A voice drunk on honey, a double bass, suitcase drums, acoustic and electric guitars and a harmonica. The music of Moriarty floats between folk, country, blues and cabaret set somewhere around Dallas in the 1930's, the Russian Taïga and Paris. An infectious melody is carried by the luminous Rosemary, supported by unsettling lyrics and oozing train-like beats. Moriarty, a Franco-American band, a neurotic puppy and four schizophrenic kittens trapped in an aircraft baggage hold. Shoulder dance and shivers down the spine.
Formed in Paris as the century turned, Moriarty saw five young musicians adopt each other and write songs like novels or short movies. Their identities split between America and Europe; the members of Moriarty are guided by the surreal, believing in an animist fashion that some objects have a soul. Moriarty has performed on the Dublin Docks, in prisons and mental institutions, on French national television, in a ruined castle in Tuscany, on a transatlantic ship, on a night train, in the streets of Paris and in many concert halls and clubs.
Nominated for the Prix Constantin in 2008.

With a Special Performance by Chet Lam.

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Photo Credit: Lea CRESPI