Viviane Kudo - Ashen Days

“Mascha Kaléko has been compared to Morgenstern, Kästner, Ringelnatz, but that does not exactly meet the point. She has the playfulness, the satirical fierceness and the witty diction of those poets, but along with her there comes a yearning, a tender fragility that takes ones breath away ...” (Jan Schulz-Ojala)

This EP single contains three settings of english translations of poems by Mascha Kaléko: „ Blasse Tage“, „Kein Kinderlied“, „Nachts I und II“ as well as an original composition the music and content of which goes together well with these.

Viviane Kudo‘s deeply felt vocals, exuding calm and intensity at the same time, combined with the harmoniously atmospheric, rhythmic and melodic guitar arrangements, make this cd an intensive and moving musical experience.