#Carteblanche Etienne Mbappé – Country-Side

It's in the warm, intimate setting of the Club that Etienne Mbappé has chosen to reveal, throughout this #CarteBlanche, his hitherto unacknowledged dream: a Country - Folk Album, a music he's particularly fond of, introducing colorful, spicy ingredients from his native Africa. A journey of calm, soothing sounds, soft and enveloping, reassuring and comforting, taking us away from the frenetic, thundering urban bustle for the duration of a concert, to explore beyond.
An in-depth approach to resonating arpeggios and other crystalline sweeps of steel-string acoustic guitars, the basis of the Country-Folk instrumentation.
A few notes on the piano, a violin alternately bowed or delicately pizzicatoed, a round, sober bass, a few percussive elements to support the vocals, exchanging flashes with the guitar, cello or mandolin. It's in trio that the magic happens. “COUNTRY - SIDE”, an invisible bridge over the Atlantic Ocean, linking secret African rhythms with American country-folk music. Two worlds intertwine in occult, circular dances. Captivating vocals and bewitching melodies with vernacular accents.