Carnival Kid

The days are slowly growing longer but the cold is still sitting in our bones just waiting to be taken away by the warmth of a sunny day. Everything is slow and the body aches for comfort. It is time to visit a much simpler kind of gig compared to what I mostly attend. One guy, one guitar and a small cosy venue. A place of comfort on a freezing January night.

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Layla Zoe

We are again leaving the soft cushion-like end of the music spectrum and as always return to our beloved Blues and its so familiar rough edges. Still, we will go to places that I am used to but also introduce some new things into the mix. Layla Zoe and the lovely people around her made their way to the venue with the horrible stairs and brought us an evening that brought warmth to a cold late autumn night.

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June Cocó

On the day of my birthday I received an e-mail I didn’t expect to get anymore. I got my okay to attend June Cocó’s concert in Erfurt which was a lovely present. I was especially excited because this year I didn’t really visit a lot of musicians who take it down a notch and explore the softer side of the music spectrum.

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Tito & Tarantula

The first big gig for me this year and a very unexpected one to be honest. It was exciting for sure. All I knew of them beforehand was that they are known for “After Dark” which was featured in a Tarantino movie. So we have the usual “I don’t really know the band but will go anyway” kind of deal. Works every time.

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Hodja

Hodja is one of those bands that are just waiting around the corner in that metaphorical dark alleyway you walk past so often. So close but yet so easy to overlook and miss out on. One day you feel that thing in your guts and for no apparent reason, you happen to walk that ominous path. All you can think of is why you haven’t taken this path before…

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