Batila: Tatamana

Batila: Tatamana

All the Right Signs Listening Post 337. At the junction of multiple roads you often see signs pointing in many directions, and Batila’s debut solo album is a crossroads of sorts. Son of Congolese and Angolan parents, he was raised in Germany and England and now lives...
Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard Band: Strømmen

Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard Band: Strømmen

Water Music Listening Post 284. In poetry and prose, flowing water is a common metaphor for life and history, constancy and destiny. But there’s nothing common about Strømmen (The Current), which meanders with calm majesty through timeless landscapes. Helene...
Andrea Pancur: Alpen Klezmer – Zum Meer

Andrea Pancur: Alpen Klezmer – Zum Meer

From Yin-Yang to Oy-Oompah Listening Post 118. Scholars debate whether Yiddish, the German-based language of Ashkenazi Jews, emerged in the Rhineland or Bavaria. Few have studied Bavarian-Yiddish links more than Andrea Pancur, who focuses less on debating linguistic...