A bird in the Latest Music Bar

I have just realised that I never mentioned Wallis. Wallis Bird! Well those who know me have heard about her. I am getting always a bit euphoric went it comes to her. Especially after a gig! She is awsome!!! Yeah, simply amazing! Very dedicated to what she does, very emotional and somethting you cannot get on the CDs is that she always have quite a few jokes inbetween her songs. This is already entertaining enough! Especially swearing with her Irish accent makes it even more unique. And for those who may see her in Germany, you can hear her speaking in German! Very sweet!

Last night I had my 4th date with her. This time in Brighton. The first time I saw her was in Berlin, back in 2006 during the Popcom. At that time she already impressed me with the energy she brought on stage, one green and one red chuck on and breaking her strings while playing with so much strength. After another gig in Berlin in 2009 and last year in Freiburg, I can say that yes she's getting better and better but she still stays the same. She still breaks her strings (3 times last night!). It gives me the feeling each time I am going to see an old friend. Also because she seems so honest and real.

Yesterday's concert was also a very special concert. She is touring currently on her own. New experience for me as well. The great thing is that the Latest Music Bar is pretty tiny. We were roughly 50 people. Makes the whole thing fairly cosy. And the emotions seemed to get stuck in the room. It was wonderful! I'm getting euphoric again. Very hard to stay objective on this post. But anyway it's nothing about objectivity anyway.

Here you'll find a video from one of her latest concerts. It was very similar to last night maybe it will convince the one or the over ver great she is live!



Concerning her fabulous humour, in the five last years I have never heard a joke twice from her. That's why I know I'll come and see her again soon. Hopefully very soon!



Many thanks to Peter-Williams for making so many great shots at last night's gig:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peter_williams/sets/72157626626144143/

Perfekt Darkness

Okay okay I had already a post about Fink! But a new album is coming out soonish and on following link it is possible to download FOR FREE the first song of it!

http://www.finkworld.co.uk/

I listen to it non-stop! I hope you'll enjoy it too!

He's also playing on a few festivals this summer in the Netherlands. Check his Myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/finkmusic/shows

Happy Easter

The Apple

A bit of summer feeling, a bit of salt on your skin, a bit of sixties... This is what I hear when I listen to Steve Cradock. The Beatles seem to me a certain in fluence.
I just discovered his music today. He'll be playing at the Haldern Pop Festival this summer. Looking forward to it.

Raggamuffin

What about a bit of sunshine? Well spring seems to finally arrive slowly on the island, but a bit of reggae can only help to get a little glimpse of the summer to come.

Selah Sue finally brought out her first long player named after herself. I am pretty excitted to have this really cool lady on my itunes list now!

Enjoy the probably most famous song of hers "Raggamuffin".

N.

Philharmonics

Recently I downloaded a couple of albums, I can't even remember from where I got the names from. Anyway this does not really matter. I needed today some quiet music to work on my beloved uni dissertation. I chose Agnes Obel in my Itunes list. And after listening to her album Philharmonics for pretty much the last four hours, I can say that I do reall enjoy what she does. She reminds me a little bit of Basia Bulat or Anna Ternheim.

Agnes Obel is from Denmark but lives in Berlin. I like the smooth voice and the piano. That reminds me sometimes even on Amelie's soundtrack.

Anyway have a listen yourself. Now that my dear friend Geoff explained how to embed nicely a video on the blog it will be even more enjoyable!

N.

Reunite

A new discory I made this week were the Isbells. They are somewhere from Belgium and remind me a bit of a mixture of the Great Lake Swimmers (Your Rocky Spine) and Nick Drake.

Their album is called like themselves, 'The Isbells' and my favorite song of it is so far 'Reunite'. Just check out for yourself.

N.

Astrid Küver

Okay this not music. But this is art. Well there is music involved as well to a certain extend if you get through the galery. Well this are all creations from my wonderful cousin Astrid Küver. No indeed I am not objective! How could I be, when I have such a beautiful and talented cousin who is also my godmother! Lucky me. However I thought I could share with my couple of followers the following website. 

It may distract you for a couple of minutes, maybe even inspire you.

The "Souvenirs" section is about my cousin and people she knows, friends, her partner. She is in each picture and a painting of a person. Both are in a place which relates my cousin to that person.

"Slipservice Soundteppich" are handmade rugs by my cousin which represent buttons related to dj-ing (and here comes the music!)

"Landlines" are paintings which are from movies, where people are on the phone... on landlines. Event the 'Matrix' picture is in a telephone booth and not with someone on a cell phonte.

"2nd Holidays" are about pictures, my cousin once found on a flee market. The same persons always travelling together in different places. She reproduced those pictures on big canvas to keep those moment alove from thos complete strangers to her.

"Das Endspiel auf die Farben" shows her very deep interest in snooker! 

"Das Leben auf drei Ebenen" has been a new discovery for me. I found those three patings really awsome. Probably it's the setting, the time.

Anyway I hope you enjoy her creations as much as I do and spread the word!

N.

Link: http://www.astridkuever.de