Piers Faccini

So we went there for 24 hours with Alexandre, and we had the best time. It would be easy to turn this article into a Gault & Millaut one, as Piers and his wife cook so well—as they say, ils savent vivre, they know how to live... But Piers is one of the most gifted songwriters these days, and an amazing and moving performer, so I’ll stick to the music and the films we made.

This Take-Away Show was made in the simplest way: we didn’t plan anything, we just walked around the mountain. Sometimes we put our equipment down when we liked the scenery or the light... Sometimes we would sit and talk about Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, the lightning of the place, and all the things we won’t miss when we move somewhere like this.

This afternoon, Piers played “Each Wave That Breaks”, which is the first song from the album Tearing Sky. It’s one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. It speaks about us, here, now, with lightness and simplicity.

_ Somewhere else

Is coming home

Then we climbed a little higher, and Piers played the amazing, African-influenced “If I”.

The next day, we really felt like carrying on, so we drove to a little Romanesque church where Piers wants to organize some shows from time to time and invite some of his friends to play. The acoustics of the chapel were soft and dreamy. Piers played two traditional songs, the first a Gospel tune that he usually sings at the very beginning of his shows (“to catch the audience’s attention, especially in the States...”), and the other by Reverend Gary Davis, “Death Don’t Have No Mercy”.

Piers is touring the States opening for Ben Harper, who put Piers first in his playlist recently in an interview in Rolling Stones.

Jeremiah