Believe it or not: December isn’t nearly as far off as you think it is. On the bright side, that means Kick Jazz is right around the corner! The annual showcase of local jazz talent at the Vienna institution Porgy & Bess … read more »

Lukas Kranzelbinder wasn’t planning on releasing an album with Shake Stew this year, but some things are just meant to be. Lila, the band’s sixth LP, was released on October 13th – and what an album it is, combining the band’s familiar … read more »

The Culture Moves Europe initiative was created to help artists and cultural professionals expand their reach beyond the borders of the country where they live – you don’t have to be an EU citizen, you just have to legally reside in one … read more »

Rose May Alaba was playing in a casted girl band at the age of 17 and released her first single at 20. A year later, the song “Love Me Right”, with the legendary Vienna producer Rodney Hunter, heralded a new direction for … read more »

Movement in space is a basic experience shared by all living things, but for the last 150 years – at least – concerts of classical music have essentially banned it. In 1882, a roller-skating rink in Berlin was converted to the first … read more »

So much of the music we hear now is condensed into bite-size packets, with the catchy bits front-loaded to catch people’s attention before they scroll to the next thing. Thus, it’s incredibly pleasant to listen to music that is emphatically not in … read more »

On her forthcoming debut album, irgendetwas das du liebst [something that you love], the rapper from Innsbruck combines poetic verses with the jazz-influenced sounds of her live band. Spilif is FM4’s Soundpark Act of the month for October. It’s been almost five … read more »

“5 Million Pesos” is the monthly concert series of young jazz in and from Austria, a presentation of Radiokulturhaus Vienna and the Ö1 jazz department. The next concert, taking place on October 13th at Vienna’s RadioCafe, will feature the trio PRIM. PRIM … read more »

Four years ago, bassist Beate Wiesinger released Aliens On Board, the first album with her band E C H O Boomer. Since then, her work with projects like Duo 4675 and Luchs have made her a fixture in the Austrian jazz scene. … read more »

From September 7 – 9, the 2023 edition of the Waves Vienna Festival and Conference took place, including numerous panel discussions on current topics impacting the music business. Who’s afraid of A.I.? Artificial intelligence is probably the hottest topic of the last … read more »