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In concert on July 24: Lorräch @ Stimmen Festival


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SETLIST

01. America
02. Baby Can I Hold You
03. Sing For You
04. Crossroads
05. Bang Bang Bang
06. I Did It All
07. You’re The One
08. Save Us All
09. Money (That’s What I Want)
10. Behind The Wall
11. Fast Car
12. Our Bright Future
13. Telling Stories
14. Give Me One Reason
15. Say Hallelujah
16. Talkin’Bout A Revolution

Encore
17. She’s Got Her Ticket
18. Proud Mary

VIDEOS

America
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America / Baby Can I Hold You / Sing For You
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Proud Mary
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Sing For You
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You’re The One
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Money (That’s What I Want)
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Behind The Wall
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Talkin’Bout A Revolution
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Telling Stories
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LISTEN TO

Fast Car
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Talkin’bout A Revolution
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Give Me One Reason
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Money (That’s What I Want)
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LISTEN TO SOUNDCHECKS

Heart Of Gold (during soundchecks)
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Our Bright Future (during soundchecks)
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PRESS

  • La vie rêvée de Tracy Chapman - Par François Barras / Locarno, 24 heures, | 25.07.2009 | 00:03

RENCONTRE | Bricoleuse de petits morceaux d’idéal folk, la chanteuse revient ce soir sur l’Asse.

2009-lorrach-tc © DR | «En Europe, j’ai l’impression que les gens font un effort redoublé pour comprendre mes paroles, et les comprennent mieux qu’aux Etats-Unis où l’écoute est moins intense. Je peux me tromper, mais je préfère le croire!»

Un protocole de chef d’Etat! Parvenir jusqu’à Tracy Chapman, c’est franchir une garde rapprochée peu nombreuse mais zélée, montrer patte blanche, envoyer ses références… L’Américaine ne se la joue pas diva, pourtant. Mais avoir connu l’une des plus prodigieuses ascensions de l’histoire pop prédispose à la méfiance. En 1987, la native de l’Ohio grattouille encore ses accords folk dans les cafés de son campus universitaire; l’année suivante, elle devient une icône mondiale de la lutte contre l’apartheid en jouant, seule sur l’immense scène de Wembley, pour les 70 ans de Nelson Mandela emprisonné. Et remet au goût du jour le songwriting folk, rien que ça.

Depuis, Mandela a été président de l’Afrique du Sud, le mur de Berlin a chuté et un Afro-Américain a été élu à la tête de la plus grande puissance mondiale. Tracy Chapman, à l’honneur ce soir de Paléo, continue de chanter. De «parler de révolution», comme le proposait son tube Talking ‘bout a Revolution. Laquelle? Le cadre théorique demeure flou mais la voix de Chapman compta parmi les actes de résistance implicites contre Bush père, puis fils. Barack Obama lui doit un peu… «Le soir où il a été élu, je suis restée sans voix. J’avais de la peine à saisir la réalité de l’événement, après toutes ces années à se battre pour vaincre la méfiance et les préjugés. Mais je n’y ai pas trouvé motif de fanfaronnade, de hurlement de victoire ou que sais-je. Tout n’est pas rose non plus, certaines mesures prennent trop de temps. La fermeture des prisons antiterroristes, par exemple.»

Tracy Chapman se raconte à quelques pas de la Piazza Grande de Locarno, où l’on met la dernière main à son concert du soir. Aux déchaînements passionnels a succédé un tempo apaisé fait de tournées et d’albums appliqués – installée à San Francisco, elle réalise un disque chaque trois ans environ, recueils d’airs largement acoustiques sans autre prétention que de s’inscrire dans une tradition centenaire. La folk à l’heure des iPod… L’émule de Bob Dylan et de Woody Guthrie sort le sien, où défilent ses voix fétiches, surtout féminines. Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, récemment Feist et Peaches. Chez les mecs, Kings Of Leon. «J’écoute beaucoup de choses, mais mes racines sont clairement dans les années 1960.» Chanteuse politique, une sinécure en territoire non anglophone? «En Europe, j’ai l’impression que les gens font un effort redoublé pour comprendre mes paroles, et du coup les comprennent mieux qu’aux Etats-Unis où l’écoute est moins intense. Je peux me tromper, mais je préfère le croire!» (Rire.)

Aux antipodes du hip-hop
Au terme des années 1980, deux «événements» ont revitalisé le protest song noir: le succès «pop» de Tracy Chapman, et l’implantation massive du rap dans la matrice MTV. Peu de pont entre les deux mondes, pourtant. Pire: Tracy réserve un chien de sa chienne à quelques rappers qui, dit-elle, pillèrent ses mélodies sans lui demander la permission. «On a beaucoup espéré du rap en oubliant souvent que l’ensemble de la musique afro-américaine est un art contestataire, du blues au funk en passant par la disco. Les chansons de Curtis Mayfield, de Marvin Gaye, de Stevie Wonder quand il écrivit Front Line… Au sommet d’une crête médiatique, le rap a ensuite surtout fait parler de lui pour ses dérives et ses caricatures.»

