“It’s a wonderful life” – how much Black spoke to our hearts more than three decades ago when he made it clear to us that life is wonderful. At the beginning of the 1990s, there was still a lightness in oneself that could easily avoid the downsides of life because the sun was simply shining more.
Meanwhile, the artist Black is already dead and the half-boys of yore are quite old. But the song still works, albeit him Imany transformed into a casual dance floor sweeper in the Tim Plvnk & Ayosha Remix. But the text is right back, and so is the feeling of yesteryear, even though the impacts of life are getting closer and the lightness has sometimes given way to a melancholic heaviness. But good that there are such songs. Because then for almost three minutes the world is pretty much in order again.
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Please stay healthy at all times, please Sibylle Kefer in “Oa Zeit”, a song about the unusual time, in which thousands of situations and fears have led to a very peculiar coexistence or rather against each other of people. The musician from the Salzkammergut with her adopted home of Vienna wanted to make a statement with the song in a cool beat and with clear words, according to which solidarity can not only be lived as a word, but difficult times can also further develop a society. For this, however, it is necessary to leave camp thinking, not to let anger arise at first, but to face a situation together that cannot simply be wiped off the table. Now it would only be important that many would hear this message from Sibylle Kefer.
You just have to read or listen carefully, because clear messages no longer need any extra explanations. If so Michael Lane calls his new album “Take It Slow” (Greywood Records), then that’s the program. The ten songs come in a pleasantly relaxed atmosphere with a lot of acoustic instruments, the German-American demonstrates his preference for classic songwriting and spices his songs with a lot of folk influences. Now and then your heart can rise, like with the beautifully gliding “Ladybug (Sunset Mix)” or with the very intimate “Moment”.
Beyond all style drawers
If music and lyrics are thought of a bit outside the box, then it takes more attention to grasp what is happening here. Paul’s jets from Vienna have such an all and nothing attitude that they immediately stand out from the sea of the same sounding. “Jazzfest” (state act) is the name of the album, which is misleading from the title. Because the quartet is miles away from a jazz band.
They think their music is far too multi-layered, in which so many styles simply find their place next to each other. Kraut rockers, punk rockers, folk friends, storytellers, schlager-esque melodies and lyrics that are everything except one thing: random. You just have to listen to understand a little of this world and the longer you listen, the more you start to love Paul’s Jets’ quirky approach. “Flieger”, “So correctly in Love”, “Weekend”, “Magdeburg” – there are many moments on “Jazzfest” that amaze you and then make you satisfied. Swimming against the tide can get you there if you know what you want. The Viennese know it.
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If you like it quiet and contemplative, that’s it Arny Margaret and their EP “intertwined” (One Little Independent Records). Beautiful folk songs full of intensity and depth and at the right time, real balm for the soul.
Intense is also a good keyword for Curtis Stigers. The singer has also had a long musical journey, from a heartthrob with ballads that have etched themselves into hearts and topped the charts. On “This Life” (Emarcy), the jazz-turned-singer Stigers took the small risk of looking back at his 30-year career and re-recording his hits and important songs. This gets a special touch due to the maturity of the years and the goodness of the approach of a man who no longer has it that way with the genres, but rather easily walks past them. Lean back and listen. Life can be so wonderful.
Source: Nachrichten
