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Nina Hagen is back with her latest album, "Highway To Heaven". It was released on March 27, 2026 on Groenland Records.
HiGHWAY TO HEAVEN is an album that is full of love, humor, depth, and devotion. It's a gospel–rock–pop creation that honors tradition without standing still. It's an album that showcases Nina Hagen’s unmistakable voice, conviction, and boundless freedom.
Fifteen years after her cult album, "Personal Jesus", the iconic punk pioneer returns once again to share one of her greatest passions: gospel music. Highway To Heaven is her 20th studio album. She shares a work that is less a return, but instead a bold, independent, and uncompromising new departure: 100% Nina.
Nina says that “The songs come flying to us,”. The 14 selected pieces feel like they were made for her. She dives deep into the treasury of gospel and focuses on the voices that have accompanied her for decades: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the trailblazer of rock ’n’ roll; Mahalia Jackson, whose expressive power remains unmatched; and the great classics of Southern Gospel, which Nina casts into new light through her interpretation. The title track “There’s A Highway To Heaven” – not a nod to AC/DC but a clear homage to Sister Rosetta – becomes a personal highlight, newly interpreted with her longtime friend Gitte Hænning, who has inspired Nina since the 1970s.
Nana Mouskouri also joins the album as a special artistic collaborator. Together they interpret “Never Grow Old,” a song that once moved the likes of Johnny Cash and Aretha Franklin. Nina brings a new color to this classic – a thread that runs throughout the entire album. “Never Grow Old” gains a touch of Americana, “Dust on the Bible” receives a warm reggae inflection, and in “Somebody Prayed for Me,” Nina lets her punk roots flare up: direct, honest, and bursting with energy. Another standout guest is blues and rock singer-songwriter Daniel Welbat, who joins Nina on the powerful, blues-drenched gospel anthem “Hand It Over.”
Everybody wants to go to heaven. Nina opens the door in a direct, passionate, and way that is entirely her own. The highway is clear.
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