Covid-19 crisis has a massive impact on the current music scene. Musicians, agents, promoters, independent producers, technicians – almost everyone involved in the music industry is strongly affected. All festivals happening in Europe are either cancelled or postponed. To keep an overview … read more »
In 2020, c/o Pop will return for the 17th time and will take place from April 22-26 in Cologne. In 2019, the organizers revised the entire concept of c/o Pop and even made a dual move: For the first time, the festival … read more »
MENT Ljubljana is a three-day showcase festival featuring newcomer acts from Europe and beyond, during which around 70 acts perform at different venues in Ljubljana. The international conference focuses on the music industry and creativity. This year MENT Ljubljana is taking place … read more »
FOCUS ACTS is the name of the generously endowed support program that the FEDERAL CHANCELLERY (BKA) and AUSTRIAN MUSIC EXPORT (AME) have been awarding every year since 2015. The support comes as a tour subsidy which is intended to enable selected domestic … read more »
Eurosonic Noorderslag 2020 will be the first official gathering of the music industry in the upcoming year. Taking place from January 15-18 in Groningen, the Dutch festival features Europe’s most promising up-and-coming artists and gathers the most important stakeholders of the music … read more »
MY UGLY CLEMENTINE came out of nowhere. “Never Be Yours” had urgency, it had elegance, groove, and a chorus to howl along to. The people involved – MIRA LU KOVACS, BARBARA JUNGREITHMEIER, KATHRIN KOLLERITSCH and SOPHIE LINDINGER – had already attracted some … read more »
From 18 – 21 September 2019, the Reeperbahn Festival will again present more than 900 events spanning a range of genres in locations around Hamburg’s Reeperbahn. In addition to some 600 concerts by international artists held in a wide variety of venues, … read more »
From 25 to 28 July 2019 , the 10th POPFEST WIEN will be taking place on Vienna’s Karlsplatz, gathering new pop music from Austria. The curators of the anniversary programme MIRA LU KOVACS (SCHMIEDS PULS, 5K HD) and YASMIN HAFEDH (YASMO) invite … read more »
This supergroup from Vienna is damn serious about one thing: having fun! My Ugly Clementine (pun intended!) is the brainchild of Sophie Lindinger, who already won awards and made waves with her band Leyya. For her new project, the songwriter and producer … read more »
There are cracks in the space-time continuum, there must be, how else is MIRA LU KOVACS supposed to cope with: curating a medium-heavy festival, play in three full-fledged bands (5K HD, Schmieds Puls, My Ugly Clementine) performing at the festival PRIMAVERA SOUND … read more »
