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Tag: Austrian music

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Austrian Celts

Angel Romero November 25, 2017 No Comments Austrian musicBlack Market TuneCeltic music

Black Market Tune – Drifters & Vagabonds (Galileo MC GMC076, 2017) Black Market Tune is an Austrian world music groupled by fiddler Paul Dangl. Although…

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Federspiel’s Album “Smaragd” Wins German Record Critics Award

Angel Romero April 5, 2017 No Comments AustriaAustrian musicFederspielwaltz

“Smaragd” by Austrian band Federspiel won in two categories of the short list 1/2017 at the German Record Critics Award. “Smaragd” won in the Cross…

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Austrian Band Alma Wins German World Music Award

World Music Central News Room March 7, 2017 No Comments AlmaAlpine musicAustriaAustrian musicTransalpine music

Austrian act Alma won the 2017 German World Music Award “Festival-Ruth.” The Ruth is one of the four yearly awards from Rudolstadt-Festival, the biggest German…

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A Look at Vienna’s Music Scene

Angel Romero November 19, 2016 1 Comment Austrian musicBalkan musicJazzViennaworld music

Various Artists – Radio Vienna – Sounds from the 21st Century (Galileo MC GMC065 CD, 2016) This compilation intends to provide a look at some…

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