Jenny Wilson plays at "Les Femmes S'en Mêlent" festival in Paris

Concert information

The Swedish Jenny Wilson, dressed flaming attire, heated up the Maroquinerie in style. Fancy tunes served by a devoted backing band, and real passion and intensity. Jenny is sensual and exotic, definite change of style worthy of LSFM festival.

Les Femmes S'en Mêlent, a female indie music festival, has built up its celebrity over 12 years in France and abroad, celebrating women in music. What started as a single gig in Paris in 1997 has grown into an event spanning across several nights in Paris, other cities in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Spain and England.

Driven by passion and curiosity and known for its eclecticism and quality, the festival is about feminity but far from feminism. As time went by, the festival grew bigger and the female scene grew wider. The festival is now unanimously acclaimed, seen as a unique and indispensable musical rendez-vous across Europe, and an integral part of one of the hottest current musical scenes, always providing more talent. All the while, it never lost his breath or faith, but rather became better with the years.

Les Femmes S’en Mêlent festival, using its recognition to get cult international artists and its intuition to give a chance to new ones, affirmed and confirmed a true commitment, a nonstop tribute to female creativity. The festival's name, which is based on a subtle pun, is about women’s position in music, about them getting mixed in and about them getting involved. Whay may seem quite obvious today was not always so...

Artist

Jenny Wilson

Born in Sweden in 1975, idiosyncratic pop songstress Jenny Wilson first came to the attention of music fans as a member of the group First Floor Power. Formed in 1997, First Floor Power released their first 7" single a year later, and made the rounds of rock clubs and music festivals before graduating to their first full-length album, There Is Hope, in 2001. While a major Swedish rock magazine declared There Is Hope to be the worst album of the year, the resulting backlash won the group a great deal of media attention, and Time Out New York countered by calling it one of the ten best albums of the year. A second album from First Floor Power, Nerves, appeared in 2003, but shortly after its release, Wilson struck out on her own when she was commissioned to score Nattfjà¤rilen, a new play by Sofia Fredén being produced at Stockholm's Stadsteater Theater. Encouraged by the experience, Wilson decided to record a solo album that would allow her to explore her diverse musical influences, from Missy Elliott to Kate Bush to Nina Simone. Working with minimal but funky electronic accompaniments, Wilson released her solo debut, Love & Youth, in the summer of 2006. The album won rave reviews and earned the P3 Gold Prize Award; Wilson launched a successful solo tour, accompanied by fellow First Floor Power alumni Sara Wilson (guitar and backing vocals) and Andreas Söderström (bass and backing vocals), as well as Lina Selleby (keyboards and backing vocals), who also works with the band Doktor Kosmos. more>>>

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Venue

La Maroquinerie

Created in 1997, La Maroquinerie can welcome 500 music lovers. Its eclectic selection offers you the edgiest and the hottest of today s sounds. But you can also chill out at the bar / restaurant or at the covered terrace, combining a musical evening with gastronomy ! This truly is the finest of the Parisian concert scene, and the staff has always welcomed us with open arms... Great sound, lighting, atmosphere and musical selection. Word.

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