Meet the artists : Barbara Carlotti et Rodolphe Burger

Barbara Carlotti writes and composes. 
First, songs, which she performs in 6 albums (Chansons; Les Lys Brisés; L’Idéal; L’Amour l'argent le vent; Magnétique; Corse, Île d’amour) and a performance with comic writer Christophe Blain: "La Fille".

But also shows at CentQuatre club and  Maison de la Poésie in Paris, which were also radio productions for France Culture (Nébuleuse Dandy, Rock and Roll Lies, Le laboratoire Onirique, Correspondances amoureuses, 66 révolution Pop), radio programs (Cosmic Fantaisie on France Inter), and even television (Le Cabaret Insolite on France 3 Corse), a film Quatorze Ans, a teenage musical comedy produced by Ecce Film in 2019.

These are all islands carved out in reality, between which snakes a voice that seems to be made of water, sometimes clear and troubled, lively or almost dormant, utterly hypnotic. A voice sometimes blended, in duets, with those of Philippe Katerine, Dominique A, Bertrand Belin, Juliette Armanet, Izia, Bertrand Burgalat... A constellation of kindred spirits in French pop, in which she radiates.

Barbara Carlotti published a short story collection in 2023 with Éditions du Seuil, titled “L’art et la manière”. She has just released her 7th album, "Chéris Ton Futur!".

Founder of the group Kat Onoma, guitarist and singer, Rodolphe Burger has been developing a highly original career for 30 years. His many albums and projects, supported by his label Dernière Bande and the Compagnie that bears his name, bear witness to a creative generosity that has seen him collaborate with many authors and artists, including his writer friends Pierre Alferi and Olivier Cadiot, as well as Jeanne Balibar, Alain Bashung, Bertrand Belin, Françoise Hardy, Jacques Higelin, Ben Sidran, Rachid Taha, Erik Truffaz, James Blood Ulmer...

Rodolphe Burger is also the founder and artistic director of the "C'est dans la Vallée" festival in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (Haut-Rhin, France), which he will be presenting in this blitz session at SMW. He will also be closing the festival with his latest solo show !

Eli Finberg, alias Mr. E is an author, MC, perfoming artist, hip-hop activist and educator.
Originally from New York, he settled in Strasbourg in 2005 and joined his first band in 2006.

He founded Freestyle Mondays (a monthy open mic) in Strasbourg in 2011.  Since 2007, he has played more than 1000 shows and has won numerous awards