shakti paqué mon mari et moi

Perhaps the very latest German wave without electronics? Either way, the likelihood of feeling better after a MON MARI ET MOI concert than before is very high. Shakti (vocals, sometimes also pianica and autoharp) & Mathias (guitar, vocals and other gimmicks) play songs that offer a little escape from everyday life. Unconventional songs, sometimes a bit Dada, held together by whimsical stories. Stories of the right pink, good mood spreaders, girls with provincial earrings, the highlight of the week, chocolate ice cream or dance floor edge sitters. If you're in the mood for a nice evening, a MON MARI ET MOI concert is a great place to be. Last year, they were on the best song list for four months! By the way: because they live near the French border, have a French surname and "MON MARI ET MOI" definitely sounds better than "my husband and I", Shakti's grandmother came up with this name. Their songs are all in German, however, because they no longer speak any French and would first have to take a course again. That's not possible at the moment because they perform somewhere in Germany every week. Gisela Huwig writes in the LEO magazine of the Rheinpfalz: "Good-humoured music that gets by without any feel-good songs!