Carte blanche à Natascha Rogers

A carte blanche evening for Natascha Rogers on 23 May 2026 at Le Baiser Salé in Paris. A singer and percussionist of Dutch and Indigenous American roots, she moves between piano, congas and voice to carve out a space where folk, soul and jazz meet, driven by Afro‑Atlantic rhythms. Trained first in piano and then in percussion with Manding and Afro‑Cuban musicians, she has developed a personal language structured by cyclical patterns, counter‑melody and groove, nourished by African and Caribbean traditions.

On stage, this carte blanche unfolds in a human‑scale, acoustic and organic format: songs that settle on dry drumheads, interlacing motifs, breaths at the piano, and more incantatory, improvised passages. Her album Onaida, released in 2024, sheds light on this work of balancing intimacy and rhythmic precision; live, she extends that spirit by letting the voice lead and then reigniting the movement through percussion. A moment on the border of song, jazz and music of the African diaspora, privileging texture, cadence and attentive listening.