Hugh Coltman

In the organizer's words:

One of the most beautiful voices in jazz and rock is back with a new album: With Good Grief, Hugh Coltman released a fine rock/blues album in August 2024, accompanied by a band of great musicians.
On his sixth album, Hugh Coltman deals with his shadows. Grief, fatherhood, midlife crises and the dizzying modern age: the rock crooner with the British accent doesn't pretend and his songs go straight to the heart. And maybe there is something good in a crisis?
"I've been doing what I do for a long time," says Hugh, once co-founder of the band The Hoax, "but this was the first time I felt that void: adding a record to a pile of records because that's my job... I didn't particularly like the idea. I admit, it scared me."
This is how the story of Good Grief begins: with a bout of vertigo. He then decided to retire and devote himself entirely to writing for a while. "When you're alone with your notebook, it's much easier to pour out everything that's on your mind. Writing these things liberated me." An album of crisis? Yes, but far from being just gloomy. There's resilience and love in these songs, as well as a desire to embrace your own weaknesses.
The first thing you hear on Good Grief is Coltman's unmistakable voice, deep in time, his exquisite vibrato, his sense of drama and, of course, that irresistible accent. He takes a thoughtful look at this world, his and ours, sometimes compassionate, sometimes biting, sometimes disillusioned, but in any case a far cry from the go-getter he once was. In the meantime, he has found the answer to the question he asked himself: Why make another record? Well, for all these reasons and one more, perhaps the most important one: "Because I have to."
And one thing is certain: seeing and hearing Hugh Coltman live on stage with his band will once again be an incomparable experience with the new program.

Hugh Coltman - Vocals & guitar
Matthis Pascaud - Guitar
Laurent Vernerey - Double bass
Raphaël Chassin - Drums