Preserving and perpetuating traditions... Seun Kuti, the youngest son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, is keen to preserve- and perpetuate- traditions. He was just 12 when he joined his father's group ...

In 2018, Salif Keïta announced that he wanted to put an end to his illustrious career. But now, to the delight of his fans, he has changed his mind. Now 70, the Malian musician continues to tour the ...

They've known each other for over 20 years and have been making music together for around 15. Nils Wülker and Arne Jansen are constantly reinventing the space in which their musical ideas flourish.

Cécile McLorin Salvant has been described as ‘the heiress of Billie Holiday’. When she sings, it's as if time and space ...

Leave the dancers, lasers and other confections at home. In Kiev in 2017, Salvador Sobral won Eurovision with an appearance that was as wonderful as it was small-scale, where the Portuguese pianist ...

Cristina Branco does not define herself as a classic fadista, but rather as a ‘cantora de fado’, in other words, an artist who also sings fado. Whatever the labels: She has moulded this traditional ...

In Georgia, a former Soviet republic, the pro-Russia party Georgian Dream won the parliamentary elections, amid accusations of vote rigging and Russian interference. Russia’s president Vladimir Putin ...

Aili is one duo bringing the best of Japan and Belgium together. East meets West in this special immersive show for the 2024 ARTE Concert Festival.

Watch Squid Echoes with Jehnny Beth 35 min Watch the programme Electronic artists Mount Kimbie reveal material from their new album The Sunset Violent as a world exclusive on Echoes with Jehnny Beth.

Watch ARTE Europe Weekly How is Russia trying to destabilise Europe? 11 min Watch the programme Thousands of Spanish people have been protesting the lack of affordable housing in Spanish cities.

A moving eight-episode documentary saga that recreates the devastation of the Great War through fourteen unique perspectives, recounted through letters and diaries. These subjective views of "everyday ...

Surfing between pop, techno and krautrock, Kelly Lee Owens moves the crowd at the ARTE Concert Festival in more ways than one. Bringing material from her latest album Dreamstate, now is the chance to ...