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Mark your Leipzig arts calendar: Sofa Stories with singer, author, teacher (March 15)

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The life story of Naomi Susan Isaacs sounds a bit like a music biopic, except she has done lots of other things besides singing and playing music throughout her life, and didn’t end up in Motown. Naomi was born in post-World War II London, the daughter of a pianist and ballet dancer with strict rules about musical consumption (classical

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Confessions of a voiceover artist-turned-entrepreneur

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"The weird thing about voicing an advert is that at the point you think you sound ridiculous, you are actually about right. What you hear in your head sounds so over the top, but when dropped into the mix of images and music, it just fits. Voice artists live in a world of make believe

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Mark your Leipzig arts calendar: Leipzig Book Fair this week

The Leipzig Book Fair is taking place 12-15 March at the Leipziger Messe: "The Leipzig book fair and its reading festival 'Leipzig reads' are the spring events of the book and media sector. Authors, readers and publishing companies meet to collect information, to engage in exchange and discover what is new."

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Dolus Mutombo

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The music of this Congolese singer-songwriter turned out to be deeply relatable to me: musically, it reminded me of the instantly-cheerfulness-inducing Caribbean rhythms I had grown up around in Miami (I am thankful for transnational transfers); sentimentally, one of his songs, especially, gave a close description of a romantic situation I thought I was living

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The Cyans

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"The Cyans is an independent international power trio from Leipzig/Germany that plays original music apparently closest to alternative rock, based on songs written by Zomb Menon. The band plays concerts regularly in the Leipzig area."

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Leipzig cafe shows “worst movie ever” this Friday

Got any big plans for this Friday, March 6? In the first installment of its "Trash Movie Series," Uptown Coffee Bar is delighted to give you a chance to spend your Friday evening sharing drinks and a mixture of laughter and fits of cringing with kindred moviegoing spirits in a cozy coffeeshop atmosphere. And it's

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