More German Music
I can't believe I didn't mention these two bands in my earlier post about German music. Shame on me, because I absolutely love them.
The first one is Nylon. Do you know them? Oh my, so wonderful - maybe like Norah Jones-ish, they are very jazzy electro. I don't know how to describe them, but I love lead singer Lisa Bassenge - her voice is stunning and she sings in German and slowly enough so that if you're learning like me you find yourself singing along quite easily. I have the CD "10 Lieder über Liebe" and highly suggest it. It's great Sunday afternoon at home music, the kind of music you play as you sit in your living room with a good cup of tea and a nice interiors magazine on a cool day, with a few candles burning nearby... It's very cozy or as the Germans say "gemutlichkeit" (one of my favorite German words, it's so cute). The next one is also jazzy with great vocals, the band is called Kitty Hoff. You can listen to them here on Amazon.de. ..... A few other faves, particularly good again for those studying German because you can sing along, is Anna Depenbusch and Ruben Cossani, but I'm not sure how exactly I'd classify them. It reminds of me 50s music, very mid century mod. xo, Holly
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And yes! Europeans take looong vacations and it took me a while to get used to it as well, but it is a great thing and very healthy :) It's important to take time off and travel and enjoy life, and somehow it is less competitive here and people are just more relaxed. But I definitely noticed all of the Scandinavians taking July off too :)
So - good luck with your move, you are moving by leaps and bounds, and if you are in Munich sometime this fall and ever want to hook up (or if you are speaking somewhere), let me know :) All the best with everything! xoxo Stephanie
Oh man, life has been so insane (work mostly) that i have had ZERO time to read and connect with my bloggie pals. I do always try and do a quickie drive by on hausmaus and decor8...but barely have time to comment.
*sigh*
I LOVE this post. Being half German I'm always interested in modern German culture and MUSIC is so fuN! (like seriously, all we know are Nena, Flaco and Heino!!! haha....have you ever seen Heino?)
i miss you and I'm glad you're enjoying those final days!
xo
thanks for this lovely post!
i love all the german music you suggested.
do you know where i can buy them though??? are they available here in the US?
i have a friend who lives in hamburg (right across TH2, actually...ahahaha) maybe i can ask him to get it for me.
goodluck by the way on the big move!
Michelle,