Live at Le Cirque Royal - backstage

Backstage at Le Cirque Royal (Brussels, March 2012) ! 

Song : "Lovely Girl" live in Brussels 

BASEMENT SESSIONS : WRANGLER x BRAIN MAGAZINE x SWANN

Three videos of my show at Le Lautrec in Paris ("Basement Sessions", for WRANGLER and BRAIN MAGAZINE).

Interview :


"Jean Genie" (cover - David Bowie) :


"Angel of Death" :

Acoustic Session LE CARGO

Last Monday we played 4 songs for LE CARGO, at David B's place - so much light... beautiful videos. Thank you Renaud ! 

// Lundi dernier, nous avons joué 4 chansons pour LE CARGO, chez David B. - tant de lumières.... belles vidéos. Merci Renaud !

Guitar : Mocke D.

Keyboards : David B.

Double bass : Brad S.

Guitar, harmonica and backing vocals : Stephen M.

Vocals and guitar : Swann

"Angel Of Death"

"Trying Hard To Find Myself Again"


"Poem #1"

"Loneliness"

Live at TARATATA - "Loneliness"

Here is the video of our performance at French TV show "TARATATA" ... !! //

// Et voici la vidéo de notre prestation à Taratata...!! //


Song played  : "Loneliness"
With Mocke Depret (guitar) et Stephen Munson (harmonica and backing vocals)

SWANN : Loneliness - MYTARATATA.COM
TARATATA N°399 (Tour. le 06/09/2011 / Diff. France 2 le 30/09/11)

Mots-clés : swann swan the swann the swan lonely loneliness the loneliness open mic 399

Video de mytaratata

Backstage... at La Cigale (Paris)

-Video made by Victor Picon-

Song : "Poem #1" 

SWANN - DAISY (A Bicycle Made For Two)

Here is a cover of a traditional song, "Daisy". We would always sing it when we were backstage. So we played live it at La Loge, last Saturday.

Vocals : Stephen and Swann

Guitar : Mocke Depret

Bass : Bradney Scott.

La Cigale // Supporting Mélanie Laurent

I played La Cigale (Paris) last night (supporting french actress and singer Mélanie Laurent). Magical moment... Thanks Mélanie...

La Cigale - soundchecks // by JBK

Swann // by Julien Pitinome

Swann // by Julien Pitinome

Mocke Depret // by Julien Pitinome

Stephen Munson // by Julien Pitinome 

SWANN on JUKEBO.fr

One month ago, a guy from JukeBo.fr sent me an email saying that he would like to ask me some questions and me to play for an acoustic session. We were supposed to do it late april, but i was terribly ill (and it seemed like a lifetime). I mean, I couldn't speak anymore, and I was unable to do anything but sleep.
So ... last Sunday, Stephen came at home with the Jukebo team, and we played Loneliness. You can also read the interview (in French) on Jukebo.fr.

Click here to watch the video !

Interview for La Mairie de Paris

In February I was interviewed by La Mairie de Paris.

The interview was based on a very simple idea : "I remember...", so we talked about my childhood... in French of course !


La chanteuse Swann en mode "Je me souviens" par mairiedeparis

I spent three days in Switzerland one week ago. It was really good to go there again. I played The Rocking Chair (Vevey) on Friday night with Mocke and Stephen, as the opening act for An Pierlé ; and the following day I played in a small and cosy bar in Geneva called La Galerie, on my own. It felt weird to play alone, just like I used to do when I started playing live when I was 17. But it was nice to see that people were listening silently and respectfully to all my songs.





And last Tuesday, I played in Rennes, at L’Etage. I was supporting this mythic and legendary Woodstock band, Ten Years After. It was a great honour to play before them, on the same stage, in front of a 800-people audience. I’ve never been that nervous before a gig, believe me... Stephen was so nervous too... And JB, my boyfriend, was terribly anxious when he first saw the crowd in the room, ten minutes before i started playing. The first song i played was “Will I See You Again”, on my own – Stephen wasn’t playing. It was actually very frightening, but I was so nervous that i had the feeling to be playing it for the first time ever. We played 7 songs, the show lasted 25 mn. I was very surprised that people were silent – they really seemed to like the songs and the atmosphere that was created.

