Raoul Vignal + Rapt & Route 500

Folklore Sessions Presents;
Raoul Vignal
+ Rapt & Route 500
£8adv | 18+

From 2010 to this day, 30-year-oldRaoul Vignalhas been playing authentic, modern folk music. Forming the essence of his compositions, soothing vocals and delicate fingerpicking played on alternate tunings are Vignal’s trademark. His music has often been described by audience as ’evocative’ and ’mesmering’.

Shortly after the birth of his solo project at the age of 20, Raoul Vignal started performing live in venues and festivals throughout France, giving him a strong stage experience as a solo musician, whether playing for a small audience in intimate venues or captivating a larger crowd.

In 2013, he left his hometown Lyon for a 2-year-long stay in Berlin, where he has been very active in the singer / songwriter scene, frequently performing in the numerous venues the city has to offer.

After the release of his thirdEPin November 2014, recorded at Klangbild Studios (Berlin), Raoul Vignal composed the following year the original soundtrack to ‘Sweet Water of Memory’, a German-produced movie directed by Carlos Vin Lopes.

At the beginning of fall 2015, he returned to Klangbild Studios to record his first full-length ‘The Silver Veil’, with sound engineer Martin J. Fiedler, released onTalitres.