c/o pop Festival brings us five days full of pop culture, live in Cologne, from April 20 – 24, 2022! This year, BILDERBUCH is the festival headliner, with FRIEDBERG, BUNTSPECHT, VERIFIZIERT and TAKESHI’S CASHEW packing the lineup as well. Since 2003, c/o … read more »
Buntspecht
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 »
AUSTRIAN ARTISTS AT REEPERBAHN FESTIVAL 2021
In September, a selection of Austria´s most promising young artists – including Buntspecht, Mavi Phoenix, Florence Arman, Elis Noa and OSKA – will perform at REEPERBAHN FESTIVAL 2021 to represent Austria at the 16th edition of Germany’s largest club festival. Working closely … read more »
Austrian Music Highlights #10
It was a summer full of music. Jabs in arms, outdoor gatherings, and a desperate thirst for music. This winning combination dragged many a person out of their hibernation (or quarantines) and out to shows, festivals and events. But alas, the official … read more »
“YOU NEED MORE THAN JUST FOUR BRAIN CELLS” – HANNES EDER (PHAT PENGUIN)
HANNES EDER is at times the best thing that could happen to local music. He has managed “Universal Music Austria” for thirteen years and today uses his know-how and network to take young people’s music that moves him to the public with … read more »
BUNTSPECHT – Interview w/ Lukas Klein and Florentin Scheicher
LUKAS KLEIN and FLORENTIN SCHEICHER are the two songwriters and autochthonous Viennese of the six-member group BUNTSPECHT. They brought their instruments to the interview with Michael Franz Woels, because afterwards they went straight on to the recording studio of MARTIN SIEWERT. He … read more »
Buntspecht
Buntspecht consists of six musicians from Vienna, writing playful lyrics for mature adults – and for adults that never grew up. Buntspecht’s concerts can aptly be described as a musical stroke of luck. Neither head, belly, nor feet can escape the rousing … read more »
40th International Jazzfestival Saalfelden: Austrian Artists
The 40th International Jazzfestival Saalfelden is taking place from August 22 to 25, 2019. Again, Austrian Music Export will invite jazz professionals and festival promoters from all over Europe to Saalfelden, turning the spotlight on the local jazz scene. On the occasion … read more »
SCENE PORTRAIT: GERMAN LANGUAGE POP IN AUSTRIA
One young Austrian band after the other, creating songs with German lyrics, sometimes in Austrian dialect, establishes itself on the German-speaking music market and plays sold-out concerts. The strong emotions of the new kids in the Austro-German pop jungle are being heard. … read more »