Chanteuse Ute Lemper Merges Past and Present on 'Time Traveler'

Published: Oct. 18, 2023, 3:59 p.m.

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German singer and actress Ute Lemper\\u2019s career defies easy description. She\\u2019s a musical theater legend \\u2013 starring in the original Paris production of Cabaret and adorning the sides of NYC buses when she starred in the Broadway run of Chicago. But she\\u2019s also a singer who has recreated the songs of Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, and Kurt Weill, and sung contemporary songs by Elvis Costello, Nick Cave, and Philip Glass. And in recent years, she\\u2019s been writing songs as well, taking inspiration from\\xa0Hiatus Kaiyote, John Legend, Joni Mitchell, Sarah McLachlan, Annie Lennox, Erykah Badu\\xa0and/or\\xa0Robert Glasper. Ute Lemper\\u2019s new album, Time Traveler, is a collection of her original works and she\\u2019s brought her band in to our studio to play some of them.\\xa0

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Set list: "Time Traveler", "Envie d\\u2019Amour"/"Magical Stone", "The Gift"

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