This year’s KICK JAZZ FESTIVAL at Vienna’s PORGY & BESS was once again a very colourful musical event. With SKETCHBOOK QUARTET, SOPHIE ABRAHAM, TUBONIKA, SAIN MUS, RDEČA RAKETA and PURPLE IS THE COLOR, six acts arrived on the jazzclub’s stage for two … read more »
Erste Bank received the main award of this year’s Austrian art sponsoring award MAECENAS in the category „large scale enterprise“ for its sponsorship of Wien Modern – Klangforum Wien and the Erste Bank Composition Award. Erste Bank has been supporting Wien Modern … read more »
Down the river Danube and only a few hundred kilometres from Vienna, BUSH – Budapest Showcase Hub – recently took place in the Hungarian capital. The Eastern-European festival with an international approach celebrated its opening night at the legendary club A38 with … read more »
BERNHARD KAUFMANN started as a trumpeter in the Austrian band GUADALAJARA. He has long since moved behind the scenes of the music business and works as a manager, booker and label operator for KARMARAMA. In a conversation with Jürgen Plank, KAUFMANN, who … read more »
Curtains up for Austria´s local jazz scene: After three successful editions in previous years the KICK JAZZ 2019 festival will gather the most promising local jazz formations on the main stage of PORGY & BESS on December 9 & 10 and show what … read more »
MARCO KLEEBAUER recorded his first solo album under his own name, “Magnolia” (Minor Changes), partly between his work as producer for BILDERBUCH and OEHL. The fact that he finds time to produce award-winning albums and to set his own dreams to music … read more »
MARIN ALSOP never gave up her imperturbable belief in her dream to be a conductor, so she broke rules and interdictions in order to give female artists today more options and opportunities. MARIN ALSOP is also an exceptionally gifted violinist: she leads … read more »
The Swedish festival Viva Sounds in Gothenburg is gearing up for its third edition in 2019. The goal of the event is once again to create a relevant club festival and music conference in the Western part of Sweden. The festival features … read more »
The FM4 Soundpark is a web-platform, community, and radio show for Austrian musicians. Every month, one act is selected to be highlighted both online and on air. The FM4 Soundpark Act Of The Month. B.Visible brings Chaos back to Music With his … read more »
With “Gris Gris” (Traumton Records) SHAKE STEW are releasing their third studio album and they will probably make quite some noise again. The Vienna-based septet with an unusual cast of two drummers (Nikolaus Dolp, Mathias Koch), two (double-)bassists (Lukas Kranzelbinder, Oliver Potratz) … read more »