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A Tale of 2 Schlager Girls: Shania Twain in Chicago & Helene Fischer in Berlin
It is so common that it is becoming tedious - but we are constantly being asked "Is there American schlager?"Shania Twain in concert in ChicagoWell, you bet there is -- It is what we customarily call...
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Ella Endlich Finally Begins to Focus - Her New Great Schlager Videos
We have been rather ambivalent about the East German-born songstress, Ella Endlich - for two reasons.Ella EndlichFirst, because she has been so unfocused in her musical offerings.And second, because...
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Helene Fischer Goes Disney: Sings Title Song to Euro Version of Moana (Vaiana)
German schlager/pop superstar, Helene Fischer, contracted with Disney/Deutschland to record the theme song to the hit Disney animated movie, Moana.The movie is a big hit in the USA -- #1 in the box...
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Merry Christmas - Fröhliche Weihnachten - from Austrian, Laura Kamhuber
We used to call Laura Kamhuber the Austrian wunderkind, because she was such a cute little pre-teen girl, with a voice as powerful as Barbra Streisand's - or as strong as that of Laura's personal hero,...
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Celebrating New Year 2017 With Bernhard Brink and Ella Endlich
As in years past, we're once again celebrating the New Year with Bernhard Brink's great medley of his hits as performed on the Musikstadl Silvester celebration.And although it wasn't a New Year's...
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Tina Anders Goes to the End of the Earth with a Great Schlager Song
One of our favorite schlager singers is Tina Anders who is from the Southeastern part of Austria.Austrian Schlager Star Tina AndersShe has a totally smashing and wildly mellifluous voice - and stays...
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Ultra-Talented Sabrina Sauder Making Great Sounds in Switzerland
When we first discovered Swiss musician and schlager singer, Sabrina Sauder more than four years ago, we were immediately struck by her wide range of talents.Sabrina SauderThe Bischofszell native plays...
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Helene Fischer with Elvis' Ghost and an Aging Tom Jones
The peculiar German fascination with bad Anglo/American pop was taken to new depths by German pop/schlager superstar, Helene Fischer, during her latest Christmas Day ZDF-TV variety show.Helene Fischer...
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Andrea Berg: New Look, New Tour, Same Solid Schlager Sound
Like a fine wine, schlager superstar Andrea Berg gets better and better with each passing year. And her fan base just seems to be growing and growing.The new look Andrea BergThe former emergency room...
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Now Solo, Vanessa Mai Getting Big in German Music Market
More than 2 years ago, when Vanessa Mai became the lead singer for Southwest Germany's Wolkenfrei, the Chicago Schlager Music Review was the first publication to showcase her talents in the...
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AnaJuwelana: Hot New Girl Group from Germany
This is AnaJuwelana. AnaJuwelanaOK, we don't know a whole lot about this new girl group from Germany, other than that when we first saw them, we were amazed at their energy and vibrance.And we...
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Ella Endlich in English with Faith Hill's "There You'll Be" Theme to "Pearl...
By Tom FaberCSMR EditorCHICAGO, USA -- After her recent embrace of mainstream Germanic schlager/pop, keynoted by her very successful Adrenalin single, the eclectic Ella Endlich has reverted to make...
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Chicago Schlager Music Review's 6th Anniversary: Best Schlager Videos of the...
By Tom FaberCSMR EditorChicago, USA -- As in all the years past, we today write our annual anniversary issue.Actually, our anniversary is March 12th - but we held off a bit on this for 2017, because we...
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Romina Power and Albano Carrisi Celebrate America and Frank Sinatra
Albano Carrisi and Romina Power are clearly back together, professionally, although romantically - no one is quite sure.Albano Carrisi and Romina Power TodayAfter a marriage of 29 years, the...
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IL Volo - Making Euro Schlager Hip
By Carolyn BambergerCSMR CorrespondentMadison, WI, USA -- If you can imagine the renowned Italian 3 tenors, in a hip millennial generational mode- then you've got the Italian trio, IL Volo.These guys...
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Ella Endlich Back in US Pop Mode: Does a Great Cover of Streisand
By Tom FaberCSMR EditorChicago, USA -- One of our correspondents from London, wrote us and told us about the German pop singer - Ella Endlich's cover of American Country and Western music.Ella Endlich...
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France Gall - Pop Legend in France and Germany
By David Mann M.D.CSMR CorrespondentPARKER, CO -- USA -- France Gall is one of a number of non-German singers, who having moved into the Germanic schlager realm, achieved substantial commercial and...
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Christa Fartek's Musical Makeover: Blending Schlager and Country Music
It's been five years since we last took a look at Austrian Christa Fartek and she's done a lot since then.Christa FartekShe released 3 purely schlager albums in '08, '09 and '12 - and after a 4 year...
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Helene Fischer's Battle of the Bulge
The sycophantic German schlager music publications won't say this, but they have no real freedom of the press in Germany - and we do in the free USA, so we will say it.Helene Fischer is getting...
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A Truly Talented girl From Switzerland: Nathalie Weider
By Tom FaberCSMR EditorChicago- USA - Switzerland is only the #12 pop music market in the world -- it is behind the huge #4 German music market, but a trifle ahead of the #14 Austrian music market.And...
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