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Luke
D'autre part
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Silly
Alles Rot
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Mala Vita
En exilio
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Unheilig
Grosse Freiheit
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Michael Falch:
Fodspor i havet
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Binder & Krieglstein:
New Weird Austria
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Tocotronic:
Schall und Wahn
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Ellen ten Damme:
Durf jij?

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Candan Erçetin:
Kırık kalpler durağında

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Mielavs un Pārcēlāji:
Nospiedumi

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Sylvie Vartan:
Toutes peines confondues

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Xavier Naidoo:
Alles kann besser werden

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Mireille Mathieu:
Nah bei dir

Şebnem Ferah:
Benim adım orman
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Ich + Ich
Gute Reise
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Doris Dragovic
Ja vjerujem
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Karpatenhund
Der Name dieser Band ist ...
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Westernhagen
Williamsburg
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Artist of the month
Nilüfer (Turkey)

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Marek Grechuta
(Poland)
Korowód - ♪♪♪♪♪

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New artists pages
Sarolta Zalatnay
(Hungary)
Alain Chamfort
(France)
Téléphone
(France)
Bluvertigo
(Italy)
Het Goede Doel
(Netherlands)
Erkin Koray
(Turkey)
Marika Gombitová
(Slovakia)
Locomotiv GT
(Hungary)
Modus
(Slovakia)
Joan Manuel Serrat
(Spain)
Jakie Quartz
(France)
Tocotronic
(Germany)
Peter Maffay
(Germany)

Şebnem Ferah
(Turkey)

Ainars Mielavs
(Latvia)
Salvatore Adamo
(Belgium)
 
New country entry: Austria
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Art of noise
To most non-Austrians the mountain filled region of Europe is a place where you go for skiing, were Julie Andrews sings 'The hills are alive with the sound of music' and which main export article is naughty erotic movies. Musically some maybe know that Mozart and Strauss came from Austria, that Vienna is known for it’s operetta theatre and you can hear Yodelling in the mountains. On top of that most people will think that Austrians speak German. Luckily there is more Austria has to offer. Squashed between former USSR countries and dangling in the shadow of it’s western big brother it’s hard to imagine that just over a century ago this was the centre of Europe with it’s Habsburg Monarchy s tretching from Warsaw to Istanbul. And yes they do have their own language. Although very rela ted to German, Österreichisches Deutsch is a dialect in it’s own right. The difference is like American and British English or Dutch and Flemish. With influences coming from all sides the Austrian music scene or Austropop is currently very vibrant. But with some thinking you'll probably be familiar with a few Austrian artists without even knowing. Like Falco, Opus and Kruder & Dorfmeister. It was high time Austria got it's own entry. Read more...

       
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This website is dedicated to 'europopmusic' and Europe's finest music and best artists.

'Europopmusic', short for European Popular Music, is popular music made in the countries of the European contingent. It is mostly sung in the local language. It sometimes has a Anglo-Saxon ring to it but has also elements of traditional music. Usually the artists are superstars in their own country but completely unknown across the border.

Collecting popmusic from all over Europe fed the idea that one European musicscene was in fact hard to compare with the other. For instance, try to compare the French, Italian and Spanish popmusic scene and you will find substantial differences. Although on the surface they are all a form of pop-music. It is our philosophy that these differences have been influenced by the basic difference in social-cultural history.

If you can open your mind and are able to step across the language barrier you will find a treasury of new and exciting pop music. With this website we try to bring together as much of the Europop artists we found interesting to share with you. We try to provide some basic information about the artists and the pop history of the country. Furthermore, you will find our personal opinions and recommendations. Feel free to send us any artists we missed and should be included.

This website has no commercial purposes whatsoever. It is created as an extension of our own hobby - collecting music - with the only objective to share this great (and sometimes not so great) music with everyone interested.

This website is from us to you, Europeans, to share and expand. Enjoy!

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Nikos Portokaloglou performing several shows in March in Thessaloniki

Greek singer Nikos Portokaloglou is still touring with Nikos Ziogala and Manolis Famello with the 'Με λίγη βοήθεια απ'τους φίλους μου' project . (Meaning as much as 'with a little help from my friends'). This month a whole set of shows is planned in the Mill Storage venue (ΣΤΗΝ ΑΠΟΘΗΚΗ ΤΟΥ ΜΥΛΟΥ) in Thessaloniki. The trio also recorded a new song called 'Einai Kaneis Edo' that Nikos already launched on his Myspace-page.

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Patty Pravo's new soundtrack-single

Italian singer Patty Pravo delivers the titletrack for the new movie by Ferzan Ozpetek (known from movies ‘Hamam’ and ‘Une giorno perfetto’) called ‘Mine vaganti’. The song, called ‘Sogno’ will also be released as a single separate to the soundtrack. The film also features another Pravo song, during the closing credits you can listen to her classic ‘Pensiero Stupendo’. The movie was already shown at the filmfestival in Berlin but will be officially released on 12 March.

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Slađana Miloševič returns for Bosnian TV show

Serbian poppunk diva extraordinaire Slađana Miloševič returned briefly to the stage past weekend (27 feb) for a TV show at National Television of Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT. The show was called ‘Kod kuće je najbolje’ and featured Slađana (in various outfits) performing seven of her classics. Highlight was a duet with Dado Topic. After 26 years the duo performed their ESC entry ‘Princezu’ again. To warm up for the show Slađana also gave a surprise gig at club Sloga in Sarajevo. The TV show will be aired coming 14 March, also on the internet and through satellite TV.

Some pictures are posted on her Myspace page .
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San Remo 2010 - 60 years of Italian songcontest









It's that time of the year again that Italy is occupied by the earthmother of European Songcontests, San Remo. Last 20th of February the finals took place and the winner is young singer Valerio Scanu with the song 'Per tutte le volte che'. As usual the whole event was pretty chaotic with Valerio's song initially rejected the second evening of the Festival, later fished out the following evening when, as suddenly the rules, have been reset to a vote of two orchestral songs consequence of Sanremo and remote voting. It's a flying start for young Valerio who only released his debut album last year. His second album has been available since last week. The winner of the Mia Martini critics award is half Morrocon Malika Ayane with 'Ricomincio da qui'. A song she recorded for the soundtrack of the movie 'La prima cosa bella'. Check for details the San remo website and their nice 60 years historical section.

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Alain Chamfort speaks about his Yves Saint Laurent project

Alain Chamfort has been pretty quiet over the past five years. Today he breaks his silence with a new album entitled Une vie Saint-Laurent – a collection of impressionistic songs recounting the life of the late, great fashion designer. It is based on an idea and lyrics by Pierre-Dominique Burgaud (Le Soldat Rose), with Chamfort (best known for his huge hit Manureva) composing the music, as well as producing and releasing the album outside conventional distribution channels. Read the entire interview on the RFI website.

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