Barbara Thalheim - Die Kinder der Nacht (Amiga, 1985)

Barbara Thalheim (born September 5, 1948 in Leipzig) is a German singer and songwriter.

The recipient of the 1994 German music critics' awar ("Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik"), Barbara Thalheim is one of the most successful artists of post-reunification Germany. With her stunning vocals and artistic vision, Barbara Thalheim has continued to expand on the cabaret and musical theater traditions of her homeland. Thalheim's life has been the source of a film, "Zum Sehen geboren", by filmmaker Joachim Tschirner, released in 1989, and an autobiography, "Mugge: 25 Years on the Road", published in 2000.

The daughter of a communist, anti-fascist, and former Dachau Concentration camp prisoner, she's used her skills as a vocalist to overcome the political oppression of her youth. Her status as a performer has enabled her to support a varied assortment of artistic causes. During a three-year hiatus from music (1995-1998), she founded an art culture office and began an "arts in the square" program that presents concerts in disadvantaged areas of Berlin. Thalheim's first experiences in Berlin's cabaret scene came between 1968 and 1971, when she performed with the Oktoberklub. Hoping to learn more about German theater, she took a job as a messenger girl in 1971. Starting out as a background vocalist from 1970 to 1973, Thalheim stepped into the limelight as a soloist in 1974. She graduated in 1972 at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler". In 1980 she protested against the stage ban of GDR artists in Western Europe, imposed by the SED. She was then excluded from the SED and she was no longer allowed to perform for some years.

From 1979 until 1991, she balanced her musical career as a radio journalist for a number of stations in Germany and Switzerland. Moving, temporarily, to France, in 1993, Thalheim performed concerts with such artists as Marek Grechula, Hermann Van Veen, Hannes Wader, and George Moustaki, and began a collaboration with French accordion player Jean Pacalet. Since Thalheim's return to the concert stage in late 1998, Pacalet has served as her musical director. Thalheim continued to work with the group she assembled for her 1998 album, "In Eigener Sache" - bassist Marcus Schloussen, percussionist Georen Harm, and guitarist Juergen Ehle. Since 1999, she's also performed, occasionally, with five different accordion orchestras.

Tracklist:

A1 Sehnsucht nach der Schönhauser
A2 Der Mann im Souterrain
A3 Ete
A4 Frau am Oktobermorgen
A5 Schlaflied für Emilia
A6 Die Kinder der Nacht

B1 Wanderer erwachen früh
B2 Ich leb hier
B3 Frau an der S-Bahn
B4 Der kleine Mann
B5 Angelika
B6 Kennt ihr ihn?
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Barbara Thalheim - Die Kinder der Nacht (Amiga, 1985)
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