Monday, April 4, 2011

First Variété Anglaise soirée: 11 May 2011 at Culture Rapide, featuring Anthony Allan Poe

The first Variété Anglaise soirée will take place at Culture Rapide on Wednesday May 11th, from 8.30 till late.

The featured artist is Anthony Allan Poe, a singer-songwriter who lives in Paris and who cites his main influences as Jacques Brel, Nick Cave, Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello. There are a few tracks from his album Madeleine up on soundcloud - check them out!

http://soundcloud.com/anthony-allan-poe

Culture Rapide is located in Belleville, on the corner of rue Belleville and rue Julien Lacroix. Here's a link to the venue's website:

http://culturerapide.com/

It's a tiny place with an intimate atmosphere which makes it the perfect location for this first Variété Anglaise soirée. It's a place that may be known to Paris-based English-speaking writers and musicians as the venue where the Spoken Word open mic night takes place every Monday night.