Video: Masha Qrella: I talk to the trees

German indie-pop chanteuse Masha Qrella creates a quiet storm from Broadway bombast on her excellent tribute to two titans of musical theater. Broadway songs are generally big, brassy, and bombastic productions with rousing orchestras and full-blown choirs of actors and actresses dancing and prancing across massive stages in full regalia. German indie-pop songstress Masha Qrella (Contriva, Mina, NMfarner), at the behest of Berlin's House of World Cultures (or Haus der Kulturen der Welt), was commissioned to create a performance of songs by Broadway giants Kurt Weill and Frederick Loewe in conjunction with the theatre's 50th anniversary celebration...

Contriva frontwoman Masha Qrella has been a fave since " Don't stop the dance " graced our ears more than 2 years ago. Haven't heard much from her in the meantime, so imagine the joy of listening to Speak Low, 11 songs of recontextualized / covered music from two highly respected Broadway composers, Kurt Weill and Frederick Loewe famous for his work on My Fair Lady and Camelot. Masha and Co. has taken on classical Broadway pieces and transformed them into spacy & bittersweet indie pop pieces. It's [...]

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