Dave Robb & Band, The Post-Industrial Songs of Gerhard Gundermann
Dave Robb is a Scottish bouzouki player, singer/songwriter and academic, now resident in Belfast. He has recently released a new album Filling Station for Losers.
This features songs of the East German protest singer Gerhard Gundermann that Dave has translated into English. The new versions, performed in a contemporary folk-rock style with a band from Belfast, introduce Gundermann to an English-speaking audience for the first time.
A free screening Gundermann by followed by a discussion with Director Andreas Dresen takes place on Tuesday 15th April, 2pm at Belltable. Book here.
Dave Robb & Band, The Post-Industrial Songs of Gerhard Gundermann
Gundermann, who died in 1998 at the age of 43, was a musician and coal miner. His songs, dealing with themes such as deindustrialisation, migration and the environment, are just as relevant today as they were in his lifetime.
Info on Dave Robb’s Gundermann project can be found at www.songsofgundermann.com
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