Switzerland @ MaMA Music & Convention 2025
15 – 17 October 2025Various venuesParis, France As ever, we are greatly looking forward to our yearly visit to the autumnal city of inspector Maigret for the unmissable festival and business convention known as MaMA. Three days of live music, music talk and business buzz around Place Pigalle – what’s not to like! Swiss Business […]
Akryl Intends to Hold Up Time
“Wenn ich gross bin will ich alles werden ausser alt” – yes, this is the full title of singer/songwriter Akryl’s first EP, self-released in September. In English: “When I grow big, I want to become everything except old”. The mysterious and somewhat paradoxical title is a good pointer to the nature of Akryl’s art. Her […]
Kings Elliot Blue at Last
It’s taken a while – but here it is at last: The debut album from the much-loved and much-travelled singer/songwriter Kings Elliot. Entitled “Born Blue”, it contains recent singles including “The Promise”, “Starcrossed” and “Love and Landslides” as well as older songs like “I’m Getting Tired of Me” and “Call Me a Dreamer” which have […]
Löwenzahnhonig Playing That Ole’ Cherry Blossom Boogie
Two years after their hugely popular debut record comes “Kirschblütenboogie”, the second album from the Zurich “supergroup” Löwenzahnhonig (engl.: dandelion honey). It is released by A Tree in a Field/Inselgruppe. Consisting of Simon Borer aka Long Tall Jefferson, Fabian Sigmund aka Fai Baba and producer and multi-instrumentalist Paul Märki (Ex-Black Sea Dahu), the band is […]
Camilla Sparksss Driving Even Harder
Out now via On The Camper Records is “ICU RUN”, the new album from fearless synth experimentalist Camilla Sparksss. “ICU RUN” is about chaos, beauty, and survival”, she writes. “It’s the sound of grief crashing into defiance. I wanted to break things apart musically, to reflect the feeling of losing control but still clinging to […]
Eileen Alister Honeymooning on the Hop
After creating quite a buzz with a series of catchy singles and a couple of busy festival summers, Eileen Alister at last makes her album debut. Carrying the wittily unromantic title “Honeymoon in a Motel”, it is available now via H2 Music Records. Born and bred in Zurich, Eileen wrote her first song aged eight […]
Noah Parks Hits the Spot
…and the hits just keep on coming! Here’s to the next new and exciting Young & Aspiring discovery, the singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Noah Parks. Entitled “Spot”, his ten-track debut-album is out now. Blessed with a light and gravity-defying voice that suggests existential worry and easy intimacy in equal measure, Noah describes himself as an “over-thinker […]
Kety Fusco Joins la Bohème
Newly represented by A Tree in a Field Records, harpist extraordinaire Kety Fusco returns with her second full-length album, “Bohème”. It was created in Geneva in a collaboration with soundtrack composer Nicolas Rabaeus. Astonishingly, it contains a co-writing credit for Iggy Pop who voices his own written contribution on a track entitled “She”. First plucking […]
Blind Butcher Flirting With the Witch Queen of Ancient Greece
600+ gigs into their career, Blind Butcher celebrate another chapter in their wildly unpredictable career with a new album, their fifth. “Hekate” is out now on the Reverend Beat Man’s revered Voodoo Rhythm Records label. To dedicate their album to the dog-loving Greek goddess of magic and witchcraft clearly is a declaration of intent. Christian […]
Mel D’s Young Bones
Out now via Two Gentlemen is singer/songwriter Mel D’s much-anticipated debut solo album, “Young Bones”. It was recorded in Zurich and Paris with producers Renaud Letang (Mano Chao, Lianne Le Havas, Feist, and many more) and Mel’s old friend and collaborator, Dino Brandão. Mel D was previously known as half of mischgewebe, a duo born […]
