Located in the heart of the medieval city, the Jean Deschamps Theater is one of the most striking open-air stages in France.
This exceptional setting hosts one of the most eclectic programs in France until the end of July.
With, this summer, the focus on international artists, after two years marked by the Covid pandemic.
On July 12, the event received the American Jack White for his only festival performance this season, before hitting the Olympia stage on July 18.
Some 3,000 thrill seekers had booked this rare one-on-one with one of the most outstanding figures in current guitar rock.
The musician and singer, who has just celebrated his 47th birthday, is in the heat of a rich news.
A few months after the very electric
Fear of the Dawn
, he will release on July 22 a beautiful acoustic album,
Entering Heaven Alive
(Third Man Records/Sony Music).
A frank success, whose appeasement contrasts with the frenetic aspect of
Fear of the Dawn
.
An impressively professional showman
After wearing red and white excessively in the duo who revealed it, The White Stripes, White (named after his ex-wife Meg) changed his color code.
Hair, guitars, decorations, everything is now blue in the visual universe of the man to whom we owe the resurgence of guitar rock at the beginning of this century.
The manufacturer Fender has thus made several models tailor-made for this virtuoso, who truffles his music of traditional inspiration (blues, country, rock'n'roll) with futuristic sounds.
From the start of his performance, we are blown away by the power released by the singer, guitarist, pianist and occasional bassist and his three accompanists (bass, drums, keyboards).
A sound that is both saturated but precise,
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Agitated by quasi-epileptic convulsions during the show's most rocking pieces of bravery, Jack White is a showman of impressive professionalism, stringing together pieces without downtime, incorporating winks into the intros or codas of his compositions.
His solo repertoire is featured, but also titles from White Stripes such as his collective adventures The Raconteurs (the unforgettable
Steady as she Goes
) or the more anecdotal band Dead Weather.
A great defender of vinyl and traditional recording methods, this shrewd businessman opened his first record store in Europe a year ago, in London.
Rarer in France, it nevertheless has many aficionados since its first visit to our lands in 2001.
His place on the music scene puts him halfway between the rock veterans he admires—he collaborated with the Rolling Stones and claims to be close to Bob Dylan—and the recent developments in garage rock.
It is his team itself that chooses its first games.
In Carcassonne, he was thus preceded by the Nantes residents of Ko Ko Mo, with whom he proudly posed on Instagram, thanking them for their participation.
If we would like a little more madness and letting go in his attitude on stage, this control freak looking like a modern guitar hero defends a singular vision of American music.
The festivities continue until July 31 as part of the Carcassonne Festival, with notably Dutronc and Dutronc (15th), Calogero (17th), John Legend (18th), Julien Doré (19th), Mika (19th 22), Sexion d'Assaut (24), LP and Rag'n'Bone Man (25), Deep Purple (26), Vianney (27), Ben Harper (28), James Blunt (29 ), Louane (30) and Orelsan (31).
Information: www.festivaldecarcassonne.fr
