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Former Eurovision participant, singer Vaïko Eplik, 24, explains why he shuns the bright showbusiness lights of the mainstream music industry
The 41-year-old singer and frontman of the harmonic choral group 'A Filetta' talks about his latest album, 'Medea', which compares Seneca's heroine to Corsica and Jason to France.
Our ‘Homo Sovieticus’ feature - to mark the fifteen year anniversary of the fall of the former USSR - continues this week with Evangeline Masson's tale of Tajikistan today
Guillemots, a new Brit pop band from London, hit the continent with some new pop tunes
Riding on the web 2.0 wave, music labels on the Internet attract more and more enthusiasts
As the owner of one of the most beautiful modern-day Romany voices, Mónika Miczura, 37, affirms her musical freedom, reclaims her own traditional instincts and modernity, and turns her back on the standard clichés of gypsy folklore.
Amsterdam, Holland, summer 2006
The breeze is warm, school is over and festivals mushroom all over Europe. But the traditional joys of warm beer, rock get-togethers and muddy camping sites are making way for some more exotic fayres. Discover some of the strange and unheard of festivals that will rock Europe during the coming month. Get ready to pack your bags!
Dispelling stereotypes of gypsy music being about old men singing in restaurants, today’s DJs are showing that it remains a vibrant and powerful form of music
With violin and accordion slung over his shoulder, Goran Bregovic, Serbo-Croatian composer and former rockstar, known for his cinematographic collaborations with Emir Kusturica, travels the four corners of Europe. A gypsy rhythm with European harmonies.
Music is an important part of a country’s culture and society. But the verb used to describe how it is produced is just as influenced as the final sound itself.
A renowned composer for the Berlin state opera and a passionate guitarist, 45-year-old Sidney Corbett talks to café babel about his career, which began with his move from his native USA to Europe, and modern European music composition.
Three hours from Belgrade, an unusual festival that brings together the brass bands of an entire country is held: the Assembly of Trumpet Players of Guca.
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July is the month when all events are moving from the capital to health resorts, seaside or other places, which attract holidaymakers. But there's no need to worry that there is nothing to do in Vilnius. Besides many concerts we offer you free events in the open air. So ...
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