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Singer Yola: Much critical acclaim and a few Grammy nominations
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Soul and R&B: “Stand For Myself” by Yola
Her voice has the force and elegance that one knows from great role models like Aretha Franklin; her songs tell of gloomy experiences in her own broken family and small triumphs over the racist world in which she grew up. Singer and songwriter Yola, who grew up in Portishead, UK, not far from Bristol and is now releasing her second album, Stand For Myself, is a great innovator in the genres of soul and R&B. Already two and a half years ago, the 37-year-old's debut album, who began as a studio and background singer for the British band Massive Attack, the electro duo The Chemical Brothers and rapper Iggy Azalea and now lives in the USA, received a lot of critical praise and some Grammy nominations for granted. Your new work, produced by the American,Her musician colleague Dan Auerbach, who became known with the Black Keys, should now bring her a large audience. The album contains a couple of great songs that are just as simply arranged as they are catchy, of which the one with the title »Starlight« is the greatest. At the same time, "Stand For Myself" is a history-conscious homage to the art of the great black singers of the sixties and seventies and a contemporary, combative testimony to female assertiveness. She is a fan of science fiction film series like “Star Trek” or “Star Wars”, says Yola, basically she wrote her songs like a visitor from a strange planet - from the point of view of a black woman, “that of one Part of their fellow men is not recognized as one of their own «.should now bring her a large audience. The album contains a couple of great songs that are just as simply arranged as they are catchy, of which the one with the title »Starlight« is the greatest. At the same time, "Stand For Myself" is a history-conscious homage to the art of the great black singers of the sixties and seventies and a contemporary, combative testimony to female assertiveness. She is a fan of science fiction film series like “Star Trek” or “Star Wars”, says Yola, basically she wrote her songs like a visitor from a strange planet - from the point of view of a black woman, “that of one Part of their fellow men is not recognized as one of their own «.should now bring her a large audience. The album contains a couple of great songs that are just as simply arranged as they are catchy, of which the one with the title »Starlight« is the greatest. At the same time, "Stand For Myself" is a history-conscious homage to the art of the great black singers of the sixties and seventies and a contemporary, combative testimony to female assertiveness. She is a fan of science fiction film series like “Star Trek” or “Star Wars”, says Yola, basically she wrote her songs like a visitor from a strange planet - from the point of view of a black woman, “that of one Part of their fellow men is not recognized as one of their own «.At the same time, "Stand For Myself" is a history-conscious homage to the art of the great black singers of the sixties and seventies and a contemporary, combative testimony to female assertiveness. She is a fan of science fiction film series like “Star Trek” or “Star Wars”, says Yola, basically she wrote her songs like a visitor from a strange planet - from the point of view of a black woman, “that of one Part of their fellow men is not recognized as one of their own «.At the same time, "Stand For Myself" is a history-conscious homage to the art of the great black singers of the sixties and seventies and a contemporary, combative testimony to female assertiveness. She is a fan of science fiction film series like “Star Trek” or “Star Wars”, says Yola, basically she wrote her songs like a visitor from a strange planet - from the point of view of a black woman, “that of one Part of their fellow men is not recognized as one of their own «.basically she wrote her songs like a visitor from a strange planet - from the point of view of a black woman "who is not recognized by some of her fellow men as one of her own".basically she wrote her songs like a visitor from a strange planet - from the point of view of a black woman "who is not recognized by some of her fellow men as one of her own".
Wolfgang Höbel
Literature: »Der Brand« by Daniela Krien
It starts with a disappointment: Rahel and Peter wanted to go to the mountains from Dresden. They had chosen the hut on the Internet months beforehand, and it exactly matched their expectations. It's the day before the vacation, final preparations. In order not to leave anything to chance when choosing a wine, Peter drove to a winery, sent photos of different bottles and asked which varieties to buy. Then comes a call: the hut burned down. The writer Daniela Krien is simply good at outlining her characters in detail and with a light hand, describing their moods and sketching a world that the reader can immediately imagine. Instead of going to the mountains, Rahel and Peter then go to the flat country, to the Uckermark, a friend to whom Rahel has been linked all her life,asks her to take care of her house and some animals. You will spend three weeks here with Rahel, the psychotherapist trained in tapping other people's lives, looking at her own life. It starts with the fact that she doesn't want to put up with the fact that Peter, the university professor who has grown morose in recent years, no longer sleeps with her. But there are other issues below: What is her relationship with her grown-up children? How was it actually in your own childhood? Because »Der Brand« is a novel by Daniela Krien, the plot develops with summery ease, the intellectual depth of this book is revealed as if by the way.the psychotherapist is trained in tapping other people's lives, looking at her own life. It starts with the fact that she doesn't want to put up with the fact that Peter, the university professor who has grown morose in recent years, no longer sleeps with her. But there are other issues below: What is her relationship with her grown-up children? How was it actually in your own childhood? Because »Der Brand« is a novel by Daniela Krien, the plot develops with summery ease, the intellectual depth of this book is revealed as if by the way.the psychotherapist is trained in tapping other people's lives, looking at her own life. It starts with the fact that she doesn't want to put up with the fact that Peter, the university professor who has grown morose in recent years, no longer sleeps with her. But there are other issues below: What is her relationship with her grown-up children? How was it actually in your own childhood? Because »Der Brand« is a novel by Daniela Krien, the plot develops with summery ease, the intellectual depth of this book is revealed as if by the way.no longer sleeps with her. But there are other issues below: What is her relationship with her grown-up children? How was it actually in your own childhood? Because »Der Brand« is a novel by Daniela Krien, the plot develops with summery ease, the intellectual depth of this book is revealed as if by the way.no longer sleeps with her. But there are other issues below: What is her relationship with her grown-up children? How was it actually in your own childhood? Because »Der Brand« is a novel by Daniela Krien, the plot develops with summery ease, the intellectual depth of this book is revealed as if by the way.
