A richly entertaining album of less obvious love songs by writers from Robbie Robertson to the Bee Gees that Claudia has recorded with legendary producer Stephen Hague (New Order, Pet Shop Boys) will be released during the autumn.

I was a huge fan of Propaganda and enjoyed Claudia's Act project, but she had somehow fallen off my radar. It's good to see she's still around. This is available to hear on Spotify, so I'll definitely be checking it out. Thanks for the tip, Patrick.

Published on Feb 25, 2013
Claudia Brücken: "Hi" x 3 : 180313

The latest song to be released as a single from the Claudia Brücken album she made with producer Stephen Hague, The Lost Are Found, is a song written by David Bowie, 'Everyone Says "Hi"'. It was the only single available in the U.K. from Bowie's 2002 Heathen album. Claudia first thought of singing the song months ago, when Bowie was to some extent less present, a little more in the shadows, than he is now. She wanted to cover the song not least because its themes -loss, mourning, and, essentially, how a great, bitter-sweet sad song can somehow, in its presentation, its sensitivity, the overall sense of love whatever the circumstances- fitted well with the sequence of melancholic but inspirational songs chosen for The Lost Are Found. It was also a form of recommendation, very much confirmed recently with the unexpected appearance of Bowie's 'Where Are We Now,' how Bowie's later, not so widely known songs can be as powerful and resonant as his more obvious early classics.

Claudia is releasing "Hi" three ways in one theatrical digital package on March 18th -- the original Hague version from the album, along with an 'as live' piano and voice version of the version, and a "Hi" video, which features a host of Claudia friends and family coming along for the emotional "Hi" ride. A great largely unexplored late Bowie song brilliantly performed in loving full colour, with stripped back delicacy, and with Claudia's own sense of drama -- what more could you ask for?