February 15th, 2012 | by doris brady | published in world music | Leave A Comment »
Starting from the 25th of February 2012, the thirteenth edition of the International Accordion Festival in Vienna invites music lovers to indulge into the endearing sounds of the accordion and its many musical facets. For one month the outstanding festival program will cover almost every form of music without limiting itself to stylistic boundaries. Following [...]
January 30th, 2012 | by doris brady | published in world music | Comments Off
Traditional folk music in a completely new context – this is the concept of the trio Netnakisum. Reading the name of the Styrian formation from back to front spells nothing other than the word ‘musicians’ in German. And brilliant musicians they are, the three ladies Magdalena Denz, Marie-Theres Härtel and deeLinde. The aim of this [...]
December 6th, 2011 | by doris brady | published in world music | Comments Off
These five young musicians from Austria’s westernmost province of Vorarlberg have recently become a cult phenomenon in Central Europe. One of their songs, Vo Mello Bis Ge Schoppornou, even made second place in the charts in Austria and Germany, and broke Youtube records.
November 11th, 2011 | by doris brady | published in world music | Comments Off
This year the positively wacky trio Kollegium Kalksburg, constisting of Heinz Ditsch, Paul Skrepek and Wolfgang Vincenz Wizlsberger, is celebrating its 15th Anniversary as a true and indispensable institution of Viennese music. Thanks to them, traditonal Viennese songs have experienced a sort of renaissance in recent years. This trio really knows how to wrap traditional [...]
October 26th, 2011 | by doris brady | published in contemporary music, jazz / improvisation, pop / rock / electronic, world music | Comments Off
The decision has been made. In the context of the music program “The New Austrian Sound of Music”, a total of 20 young Austrian musicians and bands can look forward to receiving support from the Austrian Foreign Ministry and Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture in the years 2012 and 2013. What is [...]