Musik Böhmer and his "Concertina from Hell"

Stefan Böhmer likes to sing, but above all he plays Concertina

Concertina?

An accordion that conducts air currents via a bellows train over metal tongues, similar to an accordion. In contrast, however, it plays individual tones throughout (source: Wikipedia).

Böhmer has done intensive research. "I play Concertina, to be precise, a Maccann duet concertina, mine is almost 100 years old and was built in London in 1916 by the company Wheatstone. Maccann-Concertinas are quite rare, it is estimated that there are about 200 active players worldwide."

July 27, 2020

The "last Beatle" to music with a view

The common denominator in "musical socialization"

If not everyone had known that Purple Schulz would also come on stage later, it could have been like a long evening at the campfire with songs from the LP "Rubber Soul" like "Norwegian Wood" or "Nowhere Man" and Dieter Kirchenbauer on the acoustic guitar.

July 18, 2020

Update July 31, 2020: Signatures for Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof Brühl

No final outcome yet – dismissals have been announced

The staff of the Brühler branch of Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof is still collecting signatures for the preservation of the branch. Up to 15,000 signatures had already been collected, the meeting on Friday said. The closure has still not been finalised, said Silke Brück, deputy chairman of the works council, and Jörg Dahlem of the company's IT department. Negotiations with a Dutch investor are still about pushing down the rent for the commercial building.

July 16, 2020

"RUMS."

Why do I read the "Letter for Münster"?

"RUMS." Lands another "Letter for Münster" in my mailbox. And the next one will also come, that much is certain. Why do I read the "RUMS." as a completely non-local? An old friend recommended him, formerly a Münsteran, she has lived elsewhere for a long time.

July 15, 2020

Still quite fresh from the pressing plant: the record "Sven at Sun"

Rock musician Sven Caßebaum is celebrating a vinyl release party

Fresh from the pressing plant, the records arrived at Sven Caßebaum's home at the beginning of March."Sven at Sun" is the solo work of the "5 vor 12" frontman. That was just before "Corona", and with the lockdown the once planned soon release concert in a Cologne cellar restaurant suddenly burst, Caßebaum remembers.

July 14, 2020

Happy additions and true friends need the irrigation system in schlosspark Türnich

The trees breathe in

It is a story of coincidences, coincidences and the tireless commitment of a loyal friend and neighbour, which the lord of the castle Severin Hoensbroech tells here. All this made it possible to have a functioning irrigation system in the Türnicher Schlosspark as quickly as possible.

July 12, 2020

Live music, readings, lounge cuisine – but still a cultural summer in the district town of Bergheim

Kick-off with Raphael Monsanto

guitars? You don't even know them in music these days, because that's "just such a beep, beep, beep and a thousand hi-hats the minute", Raphael Monsanto makes fun of so many contemporary music productions.The man from Curacao brought his guitar, an acoustic with electric pickup, to the open-air performance in front of the Medio Lounge that evening.

Close up by O. Tripp

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