Mina Richmann - "Helpful Doses" - Tour
Honestly. Queer. Self-determined.
It is the search for a purpose, a perspective, and direction in life that drives the 25-year-old German-Iranian Mina Richman to music from an early age. Born in Berlin, but raised in the small town of Bad Salzuflen, she oscillates between worlds and discovers treasures in her aunt's CD collection, such as Joan As Police Woman and Nina Simone. Soul and blues, hip-hop culture, and the revolt of the great singer-songwriters are her inspirations as she works on her debut EP "Jaywalker" (2022), for which she is nominated as Best Newcomer for the PopNRW Award. Raised "accidentally" as a feminist by her father – as she once phrased it in an interview with "Zeit" – she adopted her artist name from the famous Cher quote "Mom, I am a rich man."
The solidarity song "Baba Said" goes viral overnight during the revolution in Iran, making the queer German-Iranian famous worldwide. Connecting the musical with the social has always been her concern. The debut album, set for release in March 2024, follows this credo and showcases Mina Richman as an unparalleled songwriter. With slots at renowned festivals including New Fall, Herzberg, and Reeperbahn Festival, and support shows for Maxim, Anna Calvi, and Alice Merton, Mina demonstrates that she is "quite a powerful woman at 25 years old" (WDR5).
In her debut album, which will be released in March 2024 via the Ladies&Ladys label, Mina Richman confronts adulthood. With much honesty, she reflects on her childhood, processing fighting parents, cultural uprooting, and societal as well as personal interactions with her body. She has also musically matured, presenting a sound with influences from soul, folk, and hip-hop developed with her band, consisting of Friedrich Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Alexander Mau, and Leon Brames, in collaboration with producer Tobias Siebert (Juli, Enno Bunger, Lyschko). She reveals herself vulnerably in her current single "Referee," where she processes memories of her arguing parents. Her single "Nearly To The End," "A wonderfully buoyant song that suggests that Amy Winehouse or Alabama Shakes might have a place on one of her playlists" (DIFFUS), highlights the beautiful aspects of growing up: courage and loving people who accompany you.
"In doing so, she allows her clever and, despite the depth of content, always wonderfully amusing thoughts to flow into ultra-catchy folk-pop numbers in a way that skillfully juggles various elements and therefore sounds immediately familiar, even though they are practically reference-less here in the country." (Gästeliste.de)
Doors: 19:00
Hallo, ich bin Maya.