I will post a video very soon.

Acoustic Session @ La Phonogalerie (Paris 18è)

This session was memorable. I had never played in such an unexpected and beautiful place. It was for a "Little Lab - Rhymes of an Hour" night, in december. I played this song i wrote when i was in London, "Loneliness".

Interview by La Mairie de Paris ...

I've been interviewed by La Mairie de Paris a couple of weeks ago... And i also played two songs for them with Stephen. We've shot it at La Loge. I'll soon post the second part of this interview, in which i talk about Paris, and that was shot....at my parents' place ! Keep in touch !


Pousse le son de Swann!
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Holidays...

I'm on holidays !

It's been snowing so much lately. Christmas is so close. Cold wind, snow, Christmas lights, white skies,... Such a nice time. Maybe because my birthday is not that far either !

And yes, i've got a new song ! I wrote the lyrics on the train to Switzerland, and i wrote the music last night. It's called God Is Dead.

I did a gig last Thursday at Le Pop In, in Paris. Stephen played with me. It was really cool. Here are a couple of photos taken by the photographer Aurore Bayle-Loudet.

I'm also playing tomorrow night (Tuesday 21st December) at Les Disquaires (6 rue des Taillandiers, 75011 Paris). Here's the Facebook event : http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=174449729236260&index=1

Well now i've given you some news, i'm going to walk my puppy and play with him in the snow. And i'm also going to buy some Christmas presents. And  i'm going to have a interview for job. That's it. At least for today.

LOVE xxx

Interview by "FROM PARIS"

And here's the video i told you about a few days ago...! I was interviewed by Aude S. (FROM PARIS), at home ! The song i play at the end of the video is "Loneliness" ; i wrote it when i was still living in London, in June 2010.

By the way, i'm playin at Le Pop In (Paris) on Thursday 16th December at 9:00pm, and at Les Disquaires (Paris) on Tuesday 21st December. Both gigs will be free. Be there :)



SWANN - Interview FROM PARIS
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SWITZERLAND !

Hey everyone !
I've just come back from a wonderful an intense trip to Lausanne (CH) with Stephen and Mocke, where we've played two gigs. The first one was really "rock'n'roll" since the sound was down, but e managed to do a very nice and intimate almost-acoustic-session. Last night we played The Rocking Chair in Vevey, a very nice music venue. The sound was amazing, and we did a very beautiful performance... We even played a new song i wrote recently : "Traces", and we did a cover of Velvet Underground's "I'll Be Your Mirror".

Corinne (Leman Music Booking) and her friend Alban were so lovely and generous with us. We've been living in Alban's beautiful house, down by the lake. It's been such a pleasure to meet them and to live with them for 3 days.

I can't wait to go back to Switzerland !!!

Here are a few pictures that we've taken :

the garden... the view... Léman Lake...

The dog !

driving to Vevey !

The Rocking Chair

Stephen the Mafioso

Mocke at The Rocking Chair

Stéphanie, Me and Thao at The RKC

And more photos on Facebook !

Gig at La Scène Bastille - photos by Sophie Jarry

I played La Scène Bastille Wednseday night. We did such a nice performance in a very soft atmosphere. Mocke and Stephen were really inspired and played new lines, new things.

My friend Sophie Jarry also came to take some photos. I'm sure you've already heard of her ! She's really good and she takes very beautiful portraits, backstage and live pictures. We met in London, while we were both living there ; we were two Frenchies in the UK, we were meant to meet there, ha ! Here are some lovely pictures that she took :
(to see more pictures, click here !)

Live session on Balcony TV - "Lovely Girl"

Two weeks ago, I recorded a live session for Balcony TV Paris. The idea ? To record an acoustic session on a balcony in Paris. The website has already existed for a couple of years in UK, Germany, USA, etc, and has today been imported in Paris.

When I arrived at Le Parc des Buttes Chaumont on that saturday morning, it was litterally pouring with rain. But Zeb and Leo welcomed us at Le Pavillon du Lac and offered us lots of croissants and pains au chocolat with tasty espressos, which helped me forget this crappy weather. When it was my turn to play, the sun finally started to shine. And i must say it was a very nice morning in the end ! Thanks to Zeb and Leo.