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Just before the summer ends, and cold, rainy autumn starts, there is one last chance for Parisians to rock and it is on the Rock En Seine festival. This festival is held at Domaine National de Saint-Cloud, at Château de Saint-Cloud's park just outside Paris, inside the garden designed by Le Nôtre in 17th century. This year, unfortunately, the summer ended few days before the festival and it was ra...

Blue Balls Festival took place for the first time in the evening of September 19, 1992, with an audience of 300 on the old steamboat "Stadt Luzern". Many years later and this festival with slightly inappropriate name for an English speaking artists and audience, is an international music festival with 100 000 visitors over nine days in July. The festival presents more then 100 shows with internati...

Last year, I discovered the rock festival in France with very diverse and interesting line-up and very close to Switzerland, location-wise. I've decided to visit it this year, again. Les Eurockéennes de Belfort is a festival that is taking place on the peninsula of Malsaucy, near Belfort, France. Amazingly enough, even if this festival is happening since 1989, it’s line up seems to be always fresh...

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is the nonprofit organization that exists to educate visitors, fans and scholars from around the world about the history and continuing significance of rock and roll music. It carries out this mission through its operation of a world-class museum that collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets this art form and through its library and archives as well as...

Dum Dum Girls are an indie noise pop band from sunny California currently signed by Sub Pop records. Dee Dee formed Dum Dum Girls in a late 2008 as a solo project and named it after the song Dum Dum Boys from Iggy Pop and Dum Dum album from The Vaselines. When Dee Dee needed a band to take her songs out of the bedroom, she looked to her friends: Jules (guitar and vocals), Bambi (bass), and Sandy (...

Motown is a record label that was originally founded in Detroit on April 14, 1960, by Berry Gordy Jr. It played an important role in the racial integration of popular music, but not only because it was the first record label owned by an African American, but also, because by creating the new sound, known as The Motown Sound, a style of soul/R&B music with a distinct pop influence, it crossed-over...

Daytrotter is this amazing music website that is giving 7 original sessions, 28 songs for free each week. The sessions are recorded in the Horseshack studio in Rock Island, Illinois, and as its written on daytrotter website, these songs are exclusive, re-worked, alternate versions of old songs and unreleased tracks by some of your favorite bands and by a lot of your next favorite bands. All the se...

There is something really fascinating about the drummers. Maybe it's because they give the feeling that they own the beat? Or maybe it's because they can make a song/band sound really good if they have an impeccable drumming skills, and in the same way, make it sound really bad if they miss a beat (or two)? However, comparing to the other musicians or members of the band, female drummers always we...

Personally for me 2011 started stress free and very smooth. Music wise as well it seems like it's going to be very promising year. There are already few albums released with news of some potentially good ones to come out very soon. All of this will bring awesome concerts from promotion tours as well. But while I am excitingly waiting to see what will the new year bring, as I usually feel in the be...

Interview with Selah Sue, Wildbirds& Peacedrums and Le Prince Miiaou @ Les Eurockeennes De Belfort Festival 2010

Kate Nash is an UK singer/songwriter/pianist/guitarist that had a breakthrough in 2007 with break-up song "Foundations". Following was release of the first album, platinum selling UK number one, Made of Bricks. Next, she was named Best Female Artist at the 2008 BRIT Awards. This year in April, Kate released her 2nd studio album, entitled My Best Friend Is You. Being inspired by 60's girl groups an...

Since 2006, each summer, Roxy Jam in Biarritz blends surfing, art and music in unique and unforgettable way. Main focus of this event is ASP Women’s World Longboard Championship, won this year by Cori Schumacher, American surfer. However there was lots of other stuff happening in the Roxy Town on the Basque Coast in Biarritz. With Roxy Charity Shop that was selling vintage Roxy clothes as well as...

Interview with Martina Topley-Bird and Rox on Les Eurockeennes De Belfort Festival 2010

since 2006, every 3rd monday of the month, gimme a beat radio show, hosted by babymonster, shares the beat rich music with interesting guests and trivia, with radio lora listeners. focused on everything female.