Destinations

Stories from around the world from our network of correspondents.

FESTIVAL REPORT

The New Adits festival in Klagenfurt - Austria

What a relief and a celebration: to be back in total lack of control.

Andrew Choate

THE EASTERN BLOC

Renata Lewandowska - the Soul Voice of the 70s Polish music

The story of Polish soul singer Renata Lewandowska, a lost-and-found jewel of the Polish music from the 70s.

Kornelia Binicewicz

AROUND THE WORLD

Beyond The Dancefloor: A Brief History of Electronic Music in Tbilisi

Electronic music in Georgia established itself as a lasting cultural phenomenon in the '90s.

Jan Chudozilov

AROUND THE WORLD

A Look at Contemporary Ukrainian Music

Tracing the underground and experimental in Ukrainian music.

Ivan Shelekhov

AROUND THE WORLD

Circassian Music, There and Now

On the variety of Circassian music, while highlighting some of its outstanding traditional and experimental artists.

Bulat Khalilov

AROUND THE WORLD

Singing Bodies and Dancing Sounds

Little could I know, having fun at my grandmother’s loom, that I was becoming part of an almost forgotten tradition among Iranian carpet weavers.

Masoumeh Jalalieh

AROUND THE WORLD

On the Trails of a Banned Language

The tradition of oral expression known as a dengbêjî, the job of a dengbêj – a ‘soundteller’– lies at the foundation of traditional Kurdish music and is the only path to survival of a language facing extinction.

Sakina Teyna

AROUND THE WORLD

Radiola State of Mind: The Strange Case of Reggae in São Luís, Brazil

São Luís is one of Brazil’s most beguiling and unusual cities and the site of a highly unusual reggae scene that cuts across boundaries of race, class, age and gender, despite no obvious links with Jamaica.

David Katz

LANGUAGE OF THINGS

Deflating History via Abandoned Pipe-Organs in Transylvania

An investigation into the unique character of derelict pipe-organs in Transylvania’s abandoned fortress churches and the various transformations that human-built ritual machines undergo once left devoid of human presence.

Stefan Fraunberger

AROUND THE WORLD

The Dance of the Cosmos: Tarawangsa, the Art of Honoring

The fourth and final part of cultural expeditions in Indonesia focuses on tarawangsa.

Luigi Monteanni, Teguh Permana, Gigi Priadji

AROUND THE WORLD

Jaipongan - a Sundanese Tale of Dance and Power Plays

The third part of cultural expeditions in Indonesia leads to Jaipongan, a Sundanese secular performance art.

Luigi Monteanni

IN CONVERSATION

Europalia: Milan W. and the Tulnic Ensemble of Avram Iancu

Interviews with the members of the group Milan W & The Tulnic Ensemble of Avram Iancu.

Dragoș Rusu

FESTIVAL REPORT

Konfrontationen 2018 in Nickelsdorf, Austria

Ahead of Konfrontationen's 40 years edition, read some thoughts and impressions from last year's festival of the free jazz and improvised music in Nickelsdorf, Austria.

Andrew Choate

DIARY

Europalia 2019: Diary Of A Collaboration

Find out more about our music project Milan W. and the Tulnic Ensemble of Avram Iancu, commissioned by Europalia 2019 festival.

Dragoș Rusu

AROUND THE WORLD

Investigating the Sundanese Ritual of Kasenian Réak

The second article exploring the vast territory of Indonesia investigates the Sundanese culture, specifically the ritual known as Kasenian Réak.

Luigi Monteanni

FOCUS ON

Indonesia For Beginners: Priangan and Gamelan Degung

Luigi Monteanni explores the vast music territory of Indonesia. First stop: Priangan and Gamelan Degung.

Luigi Monteanni

EXPLORATION

Khruangbin - A Story of Houston

The polyphony of modern metropolis is the natural soundscape for Houston based trio Khruangbin. Their sound is a rare fusion of influences that range from Thai funk to surf rock and psychedelia.

Kornelia Binicewicz

FOCUS ON

Super Onze - The Real Roots of Desert Blues

Super Onze of the city of Gao is Mali’s most renowned and refined Takamba band.

Horst Timmers