21 Love Hotel and Roman Payne in the Shed

This week we feature a live session from 21 Love Hotel and a live reading from Paris-based author Roman Payne.

21 Love Hotel are a couple from Paris whose inspiration very often comes to them in the kitchen or in front of the TV. Together, Clemence and Frederic play almost everything – although they do admit to having had a bit of help from people here and there. That doesn’t mean they’ve sought help for: vocals, guitars, japanese bells, organ, bird calls, piano, theremin, horsehair bow, electric bass, megaphone, pocket trumpet, electronic bow, alto sax, mandolin, percussions, glockenspiel, breath, music box and the broken metronome.

They came into the Shed to play one of the most alluring and entrancing sessions we’ve ever had, and don’t worry – the French conversation is rapidly translated by your host, Mr Jonny Sly!

Roman Payne was always a Paris Link magazine favourite, and remains a Shed favourite even today. His first novel, Crepuscule, was warmly received, and echoed many of the Russian greats. His poem/novella, The Basement Trains, was published around the same time as this podcast, and we get an exclusive reading of the whole book here from Roman.

Since then, Roman has gone from strength to strength, with his latest Paris-based novel, Rooftop Soliloquy, set for release this July via ModeRoom Publishing. So, it’s a perfect time to go back and hear from Roman himself – and make sure you visit his website…

This week’s playlist

This week, Shed.fm brings you live acoustic sessions from the brilliant Dave Carroll and the equally brilliant Marjolaine. These two Paris-based musicians livened up the Shed just before Christmas with two amazing sessions.

Dave came with his violinist and eventually caved in to perform his hit “The Guest”, while Marjolaine stunned the Shed into silence with “Tais toi”, among others.

We’ve also got two editions of 30 minutes for you, with plenty of new music to get your ears around, and we’ve bulked up our playlist so that you’ve got non-stop music for the rest of the day.

After Dave and Marjolaine and the 30 Minutes Pods, we’ve also got a reading of “A Comic History of Great Britain”, from Librivox. This will be continuing throughout the week…

Monday
19:00 Dave and Marjolaine Part I
20:10 30 minutes
20:50 Short stories

Tuesday
19:00 Dave and Marjolaine Part II
19:55 30 minutes
21:00 A Comic History of Great Britain – Prologue, Chapters 1 & 2
21:30 Short stories

Wednesday
19:00 Dave and Marjolaine Part II
19:55 30 minutes
20:20 A Comic History of Great Britain – Chapters 3, 4 & 5
21:30 Evening chill-out
22:30 Short stories

Thursday
17:50 Dave and Marjolaine Part I
19:00 Dave and Marjolaine Part II
19:55 A Comic History of Great Britain – Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11

Friday
19:00 Dave and Marjolaine Part I
20:10 Dave and Marjolaine Part II
21:00 A Comic History of Great Britain – to a close

Next week, we’ll have more podcasts, including a live session from Shed favourite Sophie Cappere, and chat from Paris-based actor Mike Stromme…