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At first celebrated by the music industry, Kate Nash broke with the commercial demands of major labels after her second album, choosing to manage everything herself. A decision proven wise in the intervening years. From her debut Made Of Bricks (2007) to the intimate and eclectic collection Yesterday Was Forever (2018), the British singer has established herself as one of the great names of international pop.

Reeperbahn Festival 2024

Over the last twenty years, this multi-talented Briton has seen her career rocked by a number of twists and turns. She has emerged stronger, both humanly and artistically.

Kate Nash

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With boundless energy and technical mastery, Beth McCarthy draws inspiration from Avril Lavigne and Miley Cyrus to bring the female pop rock of the early 2000s up to date - pulling it off it brilliantly. The proof is in She Gets The Flowers, her first single released in 2021 which quickly went viral.

Without ever betraying herself or pandering to the industry, Beth McCarthy imposes her very own style on the international scene.

Beth McCarthy

Since the release of her debut album I'm Feeling Hopeful in 2021, Milan Ring hasn't been doing things by halves! Exploring the fields of alternative electronic music in her compositions, she creates ethereal vocal arrangements with her inseparable guitar, which always takes centre stage.

Singer, guitarist and producer Milan Ring is an icon of the Australian RnB renaissance.

Milan Ring

Ukraine's Postman bewitches Europavox festival-goers with his album Still Life. Soft folk that can breathe warmth into the hardest of hearts.

Festival Europavox 2024

Postman brings Europavox to life with his vibrant folk pop.

Postman and The Real Fake Band

Twee-pop melodies and acerbic lyrics about the difficult passage to adulthood: It can only be Glasgow's own Belle & Sebastian. A classic indie band who have been blending arty inclinations with spry guitar pop since the 1990s.

Elbjazz Festival 2024

Bittersweet indie pop from Glasgow inviting you back into your memories.

Belle & Sebastian

The ever-evolving Fat White Family bring cuts from their latest album Forgiveness is Yours to Ground Control. Band members may be forever on rotation but thanks to the steely vision of frontman Lias Saoudi their queasy charm remains alluring.

Ground Control Paris

Confrontational, scabrous and intelligent: It can only be Fat White Family, the dark underbelly of UK rock.

Fat White Family

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The village of Neuhausen ob Eck, near Lake Constance, attracts fans from a wide variety of musical backgrounds. Rap, pop, rock or electro: there's no need to go without at Southside. A festival with something for everyone, which is often one step ahead of the rest.

One of Germany's biggest pop and rock festivals, attracting around 65,000 visitors every year.

Southside Festival

Inventive pop, light-hearted poetry and chic variety: Zoom in on the French-language music scene which has been booming with fresh energy, driven by original voices and strong lyrical sensibilities. Infectious, bold and authentic energy to be savoured like a fine cheese on ARTE Concert.

Inventive sounds, casual poetry and chic variety: Putting the spotlight on French-speaking artists!

French Pop

At the risk of upsetting the true pioneers of the genre across the Atlantic, UK pop and rock has distinguished itself through unending creativity and high standards consistently renewed by the country's different generations of artists. Here's a brief overview of the British rock and pop scene.

From eccentric rock to creative pop, here's an overview of the contemporary British scene.

British Rock & Pop Music

Three evenings of music from the Gaîté Lyrique theatre in Paris; the ARTE Concert Festival is back!

ARTE Concert Festival

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Like so many others, Peace Okezie spent his teenage years at parties and raves, forging friendships and relationships that inspired him. His declared musical influences include Bloc Party and the Arctic Monkeys, as well as The Streets and Calvin Harris.

Rising star Master Peace's first album was released in 2024 to great fanfare from British critics.

Master Peace

Hailing from Stuttgart, this duo's nonchalant indie pop with electro overtones is enhanced by their lyrics sung in English. For Zimmer90, songwriting should be intuitive - a vision that translates into collecting sound sketches that are then developed in relaxed jam sessions.

The comfort of a delicious black coffee sipped quietly on a Sunday morning: That's the effect of Zimmer90's music.

Zimmer90

The Pixies broke out onto the music scene in the second half of the 1980s and revolutionised rock.

The Pixies broke out onto the music scene in the second half of the 1980s and revolutionised rock

TAPE: Pixies

Wanting to smell like a slut doused in blood and sperm, and having a polite meeting the Dalai Lama may sound like contradictions. But they're just different sides of the same coin when it comes to Lady Gaga. She speaks out on behalf of the voiceless, insists on expressing herself and her strangeness. 

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 Lady Gaga speaks out on behalf of the voiceless, and insists on expressing herself and her strangeness

Lady Gaga

The joy at the return of Slowdive, both on album and on stage, cannot be overstated. Head to the BBK Live Festival in Bilbao to catch up with these legendary shoegazers and immerse yourself in their waves of guitar textures.

