THE GREAT ESCAPE (TGE) is returning this year, taking place in 30+ venues across Brighton from May 15th to the 18th. As always, the renowned festival will feature a cutting-edge assortment of brand-new and established artists from all over the world – … read more »
Big news – the lineup for the Eurosonic Noorderslag festival in Groningen, NL has been announced, and six of Austria’s hottest emerging pop artists are in the mix! The first big industry event of the year, the 2024 edition of ESNS will … read more »
Pop three-piece SHARKTANK releases its second album, “Acting Funny” (Humming). After their debut breakthrough – the band crashed out of the studio and into the charts in 2021 – 450,000 people are now listening every month on Spotify. MARCO KLEEBAUER, KATRIN PAUCZ … read more »
There’s a lot to hear this March and April. The releases keep releasing and the good vibes keep flowing – just in time for the festival season about to kick off. Music is to spring like butter is to bread – it’s … read more »
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 »
From September 21-24, a selection of some of the most promising young artists will perform at REEPERBAHN FESTIVAL 2022 in Hamburg for this year’s edition of Germany’s largest club festival. The program is out, and on it are almost too many Austrian artists to … read more »
Last spring, some of the finest figures from the Viennese music scene – both present and past – told their stories, while some even played their music at the FM4 studio, for NPR’s World Cafe series, “Sense of Place: Vienna”. Subsequently the … read more »
In the series “Music Life with Kids”, mica – music austria and Austrian Music Export explore the question of how professional musicians fare when they have children. In the eleventh part of the series, MICHAEL “MILE” LECHNER (Sharktank) gives us an insight … read more »
Since 2015, selected FOCUS ACTS have been supported with annual tour subsidies. The sizeable endowment is intended to enable local acts to accept more concert invitations from abroad, and thereby strengthen the presence of Austrian musicians on the international stage. The FOCUS … read more »
EUROSONIC NOORDERSLAG (ESNS) will, once again, be the first big event of the music industry in the upcoming year. Taking place from January 19-22, 2022 in Groningen*, the Dutch festival features Europe’s most promising up-and-coming artists and gathers the most important stakeholders … read more »