D’un cliché à l’autre, la chanteuse de 45 ans se situe aux antipodes de la rodomontade hip-hop. Plutôt la tenue de la randonneuse à djembé: sandales, pantalons baggy, débardeur en coton… le bon look pour Paléo! C’est pourtant le Montreux Jazz qui retient son attention, alors que B.B. King vient d’y donner concert. Souvenir ému. «J’ai eu la chance de rencontrer de grands artistes, mais B.B. King reste le plus marquant. C’était pour un album de duos (ndlr: Deuces Wild en 1997). On a enregistré The Thrill is Gone côte à côte, sur le même canapé. C’était incroyable car le solo de cette chanson est le premier que j’ai appris à jouer!»

Une dernière pensée involontairement amusante pour Michael Jackson («J’ai été moins surprise par sa mort que par le fait qu’il avait passé 50 ans!»); un ultime scoop sur Prince («Il possède un atelier de couture dans son studio, pour avoir son tailleur constamment sous la main!»). La guitare est avancée, le sound check aussi. Sûrement mais simplement, Tracy Chapman s’en va bricoler en artisane ses petits morceaux d’idéal.

Ce soir, Grande Scène, 21 h.

  • Tracy Chapman bei “Stimmen” - Unwetter trübte die Stimmung nicht - By Badische Zeitung, 25. Juli 2009 00:15 Uhr

Ein heftiger Wolkenbruch war der Aufreger in der Umbaupause, aber die Stimmung auf dem Lörracher Marktplatz hat er trotzdem nicht abgelöscht. Geduldig warteten die Fans von Tracy Chapman bis sich das Unwetter wieder gelegt hatte. Dann folgte ein grandioses Konzert.

Blaue Regencapes waren erste Wahl beim Konzert von Tracy Chapman | Foto: Barbara Ruda

“Stimmen”-Chef Helmut Bürgel hatte noch vor dem Auftritt von Scott Matthew im Vorprogramm daran erinnert, dass auch am Tag zuvor ein paar Tropfen den Auftritt von “Ich + Ich” nicht gestört hätten. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt am Freitagabend war noch nicht abzusehen, was sich am Himmel über Lörrach zusammenbraute. Lange sah es so aus, als würde sich das Wetter wieder verziehen, doch kaum war Scott Matthew (ein mäßig aufregender junger Mann mit ausgefallenen Stimme) von der Bühne gegangen, schüttete es wie aus Kübeln. Plötzlich leerte sich das Geviert, und wer sich bis dahin gefragt hatte, warum in Lörrach zwischen Marktplatz und Altem Markt ein Dach aufgespannt ist, lernte bei der Gelegenheit den tieferen Sinn dieses Stadtdekors kennen. Auch unter den Zelten bei den Eingängen drängten sich plötzlich die Besucher. Dafür gab es jede Menge Platz für die richtigen Fans, die auch die kalte Dusche nicht scheuten, oder für die Schlauen, die sich beim Eingang mit den kostenlosen Regencapes eines Sponsors eingedeckt hatten. Lachende Gesichter unter blauen Kapuzen waren fortan die beliebtesten Motive für die Handycams und das Spektakel, das die Bühnenarbeiter beim Kampf gegen das Regenwasser boten, war sicher eine der unterhaltsamsten Pausennummern seit der Erfindung der Open-Air-Konzerte. Doch es dauerte kaum mehr als eine Viertelstunde, dann konnten die Instrumente wieder ausgepackt werden. Flinke Hände trockneten allerlei technisches Gerät und dann betrat Tracy Chapman mit nur kurzer Verspätung die Bühne. Was folgte, war eine perfekte Show, für die es sich lohnte, bis auf die Knochen nass geworden zu sein.

INFOS

Venue: Stimmen Festival
Tickets: Stimmen Festival – 42 Euros
Opening Act: Scott Matthew
Teasing:

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Comments

  1. Well… here comes my little review and some pictures/videos… :D

    I was supposed to go to this concert on my own but a friend of mine surprised me when arriving in Lörrach and was already waiting for me there to join me…The weather looked alright then….and I say then… :mrgreen: …We were walking around the market place a little where the concert would take place, listened to the sound check for a while and the went for a coffee near the place.. We could still actually hear her singing and playing…The people from Lörrach must have had a wonderful night listening to a concert for free… ;)

    The concert was going to start at 8pm so we got ready to be the first in line at about 6pm or so I guess… They were still busy “chasing off people” and clearing the market place. We had to hand over our umbrellas and stuff but they didn´t really seem to care for cameras. Later I found out that it was actually forbidden to even take pictures. We ended up standing in second row, right in the middle, with a good view to the stage. Great! The crowd seemed very nice, we were all excited for the concert to start…

