Irene Jacob On Tour In Support of New CD 'En bas De Chez Moi'

Actress Irène Jacob and guitarist Francis Jacob craft welcoming, worldly pop on "En Bas De Chez Moi", celebrating their release live at with lives appearances in Canada and the US. Listen On Soundcloud

French lyrics with a flair of world music, the siblings, backed by Senegalese bassist Mamadou Ba and percussionist Alioune Faye, will deliver a set of original music and a few covers from French folk singer Georges Brassens.

IRENE JACOB Irène was awarded in 1991 the prize "Best Actress" at the international Cannes festival for her performance in The Double Life Of Véronique by K. Kieslowski. in 1993, the polish film director features her in Red, in his trilogy Bleu, Blanc, Rouge, along with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Juliette Binoche and Julie Delpy. Irène is leading a successful international career. She has worked with directors such as Antonioni, Win Wenders, Paul Auster, Angelopoulos, Louis Malle...

She is currently appearing in Showtime's "The Affair", portraying the French Professor Juliette Le Gall. Irène has a very special connection to music. On a theatre stage or a movie set, Irène is always close to the musical world. She has been recording with the National Jazz Orchestra, French star Vincent Delerm, Brazil's wonder kid Ricardo Tete, among others.

FRANCIS JACOB Francis Jacob is a traveling musician. From France to Brazil, from Africa to Brooklyn, where he settles in 1991. He composes, plays and records for a wide array of West African stars from Senegal, Mali, Guinea or Togo. Blending his Jazz roots with these experiences, he finds himself at the center of the "World Jazz" movement.

In 2007, his album Side-by.Side gets great reviews.

"The actual music of Side-By-Side is so pleasant, light on its feet, buoyant and just plain attractive as to give one hope for the future of this earth."

Budd Kopman, All About Jazz His approach to writing and playing music reflects a highly varied musical career, from Jazz to Brazil, from Moroccan Shaabi to Senegalese M'Balax.

February 19th: Theatre Petit Champlain in Quebec City
www.theatrepetitchamplain.com/spectacles

February 22nd: Alliance Francaise in Ottawa

February 23rd: Jazz Bistro in Toronto and AF Toronto (film presentation)
http://jazzbistro.ca

February 24th: Bancroft School in Worcester Massachusetts (Afternoon)
www.bancroftschool.org

February 25th: AF Providence
http://www.afprovidence.org

February 28th: Joe's Pub in New York
www.publictheater.org/en/Joes-Pub-at-the-Public/

March 1st: AF Chicago
www.af-chicago.org/app/homepage.php
March 2nd: Richmond International Film Festival (Virginia)
www.rvafilmfestival.com