HARTMANN GABI – LITTLE SONG LINES LP

The new EP of Gabi Hartmann « Little Song Lines » is like an interlude or a breathing space between her first album and the upcoming second album. Comprised of acoustic songs recorded live, it features Gabi playing guitar and singing at the same time without any click and very few arrangements. In the tradition of folk singer songwriters in an intimate atmosphere, the recording captures the essence of songs and stories in its most simple and raw form. The title, Little SongLines, is inspired by the Australian Aborigine’s Songlines, which is a system, a vast labyrinth, of invisibles paths like a map around the Australian desert, where songs act as guardians of the spiritual world and ancestors. What if songs for singers and composers are powerful memories of life and could help them to connect and reconnect with deep feelings and to find the answers of many questions?

In this secret and sad place Gabi Hartmann shares the intimate side of herself, presenting not only alternative versions of songs from her last album but also a cover of the Mexican/Canadian singer and composer Lhasa de Sela (a strong influence in Gabi’s music, as well as a female role model). There’s also a new composition, “Nowhere To Hide”. With the french song“L’amour Incompris” and the Sudanese traditional protest song “Azza Fi Awak,” which features the flutist Ghandi Adam, Gabi celebrates the meeting of cultures