Bilbao BBK Live Festival 2024

Five shoegaze legends bring their music to Bilbao.

Slowdive

Simple Minds perform their cult album New Gold Dream in the unique setting of the Théâtre Antique de Fourvière, along with some of their other timeless hits.

Nuits de Fourvière 2024

The Scottish rock legends take over the ancient theatre of Fourvière.

Simple Minds

Electronic artists Mount Kimbie reveal material from their new album The Sunset Violent as a world exclusive on Echoes with Jehnny Beth.

Echoes with Jehnny Beth

Mount Kimbie builds a sensitive world of electronic feels for Echoes with Jehnny Beth.

Mount Kimbie

Martha Da'Ro reveals the full sensitivity of her blend of pop and soul at the Europavox Festival. The perfect opportunity to delve into PHILOPHOBIA, her debut album.

Europavox Sessions 2024

Martha Da'Ro's Brussels pop at Europavox.

Martha Da'Ro

At a party organized by GQ magazine, Noel Gallagher admitted it: the Oasis secret sauce for success is good old-fashioned plagiarism. How did the greatest rock band of all time manage to copy all the other greatest rock bands of all time - and get away with it?

At a party organized by GQ magazine, Noel Gallagher admitted it: the Oasis secret sauce for success is good old-fashioned plagiarism

Oasis

Jehnny Beth invites Malvina onto Echoes to celebrate the release of Mercedes, an explosive debut album.

Free spirit Malvina is Jehnny Beth's guest this time.

Malvina

bar italia is one of the most exciting contemporary rock trios around. Experience the London phenomenon at the 2024 edition of La Route du Rock.

La Route du Rock 2024

bar italia captivates La Route du Rock with its steamy experimental rock.

bar italia

The Metz Canadians offer La Route du Rock a moment of catharsis as they come to show off their raucous fifth album, Up on Gravity Hill.

Metz bring their cathartic noise rock to La Route du Rock. And oh yeah it feels good!

Metz

Blonde Redhead is back! Celebrate the release of Sit Down for Dinner with the Italo-Japanese-American trio at La Route du Rock.

Blonde Redhead revamps their experimental sound with new musical colours at La Route du Rock.

Blonde Redhead

The Kills are back, and they have every intention of putting the rock into La Route du Rock! Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince combine the classic hits with new material for a sardine-packed audience.

Rock duo The Kills electrify La Route du Rock!

The Kills

Shinova bring their alternative rock to the Bilbao BBK Live Festival. This (almost) home concert has presented the Basques with the chance to show off their latest album El Presente, released in 2024.

Shinova, the Basque take on alternative rock.

Shinova

Lucy Kruger unleashes the emotional power of her rock at the Europavox Festival. A fine introduction to her album A Human Home, released in 2024.

Europavox Festival 2024

Lucy Kruger unlwashes the rock at Europavox.

Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys

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Allegations against R. Kelly have dogged the R’n’B star for decades. With alleged sexual abuse and child pornography, can we still listen to R. Kelly songs?

R. Kelly

Alternative icons Arcade Fire are known for their rousing performances, and this one, captured at the Bilbao BBK Live Festival, is no exception. A journey of pure poetic energy

Canada's Arcade Fire live up to their storming reputation in Bilbao.

Arcade Fire

To celebrate 50 years of French radio station FIP, Sting gives a special performance in the monumental surroundings of the Pantheon in Paris.

50 Years of FIP Radio

Sting at the Pantheon in Paris

PJ Harvey plays a typically magnetic, no-nonsense performance to a packed audience at the Paris Olympia, bringing together some of her older hits with newer material from her tenth album: I Inside the Old Year Dying.

L'Olympia Paris

Cult songsmith PJ Harvey takes Paris' L'Olympia by storm with material from new album I Inside the Old Year Dying.

PJ Harvey

Sting was an ecologically-conscious yogi hipster before it was even a thing. He's always been fighting for our right to enjoy a better future than the one we are making for ourselves. Perhaps a strange mission for someone with punk musical roots?

Sting

Sting was an ecologically-conscious yogi hipster before it was even a thing

The swaying music of L'Impératrice meets the organic curves of Palais Bulles for Passengers. A session with a sweet retro flavour to celebrate the release of the band's third album: Pulsar.

Passengers: Palais Bulles

L'Impératrice in concert in the retro-futuristic setting of the Palais Bulles.

L’Impératrice

Hania Rani has a gift in creating moments of intimate communion with her audience using only her fingertips, one reason why this Polish pianist is seeing her star rise in the neoclassical world. Her liberated, graceful playing defies codes and labels, while her startling melodies captivate and transport audiences. For this unmissable concert, Hania Rani  performs alongside Ziemowit Klimek.

