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Carolina Brauckmann (born 26 June 1954) is a German singer-songwriter and historian. Since the early 1980s, she has produced over a hundred titles and is considered Germany's best-known lesbian singer-songwriter[1] or "Grande Dame des lesbischen Chansons".[2][3]

Career

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Brauckmann grew up as the youngest of six children[4] in Lüdenscheid. After graduating from high school, she studied German studies in Freiburg im Breisgau German Studies, History and English Studies at the Albert-Ludwigs-University. During this time, she was a member of the editorial team of the Freiburg women's newspaper for six years,[4] and was involved in the women's rights scene. Together with Sully Roecken, she conducted research at the Stadtarchiv Freiburg, the two academics published the work Margaretha Jedefrau in 1989, which deals with women's history and attracted national attention.[5] She then worked for seven years at the Feminist Archive in Cologne and was, among other things, co-owner of an internet agency. Co-owner of an internet agency.

In 1982, she released her first album Satirische Lesbengesänge (Satirical Lesbian Songs) about the lives of lesbian women and made her stage debut as a singer in 1983. In retrospect, the combination of lesbian life and humour is highlighted as a special feature of her style.[6][7] The second album followed in 1986 as an LP and, after a break of ten years, four CDs. In the course of her more than thirty-year career as a composer and musician, she has given numerous concerts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, both in alternative or subcultural spaces - such as besetzte Häuser in the 1980s - and nationwide in established venues such as the Jazzhaus Freiburg or the Kulturzentrum Schlachthof in Kassel.

In 2003 she received the Osnabrück Rosa-Courage-Prize[8] of the oldest continuously held gay and lesbian cultural festival in Germany.[9] She performed at the opening of the Gay Games in Cologne, and also gave a concert at the opening of Women Pride as part of Cologne Pride 2012.[10]

More recently, Brauckmann has also worked as a freelance communications trainer and moderator; her political commitment has developed from feminist women's politics to the lesbian-gay emancipation movement[11] for example as state coordinator for older gays and lesbians in North Rhine-Westphalia.[12]

Carolina Brauckmann lives and works in Cologne.

Discography

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  • Satirische Lesbengesänge Vol. 1. Über feministische Utopien und lesbischen Alltag, LP, 1982
  • Satirische Lesbengesänge Vol. 2. LP, 1982
  • Lesbisch makes the world go round. CD, 1994
  • Lesben wie Du und Sie. CD, 1995
  • Weil ich die Frauen liebe ... CD, 2003
  • The Best Of – 25 Jahre Satirische Lesbengesänge.
  • The L - Sound.Neue Songs. mit Nicole Sperrmann (Kontrabass). CD, 2013

Publications

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  • Margaretha Jedefrau (with Sully Roecken); Kore-Verlag, 490 p., Freiburg/Breisgau 1989, ISBN 3-926023-15-5
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References

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  1. ^ Monika Mengel: Frau Brauckmann führt durchs Veedel. ksta.de, 6 May 2013, retrieved 8 March 2014.
  2. ^ Wenn Ladies auf der Bühne rocken. ksta.de, 15 November 2010, retrieved 8 March 2014.
  3. ^ Grande Dame des lesbischen Chansons. jungewelt.de, 1 October 2010, retrieved 8 March 2014.
  4. ^ a b Archived (Date missing) at querverlag.de (Error: unknown archive URL) querverlag.de, September 2013.
  5. ^ Stationen der Lust. Der Spiegel, No. 45/1989, pp. 67,70
  6. ^ Meike Böschemeyer: "Hard facial expressions were compulsory for 20 years as a lesbian." Carolina Brauckmann shows her new programme at Europride. Queer, June 2002, via carolinabrauckmann.de, accessed 8 March 2014.
  7. ^ "and was considered revolutionary for the time with her combination of 'lesbians and humour'." Karin Jahn in Kieler Nachrichten, 18 September 2006, via carolinabrauckmann.de, retrieved 8 March 2014.
  8. ^ gayinmay.de: Archived (Date missing) at gayinmay.de (Error: unknown archive URL)
  9. ^ Gay in May on osnabrueck. de
  10. ^ Daniela Zysk: Carolina Brauckmann opens WomenPride 2012. 24 May 2012, retrieved 8 March 2014.
  11. ^ weird-bielefeld.de: Archived (Date missing) at weird-bielefeld.de (Error: unknown archive URL). In: Weird - Das Stadtmagazin für lesbische Frauen in Bielefeld, Issue 40, February 2011,
  12. ^ Archived (Date missing) at nwzonline.de (Error: unknown archive URL) nwzonline.de, 15 January 2014, accessed 8 March 2014.
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