Quarterly Critic’s Choice
The best and most interesting new releases of the previous three months are awarded a place on the Quarterly Critic’s Choice. Evaluation criteria are artistic quality, repertoire value, presentation, and sound quality. From 2014 onward, the Long Lists are stored directly with each Quarterly Critic’s Choice.
NEW: Long List 3/2024, published on 5th July 2024
German language Singer/Songwriters
Jan Degenhardt: Inshallah
Sturm & Klang Musikverlag S+K 076 (Alive)
Flight and migration are central themes of Jan Degenhardt’s fourth CD. For the title track »Inshallah«, he chooses a special perspective: a person from Iraq tells of solidarity that disappeared all too quickly. When she – or he – protested against the powerful, everyone was still there; but then human rights fell from the sky (in the form of American bombs) and were destroyed at the same time – in the torture prison of Abu Ghraib. »Where were you then?« the song asks. And now, when Islamists are abusing the legacy of resistance – where are we? Melancholically, Jan Degenhardt talks about loss of humanity. For the jury: Michael Laages