The ethereal sounds of traditional Eastern European folk songs aren't typically heard in New Orleans. With multiple, simultaneous voices threading equally through the song, the traditional style known ...

Jakub Knera rounds off the year in Central and Eastern European music with a reflection on how the region's complex ecosystem ...

Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands and Slovenia pull out of next year’s contest to protest Israel not being kicked out.

German entertainer Stefan Raab will host a 'Free European Song Contest' for production giant Banijay's Brainpool and network ProSieben to replace the annual Eurovision Song Contest, which was canceled ...

It's Feb. 22, and three men dressed in dapper brown suits gather on a stage in Malmö, Sweden. One of the men begins rapping in Finland-Swedish, one plays accordion, and the other grills a (very real) ...

In the former Soviet Union and throughout Central and Eastern Europe during the dark days of World War II, Ashkenazi Jews in the cities, small villages and detention camps along the battlefront kept ...

The post Volbeat Set Record for European Act with Eight No. 1 Songs on U.S. Mainstream Rock Chart appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Congratulations are in order for Danish rockers Volbeat, who ...

The big winner in Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest — sort of the European version of American Idol — was a fiddling, singing, grinning sensation from Norway named Alexander Rybak. If you aren't one ...

It sings European songs and its football clubs play in European competitions. In other sports such as basketball, handball, ...

With artists releasing songs at a fast and furious pace it’s difficult for the average hip-hop head to keep track of it all—no matter how tapped in they are. That’s why we created The Ones, a daily ...

“I COULD BE the sun that lights your dark/And maybe I would lit [sic] your world with just one spark.” The traits are all there: the key change, the dodgy English, the endorsement of peace and being ...