Festival Météo(Various Venues in Mulhouse, France, 23 to 26 August, 2023. Review by Tony Dudley-Evans) Musho: Alexander Hawkins and Sofia Jernberg. Photo credit: Alicia Gardès The focus of the Météo Festival is on the experimental areas of improvised music and electronica. Founded in 1983 as “Jazz à Mulhouse” it no longer describes itself as a jazz festival –…
La Tène’s tools are more in the analogue realm, with their central trio playing ruggedly amplified hurdy-gurdy, scarecrow percussion, and bronchial Indian harmonium. Their four guest extensions will usually bring their amplified acoustic twelve-string guitar, electric bass, and cabrettes—small French bagpipes originating in the Auvergne region.