BAIBA DEKENA is originally from Latvia, but has been living in Innsbruck for 7 years – the Tyrolean dialect is unmistakable. In May 2021, BAIBA released her second album entitled “Lighter” (Super Plus Records). The musician combines deep lyrics with danceable beats … read more »
The festival KLANGSPUREN SCHWAZ has powered up with new artistic leadership: the Italian composer and music curator CLARA IANNOTTA together with CHRISTOF DIENZ – composer, musician as well as music curator from Tyrol. The duo will take over the artistic direction of … read more »
The Tyrolean singer ÄNN sounds a little like BOY, a little like Oh Wonder and is able to capture emotions at least as well as OSKA. Thanks to her relatable lyrics and her soft voice, ÄNN nevertheless manages to develop her very … read more »
Tyrolean zither virtuoso and botanist MARTIN MALLAUN has been addicted to the beauty of microtonal tunings for years. In early February he played a concert in Stuttgart with his zither trio GREIFER, together with Reinhilde Gamper and Leopold Hurt, as part of … read more »
The Tyrolean quartet HI5 combines a wide range of influences under the motto “Minimal Jazz Chamber Music”. From minimal music to pop and rock and even electronics. If you missed their performance at the KICK JAZZ FESTIVAL 2017, you can also experience … read more »
The Tyrolean psychedelic rock trio MOTHER’ S CAKE is one of Austria’s hottest rock exports and is on everyone’s lips in certain circles. After the band’s successful performance at the MENT LJUBLJANA singer YVES KRISMER spoke to Sebastian J. Götzendorfer about worldwide … read more »
Guiding alpine folk music from its past into the present, helping it to produce a stylistically open sound and thus filling it with fresh new life: JÜTZ have shown on their second album “hin & über” (Chaos Records) what gripping beauty one … read more »
For the third time now, Austrian artists have been selected to receive international support from the “Focus Acts” program. This year ELEKTRO GUZZI, MANU DELAGO, MOTHER´S CAKE, FAREWELL DEAR GHOST, GASMAC GILMORE, MARIO ROM´S INTERZONE, NIHILS and CHRISTOPH PEPE AUER were chosen … read more »
The motto of the 24th edition of the Tyrollean new music festival KLANGSPUREN (07.09. – 24.09.2017) is asking a bit of a loaded question. One that is just a bit mischievous. Because anyone who asks a question like that just wants to … read more »
The 25 nominations for the sixth edition of “The New Austrian Sound of Music” (NASOM) for 2018/19 have now been made public. NASOM is a funding program for Austrian artists supported by the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs (BMEIA). … read more »