    The supporting band did some sound checks, they seemed very relaxed and happy to be there.
    At 8pm the manager of the Stimmen Festival came on stage and announced Scott Matthew who was going to play with his band now. I had never heard of him before..but he really is a great great singer/songwriter!! Absolutely worth checking out!!
    He did an amazing job, though he said that he was “very nervous because…of Tracy…you know…….and you all….” :D He´s got great songs, mostly melancholic..he reminded me a little bit of Antony and the Johnsons. But he definitely has his own style.
    Little Bird, White Horse and Community are fantastic songs!
    I liked his act a lot!! Great guy, great band (piano, bass, chello; he played guitar/mandoline etc)

    After they finished, the crew started setting up the stage for Tracy and the band…In the middle of it it suddenly started raining like CRAZY! It was raining buckets, a really heavy rainfall…the thing was…as we were standing that near to the stage, the water came down from the top, kind of the roof of the stage. no, it wasn´t dropping down, it was like there was someone up there, pushing down buckets of cold water. I´m not exaggerating at all..it was as if we had just jumped in a cold swimming pool. We were so wet and soaked I could wring out my jeans..Man… I was really worried they would cancel the concert last minute because it just didn´t seem to stop….They had immediately stopped setting up the stage and were just trying to prevent the instruments from getting wet.
    The raincoat and caps and stuff were useless anyway, so I rolled up my jeans and decided that I didn´t care for the rain.. ;) It began to get really funny actually, the crowd loosened up, the vibe was great, some started singing…in the rain… lalala …siiiinging in the rain..:D

    Eveeeeentually it stopped raining, thank god, and they continued setting up, cleaned the stage…
    and finally TRACY CAME ON! with a big smile on her face… :D

    the first song was
    America
    ..love that one. She didn´t play the two drums like she does sometimes, even though I was pretty sure I saw them standing on the side of the stage.

    The crowd was great and very excited and you just totally forgot that you were actually soaked to the skin…

    I think after that Baby Can I Hold You Tonight followed…great as always and people were singing along.

    First song off her new album Our Bright Future that she played that night was Sing For You. Tracy encouraged us to sing along to it like the other audiences on the tour…so everyone did..just a lovely tune.

    Crossroads…… is one of my favourites and I was so happy Tracy played that one. (I even saw the fingering and realized I had played it the wrong way on the guitar…lol :D)

    Bang Bang Bang was absolutely fantastic, had never heard that one live, not even on youtube, so it was really great to hear it. Don´t think she plays it that often live.

    I Did It All….one of my favourites from OBF..such great and funny lyrics.

    You´re the One …Tracy played some kind of “drum box” (I have no idea what it´s actually called). Made the song sound new and different, liked it a lot..I filmed that one.. ;)

    Another OBF song: Save Us All

    Money(That´s What I Want)….a Berry Gordy cover I think.. they all sat down and had some great blues playing together, Tracy did a very nice Solo there.

    Behind The Wall…a cappella of course, everything was dark, very emotional.

    Then the classic Fast Car…everyone sang along with the chorus, it´s just the most amazing song, no concert without that one definitely!

    Our Bright Future…just really loved that one, one of the calmer songs of the concert.

    Telling Stories….I have always wanted to hear that one with full band..and..it was awesome. Man,they all rocked it so hard. they played a really long version; again Tracy did a very good Solo, so did everyone from the band!! and a little rock´n´roll jump by Tracy at the end of the song…. :)
    Give Me One Reason… they did an extended version of that one, with double speed at the end, it ROCKED! :!: awesome vibe!

    Say Hallelujah …yeah, they rocked that one!! 8-)

    Talkin Bout A Revolution…again another classic that mustn´t be missed!

    The vibe was AMAZING, everyone clapping, screaming, yelling, dancing… I was actually really surprised that my voice was ok the next day..^^The applause lasted forever and of course they came back and again…rocked the stage like crazy…
    with She´s Got Her Ticket and the cover Proud Mary.

    well as you can tell I (and many many other people) had an AMAZING night!!!
    One of the best concerts I have ever been to!
    I´m still so excited when I´m watching the videos..
    Tracy is such a brilliant artist!
    Can´t wait for the next concert…(probably in two years at the earliest..) :)

    there is a short German article with a little picture while it was raining..lol
    http://www.badische-zeitung.de/unwetter-truebte-die-stimmung-nicht

    Posted by Ela | July 30th, 2009, 23:32
  2. It was sooo wonderful, sooo great! I can only join mine previous speaker.

    I Love Tracy sooo much! Her music and voice is sooo fantastic..

    Posted by Francis | July 31st, 2009, 19:43

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