For those unfamiliar, Rockpalast is a program that’s been airing on German TV station WDR since 1974 and has featured a huge array of mostly rock and metal acts performing live in concert. And live music is something we’re seriously lacking these days, in case you haven’t noticed. To do her part in counteracting this, Berlin’s Laura Carbone has released her 2019 Rockpalast performance as a live album.
Though Carbone’s initial plans of recording her third studio album back in May of 2020 were put on hold once lockdown hit, the plan to then release Live at Rockpalast was a good one – the live versions of these songs have a certain in your face intensity that, while not quite like the true live experience, at least act as a reminder of what it was like back when we could still go to shows. Hopefully we can do that again in the not too distant future. I mean, it looks like it’ll still be pretty far off in the future, but hopefully not too far. In the meantime, check out the video for Carbone’s live version of “Cellophane Skin” below.
Laura Carbone – Live At Rockpalast is out now via Future Shock Records.