The Chikitas’s new album lands them in the “Wrong Motel”
The Chikitas – Saskia Fuertes (drums, vocals) and Lynn Maring (guitar, vocals) – have had a great couple of years. The winners of the rock awards at the m4music demo clinic as well as Swiss Music Talent have been touring incessantly, gathering new fans and friends everywhere with their incendiary two-woman show of fierce rock’n’roll […]
SME at m4music – Lausanne & Zurich – 14 – 16 April 2016
Spring is in the air – it must be time for m4music! A little later than usual this year at the fabulous Schiffbau-Komplex, such an ideal venue for a multi-facetted festival like this. Switzerland’s most important conference/festival m4music will take place from Thursday, 14 April to Saturday, 16 April. Starting on Thursday in Lausanne with […]
Swiss artists at the Festival „Les Femmes s’en mêlent“
“Feminine” rather than “militant feminist” (although the former by no means excludes the latter) – that is the keyword of the Festival „Les Femmes s’en mêlent“ taking place in Paris and several other French towns. Now in its 19th edition, the festival showcases artists from the whole spectrum of independent music making in order to […]
Deepdive Music goes international with a two day festival in London
Deepdive is a music agency, record label and publishing company founded in 1999 in Arch, canton Berne. Whilst concentrating mostly on Swiss artists, their roster also comprises acts from the UK and US. A few years ago, Deepdive established a two-pronged yearly mini-festival in Zurich and Lausanne as a showcase for their artists. This year, […]
Six Swiss artists live at Eurosonic 13 – 16 January, Groningen
A new year has begun – it must be time for Eurosonic! This time round, Switzerland will be represented by six live acts in Groningen: James Gruntz – Der Aa-Theater, Thu Jan 14th, 20:00 – 20:45h Verveine – Platform Theater (Patio), Thu Jan 14th, 22:15 – 22:55h Ingrid Lukas – USVA, Thu Jan 14th, 23:00 – […]
Four strong Swiss acts at Rencontres Transmusicales de Rennes – 2 – 6 December
Switzerland will be represented by four bands at this year’s Rencontres Transmusicales in Rennes: the Chikitas, Klaus Johann Grobe, FlexFab and Grand Cannon. For 36 years, the picturesque Brittany town of Rennes has been the home of the Rencontres Transmusicales de Rennes, traditionally the last major festival of Europe in the year, and, equally traditionally, […]
Swiss artists at CMJ Music Marathon, New York, 13 – 17 October 2015
CMJ.com is a weekly online music business report which started as the conventional bi-weekly publication College Media Journal in 1978. Their annual festival of new music, the CMJ Music Marathon, is now in its 35th year. The daytime program consists of a vast number of roundtable discussions, workshops, keynote speeches, etc. The evenings offer a […]
Swiss Music Export at the Waves Central Europe Festival in Vienna and Bratislava 30 September – 4 October 2015
Now in its fifth year, with its two-pronged concept, the Waves Central Europe Festival in Vienna and Bratislava holds a unique position in the European festival calendar. With one leg of the festival taking place in Austria, the other in Slovakia, Waves is an ideal platform for musicians and business professionals from East and West […]
The Chikitas and Undiscovered Soul at Musexpo, 22 – 29 April 2015, Los Angeles
Musexpo is an international music, media and technology showcase conference taking place annually in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Two bands from Switzerland will be taking part in this year´s program, The Chikitas and Undiscovered Soul. Both bands, apart from playing Musexpo showcases, will also be performing at the House of Blues, and they will be working […]
