Artist Genre Category: Global

Donauwellenreiter, consisting of the four Vienna-based musicians Maria Craffonara (vocals, violin), Thomas Castañeda (piano), Jörg Mikula (drums) and Lukas Lauermann (cello),  is a quartet that has been praised and recognized for both its outstanding live concerts and recordings and has long since … read more »

With his latest bandproject Douba Foli the Austria-based balafon player Mamadou Diabate (Burkina Faso) unites professional musicians from Austria and West Africa. The brothers Abdoulaye and Modibo Diabate (Mali) are members of the band. As well as Mamadou Diabate they come from the … read more »

It is already the rather uncommon combination of accordion, clarinet, percussion and vocals that lets Duo [:klak:] stand out from the crowd. However, it is not only the duo’s instrumentation that makes the music of the two Carinthians Stefan Kollmann (accordion) and … read more »

The music of the accordion duo Dinovski-Schuberth is all about provocation and improvisation. The two young accordionists from Upper Austria (Paul Schuberth) and Macedonia (Atanas Dinovski) like to indulge in their mutual passion for Balkan music, Scottish and Irish sounds, jazz and … read more »

Boundaries between genres and remaining in the same musical position are, it seems, completely alien to this duo. Tyrolean clarinettist Johanna Gossner and Vorarlberg accordionist Damian Keller form the Duo Minerva and show what exciting new things can be created when you … read more »

The two siblings Mira (violin) and Sara Gregorič (guitar) have been making music together since childhood and have developed their own musical language over the years. This is characterised by a great stylistic diversity. The two musicians are adept at building bridges … read more »

DUO VILA MADALENA, consisting of Nikola Zarić (accordion) and Franz Oberthaler (clarinet, saxophone, vocals), creates music that is best described as an exciting journey of discovery. With playful wit and complete stylistic freedom, the duo elevates their sound to a new art … read more »

Fainschmitz create music to dance and to cuddle. One can meet multilingual megaphone lyrics, driving guitar, powerful bass, wild and gentle sounds of saxophone, trumpet and clarinet. They perform own songs between Gypsy Swing, Chanson, Jazz, Pop and Punk. The band consists of four … read more »

Despite their young career, FATIMA SPAR & THE FREEDOM FRIES can already look back at some impressive success. The Freedom Fries and their charismatic lead singer have turned their cultural and musical diversity into an inimitable style. One that is incredibly open … read more »

Federspiel is a band on a mission to liberate Austrian folk music from its dusty image and give it a modern edge and a fresh start which appeals to all ages. In 2004 seven young musicians from Vienna and the Lower Austrian … read more »