To mark its 60th anniversary, the Montreux Jazz Festival, in collaboration with the label Because Music, presents a very ...

Art Spiegelman’s Maus is an important literary work dealing with the holocaust. A deeply personal story, the graphic novel tells the tale of Spiegelman’s father’s experiences as a Polish Jew during ...

Around 30,000 people are flocking to the shores of the Fühlinger See, north of Cologne, under the slogan “Catch the sun”. It’s the latest edition of “Summerjam”, Europe’s biggest reggae festival, ...

In 17th century Venice buzzing with artistic activity, it was difficult for a woman to make a name for herself as a composer. Access to musical education often came through seclusion from the world: ...

Legendary French singer Charles Trenet’s song uses poetic imagery to depict the Jardin des Tuileries, a gay cruising area in Paris. In 2014 Conchita Wurst became the first bearded drag queen to win ...

Bach’s St John Passion from Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie with the NDR vocal ensemble and Concerto Köln conducted by Klaas Stok.

Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer’s meeting in Munich in 1977 led to the creation of the extraordinary “I Feel Love”. In 1978 a high-energy disco track burns up the dancefloors of San Francisco in a ...

A country traumatised by two civil wars is now ravaged by a deadly drug with one quarter of the population addicted. Bougainville is to become independent from Papua New Guinea on 1 September 2027 and ...

One of Germany's biggest pop and rock festivals, attracting around 65,000 visitors every year. Once a year, the quiet city of Clisson is transformed into the European capital of metal. British band ...

From tense transatlantic relations to the Middle East conflict and the war in Ukraine, our documentaries and reports go beyond the headlines and provide real insight into our world today. United Arab ...

Playing new songs and classics, Swedish singer-songwriter José Gonzalez performs at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm.

How did Iran become the sworn enemy of Israel and the United States, despite being allies of Iran’s Shah in the 1970s? A look at shifting geopolitics and war in a troubled region. For more than forty ...