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Jeff begins his career touring the States and performing in small venues. One of these, his favorite hangout, was Sin-é, a venue where he performed, juggling between American classics and his own pieces.
His discographic debut is tied to this venue: Jeff's first EP contains 4 tracks recorded live at Sin-é.
Ten years after Jeff Buckley's passing, an extended version of the "Café Days" is released. A double CD + DVD containing an interview with the artist and videos of some performances at Sin-é.
In these CDs, Jeff is rediscovered, a boy with a soul of music. Singing in a venue, he performs for himself even before for the audience and after putting his guitar down, he serves the tables. The pressure from record labels doesn't concern him yet.
A young man who performs covers by request and makes them his own, from Dylan to Nina Simone, Van Morrison to Edith Piaf, passing through Led Zeppelin and Leonard Cohen. Not to mention the Pakistani Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, known thanks to Jeff. The same Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan whom he later parodies, the same fate that befell Nirvana or the Doors imitated by Jeff, as well as Miles Davis.
And then all the songs from "Grace" pass by, the only album Jeff Buckley ever released during his lifetime. All incredibly live, all incredibly pure, as Bono Vox also attests: "Jeff Buckley was a pure drop in an ocean of noise".
Thus, the slow spiritual of "Lover, You Should've Come Over" is not missing; the visions of "Mojo Pin"; and "Grace", "Eternal Life", (Unforgiven) "Last Goodbye".
"Live at Sin-é" has the charm of youth, a mythical period where everything is yet to happen, when all roads are still open and each one is a seductive call to be answered with enthusiasm.
10/10 A gem.
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