Nina Hagen is one of the most interesting personalities on the German underground music scene and one of the biggest stars too. She simply manages to be a classy vocalist and a punk in one person. She speaks weird things about UFOs and aliens in her interviews, she dated Antony Kiedis in the 80th, she performed a spectacular cover of Rammstein with Apocalyptica, and that is barely a one tenth of her biography. She had a great influence on numerous punk and post-punk bands, and her hits are still covered by bands worldwide.
Her last album – Irgendwo auf der Welt, is a step away from the punk past to a swing-jazz future. The whole album is filled with good old hits like Summertime, Bei mir bist du schen and Deep in a Dream. While Nina was not always praised for her music, her voice was always spectacular and this album proves it. The German language hits are reminiscent of the pre-war cabaret era and the English ones (sung with this cool German accent) remind of the glorious times when jazz and swing ruled the earth.
