The Louisiana

You can check for more information on the Louie on the web. It's been a few weeks since Moonface & I went there, but that was a significant occasion.

The Louisiana is a pub by the docks in central Bristol, opposite the old prison on Spike Island, close to the General Hospital. I guess that it's a couple of hundred years old, and now the upstairs room is a venue for loud live music. It's famous for catching big names before they become well-known. in the last couple of years they've had Coldplay, Scissor Sisters & Corinne Bailey-Rae play there. I like it because it's hot, intimate and sweaty, and it gets the best out of unknown bands. Last month, Moonface & I went there to see Santa Dog, and Rio & Jason went to see another band on the same night. My mate is in Santa Dog,and a friend of Rio's plays in Countryside; it was special to have both generations attending the same event.

The third band of the night was superb, a French group of three from Bordeaux called Noemi. Their lead singer is a big girl, not beautiful but stylish and striking, with a loud voice and tons of stage presence. She should be famous. The supporting musicians were together, competent, and made the ensemble complete. I hope that they return.