Anett Ecklebe, aka Toni Kater, a singer-songwriter from Berlin is set to release her latest album Sie Fiel Von Himmel. It’s her third record to date and in her own words her best so far. Anett has been performing since 1996 under the name Toni Kater, and despite her love-hate relationsh...

Quixote is not the type of band that hangs out in trendy bars wearing skinny jeans. They are a group of individuals that strongly believe in what they do. The last thing they would probably want is to give birth to the kind of music that would seriously compromise what they believe to be good quality music....

   Susie Asado came to exist in 2007. It started as the solo project of Josepha Conrad and it was to become an outlet for her poetry and a way to search for her own voice. Since the beginning she stayed true to herself and performed the type of music that was deeply personal and closest to her heart, and to this day it would be hard to find...

The Sun and The Wolf haven’t always been that. Once upon a time named The Have, they had a manager, a solid fan base in their home country New Zealand, played SXSW in Austin and Barrett Jones produced their album. Things were working out nicely for the band, the future looked bright. However, they had reached a point when a challenge was required and decided to try their luck somewhere else. They packed up and...

Canadian born Chinawoman has been in Berlin for the last thirteen months. In this short period of time she managed to stir things up in the Berlin music scene and create a strong following in Eastern Europe. It wasn’t always easy but her simple yet poignant lyrics, meticulously combined with melodies that are deeply rooted in her Russian heritage, did the trick. If I’d have to describe her in limited words I would go for “charming”, “passionat...

This is the second interview with the members of Piano Moving Company which are currently performing in Berlin with their full band Vermont Joy Parade. Vermont Joy Parade is a six piece ensemble from Burlington, Vermont, equipped with, among others, accordion, piano, drums, banjo, guitar, a trumpet and a whole lotta energy. By now after almost four years of playing together their music is much harder to pin point. They’ve developed their own speci...

In April of this year I met up with Piano Moving Company to talk about future plans, past shows and their Berlin experiences thus far. Originally from Burlington in the U.S., they made their name here by playing, quite literally, underground shows at the Kottbusser Tor U-Bahn station earlier this year. Armed with positive energy, accordion, guitar and clever lyrics they brought some much needed life to this rather sketchy spot, won themselves a fan base and were soon playing r...

Jasmine Guffond, originally from Sydney, came to Europe to tour as part of the duo Minit, ended up setting up home in Berlin, began recording here and released her debut album The Demolition Series in 2008 under the name Jasmina Maschina. Her stage name/alter-ego manufactures intriguing soundscapes blending modern electronic, experimental sounds with guitars, piano, violins, the lot. Jasmina is equally comfortable at the microphone playing minimal, folk infue...

And now for something completely different… and by different we mean a band that has come to a lot of people’s attention not only for their insane sound, but also for their rather unusual attire, for a male band that is. The Feminists drink a few beers, jump on stage, scream and rock out just like any other band, with the exception that these guys like to do the formerly mentioned activities in skirts, b...

Zach Van Hoozer’s baby, Zulu Pearls, is already 7 year’s old. It was born in Arlington Virginia, US, in his basement with the help of a few friends. Over the years friends and fellow musicians have come and gone, but Zach remained a good and nurturing father to the project that would eventually take him to this side of the pond. ...