Linecheck Festival, 18-21 November 2026, Milan, Italy
Arriving at its eleventh edition, Milano’s Linecheck Festival/Conference is now firmly established as the most important music business networking event in Italy and an extremely valuable bridge between Southern and Central European music cultures.Featuring a live music programme with an unusually (for this kind of event) experimental bent, workshops, presentations and panels revolve around subjects […]
Roshâni exploring space
Roshâni’s long-awaited, excellent debut album “Planet R” is out now via Stone Pixels Records. The Genevan duo consisting of Roxane Dumont (vocals) and Inès Mouzone (bass/keyboards) sings in four languages – Farsi, Spanish, English and French – which is a good starting point for a description of their idiosyncratic and hugely enjoyable musical melange. Irresistibly […]
Billie Bird celebrating the never-ending light of summers
Lausanne-based singer/songwriter Billie Bird returns with a second collection of subtle and literate chansons. Entitled “La lumiére sans fin des étés” (“The never-ending light of summers”), the album is out now on Mouthwatering Records.Co-produced in Zurich with percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Domi Chansorn as well as Odd Beholder’s Daniela Weinmann, Billie Bird’s songs command attention by […]
Solong hitting the night
Entitled “When the Night Hit”, the latest EP from singer-songwriter and guitarist Solong, is out now on Mouthwatering Records. Recently touring Europe supporting Black Sea Dahu, Solong aka Klara Germanier is a member of Evelinn Trouble’s band and Klepka. She also frequently performs in a more experimental and improvisational context with Meret Siebenhaar, Gamut Collective […]
Seulfa wants to be able to fly
Three years on from his first EP and a handful of singles, Zurich-based singer-songwriter Seulfa releases another EP. Entitled “Warum können Vögel fliegen, aber ich nicht?” it is available now from Sony Music Switzerland. Containing no fewer than seven songs, it could very nearly pass as a debut album. Still only 21 years old, Seulfa […]
Lakna leaving the skin on
“Kiwi avec le peu” – “Kiwi with the skin left on” – is the mysterious title of the debut album from Geneva-born “pop francophone” singer Lakna. It is available now on all the usual platforms. The daughter of a griot musician from Burkino Fasso and a Genevan actress, Lakna dropped out of Lausanne University to […]
Quentin Sauvé has no hard feeling
Fresh from the reliably adventurous Humus Records comes “No Hard Feelings”, the third solo album from Quentin Sauvé. In sharp contrast to the hardcore punk style of Birds in Row, the band he usually plays bass with, his solo work is introvert and a lot quieter. With his own guitar and keyboard parts embellished by […]
MaMA, 14-16 October 2026, Paris, France
Autumnal Paris remains a deeply attractive city, full of mystery and charm. Always worth a visit, its lure for anyone involved in the music business is especially strong during the long weekend of the MaMA Music festival and convention in mid-October. Now in its 17th edition, it has long been established as one of most […]
BIME, 31 October – 2 November 2026, Bilbao, Spain
For the first time ever, Swiss Music Export, together with a delegation of music professionals from Switzerland, will be travelling to Bilbao for the yearly BIME festival/conference as part of a pilot project. The event is designed to bring together representatives from all over Europe with colleagues from Latin America. Launched in Bilbao in 2013, […]
The Woodgies in sisterly harmony
An highly promising appetiser for their next album, Geneva-based sister duo The Woodgies have released a new four-track EP, “Never be Known”. The EP is available via LME Records. Born in Geneva to Irish parents, Hannah and Meghan Woodger’s songwriting is firmly rooted in the melodic tradition of Ireland. Frequently performing acapella, the sisters have […]
