In the run-up to the German-Turkish Friendship Festival in Izmir, the organizational team of the Izmir Consulate and Alaturka had engaged the Augsburg band Backdoor Connection, who were to be invited as musical guests to the Friendship Day.

For many years there has been a band in Augsburg dedicated to the interpretation of pop music classics, the name: "TRIPLE TALK".

How about an individually composed gift bag full of THE STORY OF JAZZ goodies as a Christmas present?

Loreena's The Visit Revisited tour, commemorating the 30th anniversary of her life-changing, Juno Award-winning album The Visit, has doubled in size since it was first announced in April.

With our lunch date, we had heard something about the town of Rodgau near Frankfurt for the first time in a long time. And at the time it wasn't the place itself, but a rock formation that used the town's name as a band name in the late 1970s: Rodgau Monotones.

As part of the Izmir Jazz Festival, the Goethe Institute Izmir, in cooperation with AKVAM Antalya and Alaturka.info, invited the Pablo Held Trio to a concert in Antalya. We had previously reported about it.

As part of the European Jazz Festival Izmir (organiser: IKSEV), the Goethe Institute Izmir invited the Pablo Held Trio to two live performances in Turkey, in Izmir and Antalya.

So now the time had come – the day had come, the 10th stage anniversary of the pop-rock group Backdoor Connection in Augsburg's Kradhalle. In the afternoon we had the opportunity to experience both the stage construction with the lighting system and the group's sound check due to an invitation from the band.

During the gala event of Medien Forum Augsburg we had the opportunity to hear some of the music composed by the group Misuk based on original texts by Berthold Brecht.

The 2012 summer festival, which was held for the 7th time, can without a doubt be described as a very successful cultural festival organized by the company “music world ek” Augsburg again this year.

Just before the start of this year's European tours we had the chance to meet Loreena McKennitt in Zurich for an interview.

Thanks to the motorway connection, it is only a good hour from the Rhine Falls in Schaffhausen to Zurich. The city of Zurich itself is initially a bit difficult for us as newcomers, because despite several inquiries we cannot find out exactly where the Kongresshaus Zurich is located.

It is no longer new idea, since there are several imitators in the meantime, but it was still a wonderful experience, as suddenly and unexpectedly magical sounds were heard within the otherwise hectic, lively and loud waiting halls at Charles de Gaulle Airport.

It is almost an eternity ago that Loreena McKennitt gave her three legendary concerts in the Alhambra of Granada in September 2006, which were recorded by the American television broadcaster Public Broadcasting Service and released as a concert recording on DVD.

As part of the "Hygiene Congress, Wound Congress, People in Focus", which took place from 07th to 09^th of March 2018 at the Marienberg Fortress in Wurzburg, the Augsburg band "Backdoor Connection" also kicked off with a 2-hour program of their own productions classic soft rock at the Wurzburger Hofbräu.

After the performance of the Calgija Sound System group coming from the Republic of Macedonia for the Balkan Festival, the break following their concert was suddenly filled with great unrest from the back of the concert hall, which was quickly filled with the sound of a lively orchestra, paving their way through the audience: Vesela Druzina Orkestar, as well coming from the Republic of Macedonia.

Very relaxed but lively, it was a music show, that impressed us at the booth of this year's partner country Hungary, so there were in addition to traditional folkloric dances some performances of modern electronic music, especially in the interpretation of the group InFusion Trio from Budapest.

After the vocally impressive performance of the group Galgija Sound System during the Balkan Fest in Thessalonica, the next gig should also really inspire us:

Thanks to a note from Max and Jonas, two travelers on their way to Iran, who have just arrived at a stopover in a refugee camp near Thessaloniki, to attend a four-week aid course, we were told that the Balkan festival was held in Thessalonica.

As a Daughter of a Turkish father and a Dutch mother, Deniz was born in the city of Bremen, Germany on the 22nd of November, 1988. She went through the first half of her elementary education in Bremen and the second half in Izmir, Turkey.