French Toast will transport listeners to a little café on the banks of the Seine, a piazza on a warm Roman night, a Berlin cabaret.

The trio of Linn Lorkin chanteuse, Hershal accordéoniste and Peter Scott bassiste delivers a charming pot pourri of well-known French chansons sung in French and English with some three-part harmonies and jazz riffs and the occasional foray into Italian, German and Yiddish and a bit of Linn's own "kiwiana' for good measure.

It's pure cabaret that will beguile you with charming, well-known chansons, songs like "La vie en rose", " La mer" and C'est si bon", jaunty Parisian waltzes like"Pigalle" and dramatic pieces like the story-song about the prostitute and her accordeoniste, made famous by Piaf, "L'Accordeoniste".

The simple but rich accordion accompaniment and the jazzy double bass combined with Lorkin's passionate singing evoke an era when the java accordionist and the street-style chanteuse reigned supreme in the smoky clubs and cafes of Paris.

French Toast are available for public performances and private functions in Auckland and throughout New Zealand.

Contact Hershal

hersh@rouge.co.nz

Phone: +64 9 376 1838
Fax: +64 9 376 8003

P.O. Box 78107 Grey Lynn
Auckland 1002
New Zealand

French Toast have recorded 2 CDs, In A French Cafe and French Toast: Live At Chez Nous, available from Rouge Records:

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