Max Herre is back with his new single "Cloud Nine" and discusses his supposed new role as a ladies's man and his collaborative work with German superstar Udo Lindenberg. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

At the Wie.MAI.KAI Convention in Wiesbaden, it’s all about Anime and Manga, ‘cosplay’ [an acronym for ‘costume’ and ‘play’] and other aspects of Japanese youth culture. A video from RheinMain TV

Although artist Katharina Kuczinski has always been drawn to painting, she first resolved at the age of nearly forty years to really follow this path.

The painter Katharina Kuczinski discusses how different viewers interpret her paintings differently.

In the third part of the interview with woman painter Katharina Kuczinski, we hear more about the key moments that brought her to painting, and about her experiences with exhibitions.

In this first segment, Yabla’s own reporter Diane interviews artist Monika Kaeser about her exhibition in the Faust Archive and Museum in Knittlingen, Baden-Württemberg. Ms. Kaeser takes impressions of carvings etched in the walls of medieval towers by those imprisoned there long ago and transforms them into fascinating watercolor images!

In this second of a two-part series, Diane resumes her interview with artist Monika Kaeser and our tour of her latest exhibition. Comprised, in part, of rubbings taken from medieval sites left by the socially ostracized, her work “in the present breathes [life into] the past and the future is born.”

The painter Benno Treiber tells us about his latest exhibition in Leopoldshafen and about how he chose his subjects and his life the last twenty years Spain.

Yabla's own Tina interviews the artist Benno Treiber and his wife about their fascinating work and their lives in Germany and Spain. Enjoy!

At the Majolika Ceramic Works in Karlsruhe, Cettina finds out about the origin of the Bambi, a German award for television and film. As it turns out, the small deer has become the symbol of Majolika due to their involvement with the design of the trophies.

Check out this interview with members of the indie rock band Madsen, who were about to go on stage at the Hessentag Festival with German bands Juli and Wir sind Helden. Brothers Johannes and Sascha Madsen discuss their music plans and how it’s best not to think about it when you are on the stage in front of 50,000 people. A short clip from their song “Mein Herz bleibt hier” [“My Heart Stays Here”] is included. Viel Spaß!

Reporter Donna Blitz interviews the German Pop-Rock-Band Luxuslärm at the Substage Karlsruhe for you.

In the second part of our interview, the German pop-rock band Luxuslärm talks about their plans for the immediate future.

Third and last part of reporter Donna Blitz’s interview with pop-rock band Luxuslärm.

Binge drinking? Band members of German band Luxuslärm and their fans have a very strong opinion when it comes to this topic. The band is sponsoring the campaign “bunt statt blau” [colorful instead of blue (drunk)] which is now happening at many schools. Support it here!