folk

Spotlight on: Musketeer & his new EP Seven Long Years!

Musketeer In his just released studio EP Seven Long Years Australian singer-songwriter Musketeer (who very recently moved to Hamburg) explores quite a dark time of Australian and European history: It follows the journey of a 19th century British convict sent to the prison camps in Australia. The record combines old sea-tale story telling with a

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A Song For Tuesday: Beneath The Balsam Tree by Michael Lane!

German-American singer-songwriter Michael Lane served 15 months in Irak as part of the US army. There he remembered the importance of family, and relationships… This ‚living in the moment‘ attitude is also present in his songs. Since I love folk, his tunes go right into my mind and stay there. Have fun listening! Like always:

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A Song For Tuesday: White Daisy Passing by Rocky Votolato!

Today’s song is (again) a recommendation by my pal Birte: White Daisy Passing by the US-based singer-songwriter Rocky Votolato. Since I cannot resist any folk tunes his music fits perfectly: A bit singer-songwriter, a bit folk, a bit indie and a bit country. Thanks Birte! Have fun listening! Like always: All credits appear after clicking

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Le Fits!

My inbox often contains music suggestions (and lots of spam mails). Only rarely it happens that I actually like the songs I find there. Le Fits with their just released album Fisticuffs were the big exception. Their sound is located somewhere between indie rock and folk and I am already a big fan! Have fun

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Iron and Wine!

Iron and Wine’s  voice (aka the one of singer-songwriter Sam Beam) you can find on almost every playlist I created during the last years. It just calms me down … or makes me happy and energized. He will play in June in Berlin and I already marked this event with three exclamation marks in my

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