Kanonensong

Kanonensong (Weill/Brecht) performed by POING and Maja S.K. Ratkje with 100 singers live at Vooruit, Gent (Belgium) June 2013. The song is also released on their album “Wach auf!“ Three years ago, in response to the financial and political crisis, the Norwegian electronica artist Maja Ratkje, and the contemporary music ensemble POING (Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, sax; Frode Haltli, accordion; Håkon Thelin, double bass), took to the streets of Oslo. They were armed with the battle songs of Kurt Weill, Bertold Brecht and Hanns Eisler. This acclaimed ’outing’ resulted in the album ’Wach Auf’, in which a global mix of traditional socialist songs rub shoulders with with quirky versions of songs such as ’True Color’ by Cindy Lauper, and hard core classics such as ’Seeing Red’ by Minor Threats. The voice of commitment and fighting zeal!