Nancy Jazz Pulsations 2023

Witness this rising star of neoclassical piano suspend time using only her fingertips.

Hania Rani

When international superstar Beyoncé wanted some new dance moves for her latest video, she chose little known Mozambique dance trio Tofo Tofo to create the choreography.

Beyoncé

When international superstar Beyoncé wanted some new dance moves for her latest video, she chose little known Mozambique dance trio, Tofo Tofo to create the choreography.

Asaf Avidan took the world by storm with his hit "Reckoning Song" and an unmistakeable voice quivering with emotion. Here, the artist explores more personal territory in a fragile, intimate moment showcasing his qualities as a songwriter and composer. 

After becoming world-famous with his hit "Reckoning Song", the Israeli musician returns to performing solo. 

Asaf Avidan

For one night, Dutch band The Analogues are bringing the Beatles back to Paris for this special tribute concert. Lucky concertgoers can once again return to the unique world created by the Fab Four at the French capital's famed venue Salle Pleyel.

The Analogues at Paris' Salle Pleyel

The Analogues pore through the Beatles' discography to perform a few favourites at Salle Pleyel in Paris.

Hommage to the Beatles

With her album Naga II, Flèche Love composed a captivating musical imaginarium of remarkable authenticity and now presents a concert with a striking visual and sonic universe. Multiple influences, from the East to Latin America, and themes such as feminism and activism show her to be a resolutely contemporary artist with boundless creativity.

This endlessly creative singer returns to the stage to revisit Naga as part of an acoustic trio.

Flèche Love

Electro artist Kid Francescoli performs his latest album Lovers, from a boat cruising down the Seine. Recorded 6 July 2020 in Paris.

Passengers: La Seine

Kid Francescoli

A small church in Normandy turns out to be a heavenly setting for this session of Passengers, with Christine and the Queens performing tracks from last album Paranoïa, Angels, True Love.

Passengers: Saint Peter's church Thaon

Christine and the Queens deliver a Passengers session teeming with angels and demons.

Christine and the Queens

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Rock is dead, long live hip-hop? TAPE takes a look through the infamous clash between rapper Jay-Z and Britpop legend Noel Gallagher.

Jay-Z

In a special private concert in Paris, Greg Gonzales and his band perform from their newly released second album, ‘Cry’.

Cigarettes After Sex in Private Paris Concert

Charlie Winston first came to public attention back in the 2000s with his hit "Like a Hobo." He's now performing in one of Europe's leading cultural heritage hotspots: the Halle Verrière in Meisenthal, a small village nestled in the Vosges du Nord nature park in northeastern France.

Meisenthal's Halle Verrière

The British singer and guitarist performs live in an 18th-century European glassworks.

Charlie Winston

In keeping with the spirit of the Soirées de Poche (Pocket Concerts) series, glitter-chic artist Juliette Armanet plays a special intimate concert in a private apartment. She plays a set heavy with songs from her last album Brûler le feu, which set the French music world alight.

Soirée de Poche

French chic-pop artist Juliette Armanet plays a special intimate concert in a private flat.

Juliette Armanet

How did counter-culture icon Patti Smith get invited to the most hallowed hall of the French republic?

Patti Smith

The British band Jungle represents neo-soul with broken rhythms that stay extremely danceable. They copied the sound and style from legendary artists such as Daft Punk, Chet Baker and Thom Yorke. The result is a rich, sun-drenched sound. Jungle performs for ARTE in the Paris Metro.

Passengers: Paris Metro

Jungle performs for ARTE in the Paris Metro. The British duo will play their greatest hits.

Jungle

Austrian singer-songwriter performs from her intimate and personal debut EP, Out of the Blue at the Eurosonic festival.

Eurosonic Noorderslag 2023

Florence Arman

Barcelona-native Marine Herlop charms the Eurosonic festival audience with the strange beauty of her third album, Pripyat.

Marina Herlop

Youthful and energetic Irish pop-rock band modernlove take to the Eurosonic festival stage to perform from their EP Oh My Mind.

Modernlove

The Jordan performs from her upcoming debut album, Nowhere Near The Sky, at the Eurosonic festival.

The Jordan

Argentine artist La Yegros gets the Cabaret Sauvage crowd in Paris dancing to the rhythm of her fearsome nu-cumbia. Her fourth album HAZ successfully blends genres across eras.

Journeys Through Music

La Yegros shares all the colors of Latin America with the lucky audience of this edition of Journeys Through Music.

La Yegros

Céline Dion married her agent. Was it him who made her career or was it the other way around?