Tulle Festival of Music

I love living near Tulle! There are so many arts events throughout the year, and they attract people of all ages and persuasions. Tuesday brought us the annual Fete de la Musique. 

While we sat with friends on the terrace of Alfredo's, eating pizza and drinking cold beer, we were entertained by Lina Modika, a petite French woman with a soulful voice, ditsy in an orange polka-dot dress, accompanied by an acoustic guitar. The situation was idyllic... until Raw Blood over the river started up, drowning out her dulcet tones!

This chap was making some un-human beat-box sounds alongside a whumping drumbeat. He seemed able to make an impressive range of different sounds all at once. Although... he seems to be getting some help from that fellow crouched down at the back. And there is some fiddly electronic equipment in evidence.

As you can probably see, Rue Riche is decidedly poor-looking... Or is it? This narrow alley is resplendent with medieval buildings and intriguing nooks amidst stunning architecture.

A little door leading to secrets untold in Rue Riche...

At the mouth of the cathedral, a band played a variety of film theme tunes, including Charlie's Angels and Pirates of the Caribbean. They were so brilliant that we were compelled to sit on the cathedral steps and listen for a quite a long while.

Where's Wally?

There was a separate spot set up for the youngest performers, with acts coming on in 'Take the Mike' fashion, one after the other. It was great to see their parents right at the front dancing!

He thought he was Chris Martin, but their sounds were more Pink Floyd...

Oxymore were stationed outside Jack's Saloon from 6.30 to midnight, non-stop performing. The lead singer had an amazing voice; before we saw them, as we were approaching, we thought we were hearing a black female singer, and were surprised to find this young man. His rendition of Hotel California was memorable in that the only words he knew for sure were Hotel and California. The audience didn't seem to notice.

This lot sounded like pan pipers at first, but they soon evolved into the Pogues and the Levellers, and eventually, Mumford and Sons. They were good!

Over the river to go home at midnight...