tuesday songs

performed by Kai Widmann

It's been my new year's resolution for 2011 to spend more time making/recording/mixing music. To force myself into doing so, I decided to put up this page and post one song I recorded every tuesday.
After eight months I couldn't go on with this. Having a stressful job and a family leaves not enough room to post on a weekly basis. But I will continue posting songs every once in a while. If you don't want to miss a song, you can follow me on SoundCloud or subscribe to my RSS-Feed.

Since 2021 I'm part of a band again, Fahmi Friedrich Widmann, check our LinkTree page to see what we're up to.

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Song 67: Diamond In The Rough (Rowena Wise)

3 November 2026 - I stumbled upon Rowena Wise scrolling through Instagram. There was a clip of her covering a song I really like, «Between The Bars», originally by Elliot Smith, though my favourite version is on the album «Careless Love» by Madeleine Peyroux. Anyway, Rowena Wise's stripped back acoustic guitar and voice version got me intrigued, so I listened to her first album. I fell in love and bought it right away (that's something I rarely do in the times of Apple Music). Get yourself a copy of «Senseless Acts of Beauty», it's gerat.

Now some time in the first half of 2026 the first advance single for her second album was released, «Diamond In The Rough», hauntingly starting with organ and vocals only. I had to cover it.

A while later while on holiday in Switzerland, I sat outside with my Zoom recorder and did a single take of it (you can hear the sound of the nearby stream in the background) while recording some other songs in preparation of the next FFW concert. I did not intend to publish it, but this turned out alright, so I'd like to share it.

Kai Widmann: vocals, guitar

recorded on 9 August 2026 in Prato Sornico (Ticino, Switzerland) on a Zoom H6, playing a Martin 000-15M

written by Rowena Wise

originally released on Rowena Wise - Bad Things Feel Good* on 7 August 2026

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Song 58 – 66: Spuren der GØTTER (2026 Remaster) (Die kaputten GØTTER)

21 July 2026 - 40 years ago, on 12 July 1986, my first band "Die kaputten GØTTER" was founded. To celebrate this occasion, here's their final demo tape "Spuren der GØTTER", remastered from the original mixes. Thank you Martin Friedrich (ex Heike) for your support.

You can download the full album with a PDF version of the original booklet and some alternate covers on www.heynonnynonny.de

performed by Kai Widmann, Holger Geißler, Eckart Willer, Martin Heike, André Richter, Jura Kojetinsky, Maik Hahn and Corinna

recorded and mixed in the summer of 1990

written by Holger Geißler, Kai Widmann, Jura Kojetinsky and André Richter

originally released as the band's final demo tape in 1990

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Song 57: Better Be Home Soon live (Crowded House)

28 September 2025 - This one's in loving memory of Miguel Barrios. More than a friend. He was family.
We shared our love for music. We didn't record much together, but when we did, it was a joy. Listen to his percussion on "Roads" or his vocals on "Alyda". I always enjoyed singing with him. No one I know sang better harmonies. That's why I chose today's song, a live rendition from a night of singalong songs. Martin and I were playing and Miguel was in the audience, spontaneously joining us with the harmony vocals without any rehearsal. Since everybody knew he could pull it off, he was asked to sing along at the start of the song, when he was still in the middle of a heated conversation, as he quite often was. But by the first chorus he was ready to join in. Crowded House was one of his all time favourites, and it wasn't the only band we both loved.

You'll be missed, brother!

Kai Widmann: vocals, guitar / Martin Friedrich: bass, vocals / Miguel Barrios: vocals / The BAS community: vocals

recorded live on 26 October 2024 in Felsberg

written by Neil Finn

originally released on Crowded House - Temple of Low Men on 5 July 1988

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Song 56: So Much (Peter Gabriel)

31 December 2023 - My beloved friend and drummer Handrin recommended this song and somehow implied that this might make a good cover for our next Fahmi Friedrich Widmann concert (18 May 2024). And right he was. I listened to both originals (bright/dark side mixes) only a few times, then learned to play it myself just two days before recording it yesterday. The recording was done in a hurry (as usual) and originally was intended for Handrin (Fahmi) and Martin (Friedrich) only as a draft how it could be played . But it got better than expected, so I decided to share it here.
It's the last day of 2023, so Happy New Year to all of you!

A (quite minimalistic) video for this song can be found on YouTube.

Kai Widmann: vocals / guitar (Martin 000-15M)

recorded and mixed on 30 December 2023

written by Peter Gabriel

digitally released on 3 July 2023 (dark-side mix) and 17 July 2023 (bright-side mix), part of the album "Peter Gabriel - I/O"

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Song 55: Fred Jones Part 2 (Ben Folds)

22 April 2023 - I loved this song ever since I first heard it in 2001, but I never tried to play it until I recently stumbled upon it while I was researching songs for a future concert project (only songs in 3 based time signatures like 3/4 or 6/8), so I learned to play it. This recording was a one take, done in a rush, for the first time ever recording with my newest instrument, a tiny Gitalele (oh boy, how do I squeeze my huge fingers in those tiny frets?!?).
This cover version might have its live premiere at a concert I'll play in Heidelberg next saturday (29 April 2023) with my dear friends Handrin and Martin, see our linktree page for more information. Hope to see you there!

Kai Widmann: vocals / gitalele

recorded and mixed in February 2023

written by Ben Folds

originally released on Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs on 11 September 2001

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