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Balkan Picture Contest
Become friend with us on Facebook and post your best Balkan picture on our Facebook wall. The Top 5 with the most 'Likes' win our brand-new CD 'Brass Noir - On the Trans-Balkan Highway'. Winner #1 ...
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Brass Noir - On the Trans-Balkan Highway
Brass Noir presents some of the most renowned artists of the Balkan, seleced by DJ Robert Soko the inventor of the popular BalkanBeat Party, featuring Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar, the undisputed ... -
Luso Noir hits Top 10 in the WMCE Charts
The Portugese empire ruled its African possessions for 500 years, dissolving in 1975 after a series of bloody revolutions. The Saudade remained, not only as a musical genre but as as an approach to ... -
Fermin Muguruza rocks Berlin * Ex-Piranha artist live @ Clash
A small club and bar in the heart of Kreuzberg, named after one of the most successful, most influential and most political punk and fusion bands.The Clash always supported freedom of the individual ... -
Stella Chiweshe in Toronto * Stella Chiweshe live at Caliban Arts Theatre
Stella Chiweshe returns to the stage again! This Saturday she'll be playing at the Caliban Arts Theatre in Toronto, Canada. For over 30 years Stella has played uncountable concerts and released 6 ... -
Sister Fa appears in Ms. Magazine * Sister Fa article in Ms. Magazine
It is known to the public that Sister Fa supports women's equality in Africa and fights against acceptance of FGC (Female Genital Cutting). This subject and her engagement were published in several ... -
Watcha Clan in America * Don't miss the quartet from Marseille
It's a long way across the big ocean, but Watcha Clan made their way from Marseille to Montreal and will play a great gig tomorrow night!A mandatory date for all music lovers in the Montreal area. ... -
Luso Noir * New Piranha Release
"On Luso Noir, eleven major voices from Angola, Cape Verde and Mozambique sing praises to various forms of the Saudade, a poignant musical expression of weltschmerz inherited from the Portugese ... -
Watcha Clan on NPR * Hasnaduro
NPR (National Public Radio) is one of the most important and largest broadcasting corporations in the USA. Every week they present "The Song of the Day" which is then broadcasted via their website ... -
Cosmonautix - not only Sex sells! * Cosmonautix are our Shooting Stars
After countless sucessful gigs in Berlin and Germany our Cosmonauts from Berlin definitely made it!Their concerts are really well visited and their Energija is selling amazingly good. If this wasn't ... -
WANTED! listen to berlin 2011/2012 * submit your proposals now!
After three successful and innovative "listen to berlin" compilations we are now working on the fourth edition. We want it to be even more innovative and creative!We are looking for music from ... -
The Balkan Brass Battle has started! * Get your tickets and join this event
"There can only be one!", that's what the Highlander said and well, he is right. So, Boban, his son Marko and Fanfare Ciocarlia have to find out who is the "King of Balkan Brass"!The Battle has ... -
Robert Soko feat. Cosmonautix * Balalaika Speedfolk meets Balkan Beats
This Saturday you' get the full Piranha power at the Lido!The young cosmonauts from Berlin on their way to explore planet earth will meet the grandmaster of "Balkan Beats" Robert Soko!You shouldn't ... -
Stella Chiweshe head of jury * Creole Songcontest with Stella Chiweshe
Worldmusic from Germany? Right! Every year the Creole bandcontest rewards the best worldmusic bands from Germany.This year's head of the jury is Stella Chiweshe. We congratulate her to this great ... -
Watcha Clan on TOP 3 of the World Music Charts * Watcha Clan on WMCE
Congratulations to Watcha Clan on their top 3 position in the WMCE!It's rewarding to see that the experts agree with us at Piranha - "Radio Babel" is a great album (Staffers at Piranha world ... -
Space Shuttle sighted in Berlin * Russians take over Berlin Venues
Over the past three weeks citizens in Berlin have sighted the a space shuttle. Since people are always curious they got very close to this strange rocket kind of thing and heard Russian comrades ... -
Sad News * Nikos Papazoglou's song has ended
Nikos Papazoglou has lost his long-term battle with cancer. Papazoglou, whose album "Antologia" was released in 1994 on Piranha, mixed old and traditional sounds into poetic and powerful popular ... -
Piranha Goes Green * Piranha Artists on Naturstrom CD
Piranha's latest 'special product' is a CD especially compiled for the green energy producer 'Naturstrom'. '100% Energie' is the name of the CD and it contains a fine mixture of 13 songs which are ... -
Film about Sister Fa's engagement wins Award * Sister Fa on movie screen
The film "Sarabah" about Sister Fa's engagement against female genital mutilation just won the Documentary Award at "Movies That Matter Festival" in Den Haag!"It is not easy for women to be ... -
The Queen of the Mbira makes national news * Stella Chiweshe at home
Stelle Chiweshe's quiet return to her homeland has not gone unnoticed - "The Herald" discovered her napping on her farm in Chegulu, taking a break from harvesting rapoko, a millet used for ... -
Songlines has selected the best albums * Two Piranha Artists on their List
We gladly announce that two of our artists has just been selected for the 75 best albums for Songlines' 75th issue, published this month!Boris Kovac was chosen with his last Balkan Tango and Maurice ... -
Selection of the month * The French love their artists
We are glad to announce that Watcha Clan is "sélection radio FIP" of the month on Radio France!*** EXTRA! EXTRA! ***Watcha Clan's Radio Babel is also Mondomix' and Fnac's favourite!Check out all the ... -
The Balkan Brass Battle coming to your town! * The Balkan Brass Battle
As the Balkan Brass Battle tour is starting soon, we have something really extraordinary for you! If you buy your ticket now you can get free downloadsfrom the two battling bands, the Boban i Marko ... -
Tune in to Watcha Clan on Radio Babel * Album & Tour
The biblical city of Babel and its infamous tower have received bad press over the centuries. Yet the tower could also viewed as a prototype radio transmitter, beaming out the sound of one vastly ...
