The Eurovision Song Contest is more popular than ever, but the increasingly high costs of staging the event risk leaving smaller, poorer countries unable to pay the entrance fee. Bulgaria last week became the latest country to pull out of the...
Tag - Music
It’s one of the more left field music releases of the year, but Sound of Freedom – an album that samples speeches of autocratic rulers – is a timely...
An ear-bleeding mixture of simplistic melodies and lovey-dovey lyrics, disco polo has become a fixture at parties across Poland and a source of sizeable fortunes for its...
Continually reinterpreting Armenian culture is critical to the nation surviving and thriving, says Justin Mayfield, the driving force behind Ghedtair Composite. The...
Moldova’s finest Zdob și Zdub will never have a better chance of winning Eurovision. Will Trenuleţul – an absolute belter celebrating the train that links...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Recorded at a decommissioned Vilnius power plant during the summer, Laws of Distraction is a combination of electronic layers and live-processed string orchestra...
Grammy award-winning Ed Sheeran has sold more than 150 million albums worldwide, making him one of the world’s best-selling music artists in history. In December...
The Estonian capital has been awarded the title of UNESCO City of Music, starting 2022, and is one of 49 new cities which have been designated members of the UNESCO...
She’s been called the most famous French artist you’ve never heard of, but Sylvie Vartan has never forgotten her Bulgarian and Armenian roots. Sylvie Vartan...
Slovak singer Karin Ann is asking all the right questions, and attracting a following of young people who increasingly want answers. The 19-year-old performer Karin Ann...
Afro-Ukrainian hip hop trio Fo Sho has quickly become one of the most exciting and recognisable names on the blossoming Ukrainian music scene. Few would imagine that in...
