The ANCHOR Jury around Tony Visconti, Bob Rock, Peaches, Kate Nash, Arnim Teutoburg-Weiss and the Australian presenter Zan Rowe visited the concerts of this year's six nominees soul singer Celeste (GB), rapper Alyona Alyona (UA), the punk-pop women's band The Hormones (CN), the post-punk trio Drahla (GB), songwriter Moika (NO), and the dream-pop duo Feng Suave (NL). On Saturday the winner of the ANCHOR – Reeperbahn Festival International Music Award 2019 was announced: Alyona Alyona convinced all jury members with her performance! Bob Rock (ANCHOR 2019 jury member): "I got out of my chair, stood up, almost danced and took videos which I actually don't think I've ever done before. I didn't understand a word she was singing but it came out so powerful. It really blew my mind. And most importantly I would buy her record in a heartbeat." |