Sabine grew up in the idyllic suburbs, appreciating the benefits and offers of a city close by. Apart from a short au pair stint in London, this anglophile music lover never left her hometown, because she never saw a point in doing so. At the local university she threw herself into the humanities, where she followed her passion for the English language, names and the arts. At the university’s radio station she lived out her adoration for musicians who are always a tad out of the ordinary. The avid cyclist values things that are cleverly designed and done properly. The only thing she loves more than music is food enjoyed with family or friends. In her garden, preferably.
Our live music expert is in trouble this week. Busy schedules leave no room to experience live music, and the band she wishes to see most is not coming to Leipzig at all. So all she can do is listen to their record while commuting or working in the garden and watch out for future
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Our glocal live music columnist shares with us the unique adventure she had playing a rioting zombie in a music video for the noise rock band Safi, whose recently released second album, Janus, she calls "as two-faced as the Roman god who served as eponymist."
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This is the second part of our glocal live music expert's explorations on an early summer Friday night in Leipzig: an account of her visit to the birthday party of Uni Leipzig's radio station and review of the concerts there, ending with plenty of tips for what to do on the balmy nights yet to
MoreIt's time to focus on the summer specialities that the local music scene in Leipzig has in store. One of our resident experts Sabine has already checked out the possibilities what to do for those endless nights and why Leipzig crowds are really endearing. If her reports cannot lure you out of your apartment, I
MoreI have a confession to make and it feels much easier to do so now, in the aftermath of the WGT with its broad acceptance of the most fantastic quirks. My latest musical obsession is a Schlager singer. Please don't get me wrong, I don't believe in dismissing entire genres of music, but since my
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