It’s officially still winter, but the sun rays start to shine through in, albeit sporadic, but hopeful bouts. To accompany the ever-increasing auspicious rays, here are a few beams of musical light to carry you over the hump of cold towards the … read more »
Oska
OSKA wins the Music Moves Europe Award 2023!
Big news! OSKA has just won the MUSIC MOVES EUROPE AWARD 2023! The coveted award was presented at Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) on January 19th in Groningen! MME Awards OSKA (c) Ben Houdijk ESNS23 Schmyt (Germany), July Jones (Slovenia), OSKA (Austria), Kids Return … read more »
Austrian Music Highlights #16
It’s a new year, and with it comes plenty of new Austrian music highlights to spotlight! Building off of 2022, a year packed with musical accomplishments and developments (see our 2022 Retrospect), the bar’s been properly raised for 2023. But with all … read more »
9 Austrian Artists at ESNS 2023
The live lineup has been announced for ESNS 2023 in Groningen! And we are thrilled to tell you that nine of the selected acts are from Austria, and one is nominated for the Music Moves Europe Award, presented at the festival! EUROSONIC … read more »
OSKA NOMINATED FOR MUSIC MOVES EUROPE AWARDS AT ESNS 2023
Austrian artist, OSKA has been nominated for the MUSIC MOVES EUROPE AWARDS (MME) 2023! The MME Awards are the European Union prizes for popular and contemporary music that celebrate the emerging artists who represent the European sound of today and tomorrow. OSKA is one of … read more »
25 ACTS ANNOUNCED FOR THE YOUNG TALENT PROGRAM – THE NEW AUSTRIAN SOUND OF MUSIC (NASOM) 2023/24
In cooperation with mica – music austria, Austrian Music Export and the Austrian music universities, an expert jury selected five up-and-coming ensembles or musicians in five different genres: classical, jazz, global music, contemporary music and pop/electronic for the new NASOM edition 2023/24. … read more »
AUSTRIAN ARTISTS AT THE GREAT ESCAPE 2022
THE GREAT ESCAPE (TGE) is returning this year, taking place in 30+ venues across Brighton from 11th – 14th May 2022. The belated 15th birthday edition of the festival will once again introduce a cutting-edge line up of both brand new and … read more »
Female artists from Austria
You don’t have to be controversial to see: The really exciting waves in pop, indie and even rap have mostly come from female artists in recent years – a statement that applies to the international music world, as well as to our … read more »
Austrian Music Highlights #12
Don’t know how it is where you’re currently sitting, but over here it’s cold and windy, as it should be this time of year in this Alpine region of the northern hemisphere. But no, gosh darn it, we will not let winter … read more »
The Top 10 newcomers from Austria – Michel’s Sound of Music 2022
MICHEL ATTIA is considered “one of the experts on music and the scene,” (Rainer Krispel, The Gap 057). He is Head of Booking & Events at Radio FM4 and was one of the very first editors of The Gap. For the last … read more »