Delgres introducing new single 'Can't let you go' and debut album 'MO JODI' out 31/08

Delgres introducing new single 'Can't let you go' and debut album 'MO JODI' out 31/08

Fresh from their recent sojourn to these shores – they played two shows at The Great Escape to a rapturous crowd - and newly signed to [PIAS], Delgres are a trio hailing from the Leeward Islands, more specifically Guadeloupe.

Today they share the video for new track Can’t Let You Go, its visual narrative conveyed via playing cards and musically encapsulating the album’s ethos - raw, emotive blues culled from a long lineage unfurling into something Delgres make their own. As the band explain, “in this song we move closer to the core subject of the album, that of working with the cards you're dealt. The lyrics are a reflection on how Napoleonic slaves, freedom fighters of Guadeloupe, managed in the great poker game, sacrificing their personal feelings to the cause. “I don't want you to go and fight but I know you have to.Good hand, bad hand, who deals the cards?"

Fronted by Pascal Danaë and complemented by drummer Baptiste Brondy and sousaphone player Rafgee, they loosely describe themselves as a blues trio. Traversing a myriad of sounds and influences they meld their own route via their cultural, historical and emotional roots - the missing link between French, Caribbean and US musical culture - that arrives amidst Ali Farka Touré, Creole and the Black Keys to create their own exhilarating brand of bluesy, garage-rock.

Inspired by and from where they take their name - the influential figure of Louis Delgres who was instrumental in the fight against colonial slavery looms large on the album - title track, Mo Jodi (I’ll Die Today) is a tribute to his fight. Anchored in history, the resultant album is a brilliant representation of their own personal journey, the music both in broader terms and closer to home is a portrayal of rootlessness, struggles and exasperation that exists still to this day just on another page.

An absorbing musical adventure, emotive and powerful, Mo Jodi revels in its instrumentation to provide an invigorating collection of songs that is a wonderful entry into the world of Delgres.

Released on August 31st through [PIAS], Mo Jodi is available on double vinyl, CD and digitally on pre-order

the full track listing is:

1. Respecte Nou

2. Mo Jodi

3. The Promise

4. Mr President

5. Vivre Sur La Route

6. Sere Mwen Pli Fo (featuring Skye Edwards)

7. Can’t Let You Go

8. Ti Manmzel

9. Anko

10. Ramene Mwen

11. Chak Jou Bon Die Fe

12. Pardone Mwen

Tourdates:

  • 02/06/2018 FR / Achères / Le Sax
  • 15/06/2018 / FR / Toulouse / Festival Rio Loco
  • 22/06/2018 / CH / Martigny / Festival des 5 continents
  • 24/06/2018 / BE / Roeselare / Festival Plein Publique
  • 29/06/2018 / CA / Tadoussac / Festival de Chant
  • 30/06/2018 / CA / Tadoussac / Festival de Chant
  • 05/07/2018 / USA / Lincoln Center Atrium
  • 07/07/2018 / CA / Winnipeg / Winnipeg Folk Fest
  • 08/07/2018 / CA / Winnipeg / Winnipeg Folk Fest
  • 13/07/2018 / CZ / Polička / Colour Meeting festival
  • 14/07/2018 / NL / Rotterdam / North Sea Jazz
  • 15/07/2018 / FR / Perigueux / Festival MNOP
  • 16/07/2018 / BE / Ghent / Trefpunt Festival
  • 18/07/2018 / FR / Bordeaux / Festival Relâch
  • 20/07/2018 / FR / Carhaix / Les Vielles Charrues
  • 21/07/2018 / FR / Le Havre / Festival MoZaïque
  • 22/07/2018 / FR / Surgères / Surgères Brass Festival
  • 24/07/2018 / FR / Angers / Tempo Rives
  • 27/07/2018 / CH / Bern / Blueballs Festival
  • 28/07/2018 / FR / Granville / Jazz en Baie
  • 31/07/2018 / FR / Saint Gilles Croix de Vie / Les Musicales du Pays
  • 06/08/2018 / FR / Pornichet / Blues sur la Plage
  • 07/08/2018 / FR / Sète / Fiest'A Sete
  • 15/08/2018 / Lux /Luxembourg / Me You Zik festival
  • 08/09/2018 / FR / Grenoble / Festival Jour & Nuit
  • 18/09/2018 / USA / Whitewater / Univ. of Wisconsin
  • 19/09/2018 / USA / Minneapolis, MN / Cedar Cultural Center
  • 21/09/2018 / USA / Albuquerque, NM / ¡Globalquerque!
  • 22 et 23/09 /2018 / USA / Chicago / Chicago World Festival
  • 28 et 29/09/2018 / USA / Bloomington / Lotus Festival
  • 30/09/2018 / USA / Stanford / Stanford University
  • 05/10/2018 / USA / Los Angeles / Alliance Française
  • 07/10/2018 / USA / Joshua Tree, California / Joshua Tree Music Festival
  • 13/10/2018 / FR / Nancy / Nancy Jazz Pulsation
  • 26/10/2018 / FR / Nantes / Les Machines de l'Ile
  • 04/11/2018 / FR / Rennes / Ubu
  • 30/11/2018 / FR / Clermont-Ferrand / La Coopérative de Mai
  • 01/12/2018 / FR / Arles / Cargo de Nuit
  • 06/12/2018 / FR / Avermes / Isléa
  • 07/12/2018 / FR / Magny Le Hongre / File 7
  • 08/12/2018 / FR / Agenteuil / La Cave Dîmière
  • 09/12/2018 / FR / Ris-Orangis / Le Plan
delgres

Read more

All articles →