Hail Hail Rock'n'Roll
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o'wolf
17 years, 8 months ago
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This year's Bardentreffen here in Nürnberg was great again. We (Angus, Dal'Noc, Eisfuchs, lynard_, Reesa, sibserag, thecrow_ and I) listened to many excellent bands and had lots of fun. On Saturday night I cooked the traditional Reitersuppe. Well, the tradition is that I cook that soup on Saturday night of the Bardentreffen for my guests. :-)
Friday
Pascals
The Pascals, a band, or almost: an orchestra from Japan, play newly arranged versions of film music originally written by Pascal Comelade, Henri Mancini, Brian Eno and others. They aren't a normal cover band, though. The songs get stripped, disassembled, reconstructed and rearranged to a hardly recognizable state, sometimes ending in a great cacophony with electrical grinder and rubber ducks... A lot of fun to watch and listen to, especially the manic percussionist and his collection of plastic toys is quite a show.
Chumbawamba
Chumbawamba had a series of radio hits in the late 80th and early 90th with titles like "Timebomb", "Tubthumping", "Jacobs Ladder", "Homophibia" or "On Ebay (From Babylon to Babylon)" Originally a punk band, their style changed over the years. Lately they've rearranged some old worker and protest songs from the beginning of the 20th century, which fit perfectly to their own songs and give a good overview about the the British tradition of protest songs. The minimal instrumentation of the acoustic set they've played in Nuremberg nicely supports their excellent harmony vocals. Great show.
Saturday
My New Zoo
My New Zoo is a young rock band from Nürnberg. They were mainly playing college rock and the singer, even though he probably should train his voice more, knows how to get the crowd go wild. Good instrumentalists, good songs and lyrics, very promising.
Andreas Wagner
Born in Kazakhstan, this song writer and comedian from Berlin surprises with short and often funny songs about shysters and poor people struggeling to survive in a modern world. A great storyteller, one of the many pleasant surprises of this year's festival.
Suden Aika
The name of the band supposedly means "time of the wolves", and in fact traditional Finnish music sometimes does sond like a pack of howling wolves... Which is not meant as an offense, as everyone who knows me might have guessed. Great harmony voices, sparse instrumentation and songs between Jazz, Pop and Finnish Folk. The highlight is a 20 minute oratorio based on a traditional Finnish tragic ghost story. Oh, and did I mention the great voices? ;-)
Wassd scho? Bassd scho!
A local cover band that replaces the original lyrics of the songs with similarily sounding Frankonian lyrics. Opposed to JBO (who did similar things) WSBS are actually funny; if you understand the Frankonian accent, that is... Rather nice to watch, but not exactly my cup of tea...
Sunday
Jamestown Ferry
A folk duo from Berlin, singing Scottish and North American folk music. Quite nice.
Jan Frisch
Missed everything but the last two songs of the concert and I don't remember even those...
Lambchop
Lambchop is quite popular in the independent music scene. They label themselves being a country band, but even though there is some country influence in their music, their live performance was much closer to blues music. Very laid back music with sometimes bitter lyrics. I didn't quite know what to expect before, but I'm surprised how well their music fits into the theme of the Bardentreffen. Definitely another highlight of the festival.
Garland Jeffreys
He has a voice. He has soul. He has rhythm. He has blues. He rocks the house!
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