Topics of the September issue
Sinead O’Connor
The Irish singer’s early death came as a shock to many. More than a one-hit wonder, Sinéad O’Connor was an incomparable singer and activist rebel
By Arne Willander
Charly Huebner & Thees Uhlmann
Hübner filmed Uhlmann’s debut novel, “Sophia, Death and I”. A conversation about love and death, letting go and letting go, motivation – and of course about music
By Jenni Zylka
Rhiannon Giddens
She is a trained opera singer and learned a lot from Dolly Parton: the American songwriter Rhiannon Giddens knows what she can do. And that’s a lot
By Joerg Feyer
The Chaotic Rise of AI Music
Wars over voice cloning, looming copyright disputes, a potential flood of non-human music streaming: AI music is in chaos
By Brian Hiatt
The Coral
The British band The Coral has long been a pop-psychedelic authority. Now she’s releasing two albums at once
By Robert Rotifer
Johnny Cash
A tribute not just to the great performer, but to the songwriter on the 20th anniversary of his death – with insights from son John Carter Cash
By Joerg Feyer
the mix
Corinne Bailey Rae
From beauty pageants to slavery lullabies, Corinne Bailey Rae’s new songs are inspired by black history and culture
By Naomi Webster-Grundl
Romy
Romy Madley Croft’s first solo album differs from the minimalist records of her band The xx with its beats and lyrical hooklines
By Max Gosche
Bianca James
The Canadian based her glamorous sixties soul pop on Dusty Springfield, James Bond songs and
her love for Italy
By Marc Vetter
slow dive
The British shoegaze slowness virtuosos are back with their second album after their reunion
By Joern Schlueter
Q&A: Kristin Hersh
The Throwing Muses singer on her shyness and love songs that know no age
By Birgit Fuss
HISTORY: Nirvana
30 years ago, in September 1993, Nirvana released In Utero, their third and final album
By Birgit Fuss
PLUS
Pale Blue Eyes, Buck Meek, Jalen Ngonda and more
Reviews
MUSIC
71 news from Pretenders and 76 more reviews
RS GUIDE: Willy DeVille
Hanns Peter Bushof and Arne Willander on the work of the R&B and Cajun master
FILM, SERIES & LITERATURE
“Jeanne du Barry” and 18 other reviews
Playlist: Rare Trax in September
Historical samplers, Bavarian voices, indie rock – the Munich music publisher Trikont is committed to publishing underground treasures. A foray into the label’s archive
Apparat rabbit “Aschebahn”
Emerging from the Munich indie band Hellfire, Bea Dorsch and Sarah Bogner created alias Apparat
On her debut album from 2008, Hase presented a sophisticated mixture of Dada pop, disco, alternative rock and new wave. “Aschebahn” adds a dash of Electro R&B.
Rocket Freudental “junk for sale”
This track from the third album by the band founded in Stuttgart in 1999 around singer André Möhl and multi-instrumentalist Robert Steng oscillates between Hamburg school and trashy NDW – and can be compared to Pavement.
Dan Bau Vietnam “Rider In The Sky”
A classic western tune that sounds like something out of a Sergio Leone film, but was recorded in Vietnam and driven by the traditional Dan Bau box zither.
Three Eggs “Lovin’ Is Easy”
Latin and Italo influences ensnare each other in this rapturous piece by the Drei Eier quartet, a band that undertook an elegant and soulful foray through pop history from Munich in the 1980s. The record “Lovin’ Is Easy” was a small sensation in 1985.
Ringgwandl “On the road”
The Bavarian cabaret artist and songwriter has been an institution in the German-speaking cultural scene for three decades. This whimsical, folk-bluesy gem comes from his album “Staffabruck” (1993).
Rita Abatzi “M’ Ekapses Ameriki (America, You Ruined Me)”
Abatzi became known in the 1930s as a representative of the so-called Rembetiko, a connection from
Greek and Ottoman musical styles.
DeZurik Sisters “I Left Her Standing There”
Carolyn and Mary Jane DeZurik were among the first female stars on the Grand Ole Opry. They enjoyed particular popularity because of their yodeling singing style.