Siren's Call festival takes place this year on the 24th of June. The multidisciplinary and multivenue festival which takes place in the beautiful setting of the Clausen valley is always a highlight of Luxembourg's Summer live music schedule. Festival programmer Michel Welter joined Tom on the show this morning to talk about what the festival has in store.
City Scenes - New York
New York is a city located in the north east of the United States of america. It is currently home to just under 9 million people and over the years, some famous bands and musicians to have come out of this city include the likes of The Velvet Underground, The Cramps, The Ramones, The New York Dolls, Television, Talking Heads, Blondie, Suicide, Kiss, The Beastie Boys,, Run DMC, A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Wu Tang Clan, Notorious B.I.G, Jay Z, Sonic Youth, The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Battles, Vampire Weekend, Diiv, Frankie Cosmos, and many more.
City Scenes - Manchester
In the late 1970s and 1980s Manchester became hugely significant in the evolution of post punk and then dance music.
Under The Covers - Interview With Janet Alldis about Barry Alldis and Radio Luxembourg
Radio Luxembourg was a pioneering and hugely popular radio station that broadcasted to millions of people around Europe, on 208 Medium wave, from right here in Luxembourg, from 1933 until 1992. One of the famous DJs on the station in the 1950s-70s was Barry Alldis and today Tom was joined on the Breakfast Show by his daughter Janet Alldis who has recently released a song in tribute to her father.
Multiplica Festival - Interview With Yves Conrardy And Jorge Crowe
Multiplica is an audiovisual, multimedia music and art festival hosted by the Rotondes that sheds light on today’s digital society through artistic creations encounters and workshops showcasing digital creation in its many forms. Festival Curator Yves Conrardy and participating artist Jorge Crowe Joined Tom on The Breakfast Show this morning to discuss what the festival has in store.
City Scenes - Luxembourg
For this week's City Scenes we’re staying right here, for the letter L we’ll be looking around us at the wonderful music scene that we have right here in Luxembourg. Listen in to hear about Luxembourg’s best music venues, record labels and festivals and to hear music by some of our favourite Luxembourgish artists.
Interview with Ruben Block
Ruben Block touches down in Luxembourg to play Den Atelier on the 18th of February touring his solo album 'Looking To Glide'. The Triggerfinger front man chatted with Tom over the phone about the reasons for going solo, what it was like to make the album and what people can expect from his new live show.
City Scenes - Kingston
For this week's city scenes, we’re on the Letter K and we’ve landed in a place that is probably one of the most musically significant destinations in the world: home of ska, reggae, dub, dancehall - Kingston, Jamaica.
Bartelby Delicate Interview
Bartelby Delicate was Tom's guest on the show today ahead of his vinyl release party tomorrow night at Rotondes.
City Scenes - Johannesburg
From Township funk, soul, rock and, disco in the 70s, bubblegum pop in the 80s, kwaito in the 90s and these days a genre called Amapiano - Johannesburg is a city of music. Check out our profile in the latest city scenes
City Scenes - Istanbul
City Scenes is our weekly dive into the music scenes of different cities around the world. Each week we’re moving through the alphabet and this week we find ourselves in Istanbul, Turkey.
Ara City Radio Top 100 Tracks of 2022
All year on the Breakfast Show we’ve been keeping you up to date with the best new music to come out in 2022. Our top 100 countdown of the best tracks of the year includes music by superstars that made huge comebacks this year like Beyonce, Gorillaz, Placebo and Yeah Yeah Yeahs but also our favorite underground artists like Horsegirl, Faux Real, and Special Interest.
City Scenes - Glasgow
City scenes is our weekly feature in which we check out the music scene of a different city around the world. We’re moving through the alphabet each week and so far we’ve been in Addis Ababa, Bristol, Chicago, Detroit, Edinburgh, Frankfurt and now we’re going to be looking at the music scene of Glasgow.
Lumi bow out with 'Everything Could Have Been'
Jussi and Edwin from Lumi joined Tom in the studio this morning to share their new single 'Everything Could Have Been' which in a bittersweet twist is also the band's final output as they decide to put a close to the project.
City Scenes - Frankfurt
City Scenes is the feature where we examine the music scene of a different city each week. As we go along we’re moving through the alphabet from A to Z and this week we’re on the letter F and today we’re in Frankfurt Germany.
City Scenes - Edinburgh
City scenes is our journey through the music scenes of different cities around the world as we move through the alphabet and look at a different city each week. This week we’re on the letter E and we’ve landed in the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Interview with Nada Surf
Tom caught up with Mathew Caws from Nada Surf ahead of their headline show at Den Atelier on the 11th of December. In our interview Mathew discusses the early days of the band as they started to record and play gigs in New York in the early 1990s, his relationship to playing and living in both America and Europe and his relationship to music making after over 30 years as a professional musician.
City Scenes - Detroit
City scenes is our weekly Thursday feature in which we dive head first into the music scene of a particular city. We’re going through the alphabet from A-Z. Last week for C we looked at Chicago and this we’re driving 4 and half hours down the road into Michigan and we’re looking at Detroit.
Shifting Paradigms - Interview with Charlie Winston
On today's breakfast show, Tom spoke over the phone with Charlie Winston ahead of his headline show at Den Aelier on the 5th of September.
Interview with James Libbey From Voices International
James Libbey, director of Voices International joined Tom on the Breakfast Show this morning to talk about the busy month of concerts ahead for the choir.