I’m always a fan of gigs in odd locations, but this one could well take the biscuit! Caroline Moreau is playing on the Jeanie Johnston, the famine museum and tall ship!  The award winning French chanteuse with a love for Ireland is back, playing a few dates around the country, on finising in the Liffey!

“To end the tour in her own inimitable style, Caroline will bring her gutsy and vibrant show to the JEANIE JOHNSON TALL SHIP, moored at Custom House Quay, on Saturday 2^nd March for an unforgettable evening with Hernandez, Dunne and Malachy Robinson on double bass.  For the Francophiles in the audience, Moreau will perform from the rawer side of the chanson tradition, unearthing traditional French folk songs and sea-shanties. She will also revisit some of the masterpieces of chanson that she has made her own – including her fish-guts-and-sawdust rendition of Jacques Brel’s ‘Amsterdam’ and her unstoppable interpretation of ‘Poinconneur des Lilas’ by the ‘uncle of the punk generation’, Serge Gainsbourg.”

Caroline Moreau & Lunfardia  – Mermain Arts Centre, Bray – Fri 22 Feb, 8pm

Caroline Moreau & Dunne/Hernandez Duo – Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo – Sun 24 Feb 8pm €15

Caroline Moreau & Dunne/Hernandez Duo – Draiocht, Blanchardstown – Mon 25 Feb 8.15pm €16/€12 conc

Caroline Moreau and Hernandez, Dunne, Robinson – Jeanie Johnston Tall Ship – Sat. 2^nd March 8pm €18 Bookings: 01 4730111

Here she is with Ray Heffernan singing Chanson d’Abbesses.