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Antje Duvekot (born 1976 in Heidelberg, Germany) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Somerville, Massachusetts. She holds three top song-writing awards, including the Kerrville New Folk Competition’s Best New Folk Award, Boston Music Award for Outstanding Folk Act and Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. She began her music career in 2000 and since then has released a number of albums, beginning with Little Peppermints (2002).
Where so many songwriters stretch for their highest notes, hoping to impress and astound, Duvekot bravely mines her deep reaches, where the dark feelings lurk. It softens her phrasing, leading us in with whispers, letting us know she believes every word she sings.
Her melodies seem like suddenly occurring thoughts, matching the hushed, conversational allure of her singing. They feel so immediate, so in synch with her lyrics; and yet also snugly rooted, oddly familiar, like memories you can’t quite recall.
She sings, and writes, as if she thinks songs are important; not means to an end, but tools of survival. And for her, that’s just what they are.
In 2006 Antje was a featured guest performer at the ten-year reunion concert of the contemporary Celtic band Solas, who performed two of her songs.
Where so many songwriters stretch for their highest notes, hoping to impress and astound, Duvekot bravely mines her deep reaches, where the dark feelings lurk. It softens her phrasing, leading us in with whispers, letting us know she believes every word she sings.
Her melodies seem like suddenly occurring thoughts, matching the hushed, conversational allure of her singing. They feel so immediate, so in synch with her lyrics; and yet also snugly rooted, oddly familiar, like memories you can’t quite recall.
She sings, and writes, as if she thinks songs are important; not means to an end, but tools of survival. And for her, that’s just what they are.
In 2006 Antje was a featured guest performer at the ten-year reunion concert of the contemporary Celtic band Solas, who performed two of her songs.
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dtito2 wrote:
New video for New Siberia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ2mCO6R6Uo
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chefbruno wrote:
WOW what depth !! Great words and meaning!!!
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mrsean20 wrote:
scream <3 amazing song
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nozwplecach wrote:
Scream <3
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RedSoxAshley wrote:
<3 [2]
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Faeerie wrote:
<3
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heraldize wrote:
The Bridge <3
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marybeth-damico wrote:
The two new songs Antje posted on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1EIj9uaME4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGT3bCxmVJQ&NR=1
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lost_rebel wrote:
She is just wonderful...can't stop listen to 'Vertigo', i wish i live on the end of world and have not chances to listen to such artists :-/
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marybeth-damico wrote:
There's a nice recording of Antje and Ellis Paul playing a concert for the Woodsongs site. http://128.163.130.14/woodsongs-audio/569hi.mp3
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marybeth-damico wrote:
Antje in Deutschland? Awesome!
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RCori wrote:
Good stuff!
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dusseux wrote:
Sublime!
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hillenha wrote:
I bought Snapshots, and thought it was OK. Antje seems like an interesting developing artist. However, this artist description is just plain ridiculous. I don't know who wrote it, but it sounds like a bizarre, grasping PR memo from a low-budget record company. Someone who knows more about this artist than I do should fix it with some details; I'm kind of tempted to delete the whole thing and start from scratch.
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beehivemtnhigh wrote:
Saw her in concert Friday night. Voice of an angel, and the sesne of humor of an Irishman. Wished she played longer...
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christopher_p wrote:
SOO wonderful!!
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NordicByNature wrote:
Germans!
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SilviB wrote:
Absolutely wonderful. Thanks to community radio, I'm in love with her now.
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BiggestLabel wrote:
Download Antje Dukeot's "Merry-Go-Round" for FREE on Biggestlabelever.com and support nonprofit INVISIBLE CHILDREN in the process
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farmerfresh wrote:
Antje is awesome in concert-- I have seen her twice at Berkeley's Freight & Salvage and she just owns.
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sometimes victory, sometimes defeat.....
21 Apr 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/antjeduvekot
april 12
wowsers. i think we made it
through the winter? i wrote much of the songs for my next
album over the winter
and i believe i shall be calling it "new siberia". in fact
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sometimes victory, sometimes defeat.....
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2 Dec 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/antjeduvekot -
2 Dec 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/antjeduvekot
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