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Video: Bands Alabama Shakes, Rhonda, live in Leipzig

The US band Alabama Shakes made the audience at Leipzig's Conne Island go wild last Tuesday, preceded by outstanding opening act Rhonda from Hamburg, and I captured some highlights on video for you.

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Independence Day in Leipzig – Let’s murder the season with Two Gallants

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Our glocal music columnist Kapuczino today reviews "We Are Undone," the 5th studio album of Californian indie band Two Gallants, excited that "tomorrow – Saturday, July the 4th 2015 – they’re entertaining us at Werk 2 in Connewitz. You couldn’t think of a better way than celebrating Independence Day with this amazing combo from San

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An Early Summer Night’s Eve in Leipzig, Act II (with photo gallery)

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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

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Alabama Shakes and the German Radio

LeipGlo's Kapuczino explores today why German radio can be so uninspiring and repetitive, and why, living in Germany, you may not have heard of the awesome Alabama Shakes. Says our columnist: "Now that rock 'n' roll has been reinvented about 5,938,276 times already, this time it experiences a refreshingly down-to-earth and vibrant rendition in the

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An Early Summer Night’s Eve in Leipzig, Act I

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It'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

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It’s going down the Bach

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Via wit, history and video, our music columnist explores groundbreaking - and very cool - contributions to the fabric of classical music (and contemporary rock too) by Johann Sebastian Bach, timeless Leipzig celebrity, as Bach Festival approaches.

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