Like an open diary

Tracy Chapman has done in 1988 with their debut album a major step towards overcoming social and cultural barriers. Domestic violence, racism, poverty and marginalization, unequal social distribution of opportunities, but also addressing the different burdens of everyday life, the struggle for recognition, understanding and cohesion are not less important two decades after the release of this CD when it comes to living together in society - and not only in Western countries.

But this album (and subsequent!) Has spread a lot of hope and probably contributed in many people to a change of mood, leveled some change the way. Songs like "Talkin 'bout a revolution", "Fast Car" and "Mountains o' Things" have "radio friendly" made the search for meaning in the eighties who have grown up and lost none of their validity. With great intuition Tracy Chapman writes songs that sound as lifelike as an open diary.

The impressive number of its now published CDs is not contrary to the fact that Tracy Chapman has always remained an ambitious live musician. Someone like you just need to be close to their audience. In the early years of their remarkable career, I once had the opportunity to see Tracy Chapman at a concert in Hamburg. With its clear, highly emotional voice as well as her secure intonation and a very careful instrumentation she knows - solo and accompanied by her band - also on stage to convince.

Tracy Chapman is for me the sizes of intelligent singer / songwriter guild that capture the meaningful things of everyday life with an alert eye and make it very believable, thought-provoking pieces. I find that they perhaps even more so than most other artists of our day the term "authentic" deserves. With their first CD, which was as it were from nowhere a huge success, Tracy Chapman has very many people lent their voices and has remained sincere connected through the years them. That deserves respect.