"Not much needs to be said about the music Max Raabe sings; the songs speak for themselves. For the most part they were written towards the end of the Weimar Republic."
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She also "reaches" the borders of pop music but also plays a wide variety of music with blues, soul, jazz and swing. The lyrics of her songs are mostly about love, failure and disappointment. Annett Louisan is one of the few German artists who has obtained a high profile with chanson-style songs.