Claudia Voigt
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Publisher: Diogenes
Number of pages: 272
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Classical: »The British Project« by Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
The Times once called her the "best music teacher you and I never had." It's about the Lithuanian Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, who became the first female conductor and music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at the age of 29. Her new album "The British Project", which was recorded at Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie, among others, is a compilation of works by British composers: Benjamin Britten, William Walton, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Edward Elgar. The works are not immediately known to everyone, but they have shaped the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in some way. Elgar, for example, conducted the ensemble's first symphonic concert in November 1920. Gražinytė-Tyla dedicates herself to these works with great precision and understanding of the historical background,before which they were created. Elgar's thoughtful »Sospiri« premiered shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. The title, Italian for »sigh«, perhaps describes his resignation - the war had become inevitable in Europe. Britten's "Sinfonia da Requiem" is a kind of musical protest against the Second World War; he composed the piece in 1940, at the age of 26. Gražinytė-Tyla manages to find a new approach even to familiar works such as Vaughan Williams' “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis” - one of the masterpieces of British orchestral music, built from the material of a hymn - and to interpret them surprisingly. Another win for Gražinytė-Tyla, who was awarded the Opus Klassik in 2020 in the category »Conductor of the Year«.Elgar's thoughtful »Sospiri« premiered shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. The title, Italian for »sigh«, perhaps describes his resignation - the war had become inevitable in Europe. Britten's "Sinfonia da Requiem" is a kind of musical protest against the Second World War; he composed the piece in 1940, at the age of 26. Gražinytė-Tyla manages to find a new approach even to familiar works such as Vaughan Williams' “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis” - one of the masterpieces of British orchestral music, built from the material of a hymn - and to interpret them surprisingly. Another win for Gražinytė-Tyla, who was awarded the Opus Klassik in 2020 in the category »Conductor of the Year«.Elgar's thoughtful »Sospiri« premiered shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. The title, Italian for »sigh«, perhaps describes his resignation - the war had become inevitable in Europe. Britten's "Sinfonia da Requiem" is a kind of musical protest against the Second World War; he composed the piece in 1940, at the age of 26. Gražinytė-Tyla manages to find a new approach even to familiar works such as Vaughan Williams' “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis” - one of the masterpieces of British orchestral music, built from the material of a hymn - and to interpret them surprisingly. Another win for Gražinytė-Tyla, who was awarded the Opus Klassik in 2020 in the category »Conductor of the Year«.the title, Italian for "sigh," perhaps describes his resignation - the war in Europe had become inevitable. Britten's "Sinfonia da Requiem" is a kind of musical protest against the Second World War; he composed the piece in 1940, at the age of 26. Gražinytė-Tyla manages to find a new approach even to familiar works such as Vaughan Williams' “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis” - one of the masterpieces of British orchestral music, built from the material of a hymn - and to interpret them surprisingly. Another win for Gražinytė-Tyla, who was awarded the Opus Klassik in 2020 in the category »Conductor of the Year«.the title, Italian for "sigh," perhaps describes his resignation - the war in Europe had become inevitable. Britten's "Sinfonia da Requiem" is a kind of musical protest against the Second World War; he composed the piece in 1940, at the age of 26. Gražinytė-Tyla manages to find a new approach even to familiar works such as Vaughan Williams' “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis” - one of the masterpieces of British orchestral music, built from the material of a hymn - and to interpret them surprisingly. Another win for Gražinytė-Tyla, who was awarded the Opus Klassik in 2020 in the category »Conductor of the Year«.Britten's "Sinfonia da Requiem" is a kind of musical protest against the Second World War; he composed the piece in 1940, at the age of 26. Gražinytė-Tyla manages to find a new approach even to familiar works such as Vaughan Williams' “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis” - one of the masterpieces of British orchestral music, built from the material of a hymn - and to interpret them surprisingly. Another win for Gražinytė-Tyla, who was awarded the Opus Klassik in 2020 in the category »Conductor of the Year«.Britten's "Sinfonia da Requiem" is a kind of musical protest against the Second World War; he composed the piece in 1940, at the age of 26. Gražinytė-Tyla manages to find a new approach even to familiar works such as Vaughan Williams' “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis” - one of the masterpieces of British orchestral music, built from the material of a hymn - and to interpret them surprisingly. Another win for Gražinytė-Tyla, who was awarded the Opus Klassik in 2020 in the category »Conductor of the Year«.built from the material of a hymn - to find a new approach and to interpret it surprisingly. Another win for Gražinytė-Tyla, who was awarded the Opus Klassik in 2020 in the category »Conductor of the Year«.built from the material of a hymn - to find a new approach and to interpret it surprisingly. Another win for Gražinytė-Tyla, who was awarded the Opus Klassik in 2020 in the category »Conductor of the Year«.
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