Moriarty may just be France’s best kept secret — although not in their homeland where their album Gee Whiz But This Is A Lonesome Town has gone gold. Taking their cue from the worlds of Depression era American folk and European cabaret, this stripped-back ensemble comprises four men on various acoustic instruments fronted by the stunning and haunting vocals of the enigmatic Rosemary. Singing in English and with a Natalie-Merchant- meets-early-Neil-Young sound that’s been variously described as folk, country, blues, jazz and even Americana, the one absolute of the somewhat mysterious group Moriarty is that their sound is irresistible.
Kurt Weill and Bertold Brecht / Alabama Song
I imagine Weill and Brecht in a club in LA in the 60s, listening to The Doors playing a weird version of their Three Penny Opera song.
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