caption years_active article_title background genre image origin name occupation
dota kehr 2011 in koblenz 2003 -- present dota kehr
 solo_singer bossa nova , jazz dota kehr 2011 koblenz.jpg berlin , germany dota kehr singer-songwriter
dota kehr

dorothea kehr -lrb- or dota , born 1979 -rrb- is a singer/songwriter from berlin and the leader of the musical group die kleingeldprinzessin und die stadtpiraten -lrb- `` the small change princess and the urban pirates '' -rrb- .
with her topical , critical texts delivered in often rapid flowing rhythm and sound influenced by bossa nova and jazz , the singer has amassed a following in the german-speaking music world .
the group 's records have been manufactured and distributed on buschfunk and broken silence without a record contract , and they also declined to perform at party conventions during the 2005 bundestag elections .
in october 2006 , they performed five concerts in russia upon the invitation of the goethe institute and in the spring of 2009 they toured new zealand .
