUFI GONJASUFI ™ @mariannedissard track 3 off your record is my shit!!! <— from the singer whose album I listened to most in 2010. (little sunday morning dance in front of computer!!)