Each year the International Jazzfestival Saalfelden shouts out loud for an annual gathering of music professionals and jazz lovers from all around the globe. This year the well established festival celebrates its 40th anniversary. The 40th International Jazzfestival Saalfelden is taking place … read more »
Elevate is an annual interdisciplinary festival held in various venues around the Schlossberg in Graz, Austria. With its unique combination of critical political discourse and contemporary music and art, the Elevate Festival stands out of the “usual” festival circus. From February 27 … read more »
Maja Osojnik, 1976 born in Slovenia, lives and works in Vienna, Austria as a singer, composer, improvising electroacoustic musician and sound artist, mostly using voice, paetzold bass recorders, own field recordings, DJ-CD, tapes and other lo-fi electronic devices, toys, trash and found … read more »
International Women’s Day is a good reason to emphasise the contributions female musicians have made to the Austrian music scene. Here is a small overview that should illustrate something that a lot of people know, but many don’t want to admit. That … read more »
The interdisciplinary festival for electronic music, art, and politics will be taking place between the 1-5th of March in Graz. For the first time in its 13 year history the festival will be taking place at the beginning of the year, kicking … read more »
The country focus “Austria” of the 34th Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige was not chosen at random: In times of demarcation between countries it is increasingly important to demonstrate the connection between cultures – including those of Austria and Italy. 33 musicians from … read more »
At the moment in Austria it’s all about that new-found sense of confidence. Once again, a new breed of sharp, good-looking boys, proper rockstars are standing out there front of stage, proclaiming things like “We’re going right through the middle” (MAURICE ERNST, … read more »
ON THE FRUITLESS SEARCH FOR THE DEFINITE SOUND OF AUSTRIAN POP. By Robert Rotifer. It was June 2013. The singer-songwriter CLARA LUZIA had just played a live session on the MARC RILEY SHOW on BBC 6Music when the DJ stumped her with … read more »
In the years since 2000 Austrian electronic musicians were not as omnipresent as in the previous decade. However there were still a lot of exciting approaches and developments. A brief overview by Sebastian Fasthuber. You could probably write a whole book about … read more »
Conceptual definitions and its social connotations determine the music market by genre labels for CD sales, concert promoters and the media. Although there have been many years of resistance to concepts such as “serious” and “easy listening music”, the pigeon holes keep … read more »
