“She’s got what it takes to be a star!”

Gerald Lehner, ORF (Austrian Public Broadcasting Service)

“Truly great. In songwriting and arrangement it [the album "live love travel free"] is really on par with international singer-songwriters.”

Angela Gobelin, NDR Info (Northgerman Public Radio)

“Meike Koester could be famous – the German Sheryl Crow [...] absolutely professional and suitable for commercial radio without ever sliding into ‘insignificant-la-la-pop.’ [...]”
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“Meike Koester could be famous – the German Sheryl Crow – because her American singer-songwriter pop is absolutely professional and suitable for commercial radio without ever sliding into ‘insignificant-la-la-pop.’ meike koester knows how to sing, play guitar and write songs. […] But meike koester is not backed up by the music industry. She founded her own label and is marketing herself. The advantage is that she’s artistically free to do what she wants. The disadvantage: Now she’s so free that hardly anyone knows her. That’s a shame, but it will hopefully change in the future.”
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Susanne Burg, Deutschlandradio Kultur (German Public Radio)

“Excellent intonation, whether she is finger picking, strumming or flat picking [...].”
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“Excellent intonation, whether she is finger picking, strumming or flat picking [...]. meike koester's songs fall within the context of folk and pop, without compromising or pandering. [...] A good cross-section of her work shows why, according to the press, meike koester has got ‘what it takes to be a star.'”
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Stefan Woldach, AKUSTIK GITARRE (DVD review)

“meike koester finally is a just rising star in the songwriter-sky.”
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“meike koester finally is a just rising star in the songwriter-sky. Clearly the most memorable voice of the evening, meike koester needed little more than the first refrain to convince the audience.”
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Oberhessische Presse

“A one-woman-show one could think when meike koester enters the stage. In her own endearing way she quickly wins over the audience.”

Trierischer Volksfreund

“Out of the six strings she extracts a dynamic between melody and fierce chords that can fill a hall at any time.”
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“The Braunschweiger convinces first of all with her solid guitar playing and a voice that shimmers through its various timbres. Out of the six strings she extracts a dynamic between melody and fierce chords that can fill a hall at any time. [meike koester] wins over her audience already during the first couple of songs, she chats, quips and seems very natural, […]. Yet it is just that dynamic bite that suits her so well. When she thrashes on the strings and gets this rough voice that takes you by surprise and approaches in certain moments the vocal and instrumental expertise of an Ani DiFranco.”
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Kieler Nachrichten

“[...] Her pieces - even though they are partly sung in German - do without the Teutonic gravity that one often sees with other German songwriters.”
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“[...] Her pieces - even though they are partly sung in German - do without the Teutonic gravity that one often sees with other German songwriters. [...] Conceived for rock radio, but not pandering and flat - it's easy to enjoy this kind of music. And because meike koester also performs with power and passion, her performance can be described without a doubt as downright successful.”
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Donaukurier

“meike koester, […], is also an excellent guitar player. Her performance is like a crash course in possible ways to accompany oneself on the acoustic guitar […]”

Göttinger Tageblatt

“[...] she alters her western guitar, according to taste and disregarding current instrumental convention [...]”
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“Koester defies the classic singer/songwriter tradition not only through experiment-friendly stylistic variety, [...] but also through the use of effects such as Wah Wah and distortion, with which she alters her western guitar, according to taste and disregarding current instrumental convention.”
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Die Norddeutsche

“In general you get the impression as if she occasionally makes up for several instruments through her tricky guitar technique. […]
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“In general you get the impression as if she occasionally makes up for several instruments through her tricky guitar technique. […] It’s a music that lets you forget the miles at night on the highway or one that turns the headwind on your bicycle into a gentle breeze. […] Tenderly her voice nestles to the melodic chords, naturally, gently and stunningly charming. Still nothing sounds sappy or overly sentimental […]”
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Peiner Allgemeine Zeitung

“She writes, sings, plays acoustic guitar - and meike koester rocks! [...] In any case, a great artist with charisma.”
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“She writes, sings, plays acoustic guitar - and meike koester rocks! Live she does it in a special way by not only performing her own pieces, but also by sharing with the audience stories about the music and information about her performance, and at the same time repeatedly going into songs that are catchy and intense. Meike has documented all this so far on three CDs and a live DVD that are all available on her web site. And also with her groovy band (who can be heard on the 2006 album ‘live love travel free'), this musician shows sensitive qualities, and perhaps appears now and then more relaxed than at her comprehensively demanding solo performance. In any case, a great artist with charisma.”
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