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Billie Holiday: the founding mother of jazz, on her 100th birthday

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Adjectives such as “distinctive” and “authentic” just don’t go far enough. No one could interpret a song like Billie Holiday. Her influence on jazz can still be heard and felt today – 100 years after she was born.

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09.04.2015 | 15:20

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Godmother of punk

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Singer-songwriter, mother, activist, punk – Nina Hagen has many facets. Even at 60, the unique artist with the unconventional outfits continues to strut the very fine line between madness and genius.

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03.04.2015 | 12:47

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Pitt the flea

Simone Ludwig is a piano teacher and an author of children’s books. Her first book in German, “Pitt – The small Flea” has been immensely successful across Germany and is the story of a flea which lives in a piano.

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05.04.2013 | 13:50

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