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Juniper was a German folk band. It existed from 1978 to 2001.

History

Beginning of 1978, six pioneering students of the College of Engineering Cottbus, including gravel Matthias Kiessling, Ko Jörg Kokott, Steffen Junghans and Scarlett Seeboldt, the group Juniper. A little later resigned from two members. As a quartet won juniper in the same year the Audience Award of the 11th workshop week in Leipzig. Three of the musicians decided in 1980 to work after completing her musical education at the Conservatory as a professional musician. In May 1980, Erik Kross was added. 1981 published four pieces of tape on the compilation A boiler red. In 1982, Almut Walther and Mathias Wegner vultures members of junipers. The repertoire included German folk songs and original compositions.

In 1983 with landlord, so delete uns're fires the first long- playing record of juniper at Amiga. In the same year the first Heinrich-Heine- program the band was born. 1986 left Almut Walther and Jörg Kokott the group. Juniper now sang songs often with influences from England, Scotland and Ireland. One published in 1989 LP, It 's time, was hardly noticed because of the reversal time.

In the 1990s, the band developed a number of new programs. Since 1993, juniper consisted of Scarlett O ' (actually Seeboldt ), Jörg Kokott and Matthias Kiessling. 2001, dissolved the band, but organized from January to June 2008, a tour to the 30 - year anniversary of juniper. After the band broke up again.

Discography

LPs

Both LPs were re-released on a CD.

CDs

Video

• 2001: Welcome to farewell

Publications on Compilations

Since 1980, published numerous pieces of juniper on compilations.

Song books

The group Juniper has published numerous collections of songs with folk songs.