With their new album Achtung fertig the Berlin band 2raumwohnung has once again combined electro-beats with German texts. Musicians Inga Humpe and Tommi Eckart speak about how their music has changed over the years while still remaining true to the "Berlin sound". (video copyright dpa)

Inga Humpe and Tommi Eckart have been making music together as the band 2raumwohnung ("two room apartment") since the year 2000, and not only that: they are privately a couple as well! (video copyright dpa)

With his hat and sunglasses, most Germans recognize him instantly: Musician Udo Lindenberg has made history, and now he's 65 and has a brand new album out. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

Since the publication of his new single "Only in My Head" and the corresponding album Dust & Fantasy, German musician Andreas Bourani is permanently on the go, giving interviews and playing concerts. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

Ann Doka and Band are a country band from, of all places, the Rhine-Main region in Germany. They have just released their third LP Could've Been Mine, so check out their surprisingly good Nashville-German sound!

For years, she was the lead singer of the band Cultured Pearls, but now Astrid North has begun a new solo career with her album "Dither."
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The Dufrenes are a relatively new Berlin band looking to expand their fan base and play more concerts. You can listen to their music at https://myspace.com/dufrenesberlin.

"Was du Liebe nennst" ("What You Call Love") is a song by the German rapper Bausa. This popular single is about how Bausa likes the definition of love given to him by the woman at his side.

In his song "Mary," the rapper Bausa makes it clear that he would run across the city to get to his girlfriend, but there are some things that he won't give up.

Blumio is a German-Japanese rapper from Düsseldorf with some really great socially relevant lyrics. He is a real style chameleon too, from party songs about Düsseldorf liquors to protest songs about the neo-Nazi National Socialist Underground murders. Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen! Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

Two years ago Bosse was still sitting in the “Waiting Room,” and delivered, with his self-titled album, a genuine classic. With his new album “Kraniche” (“Cranes“), the Hamburg native has opened up new realms. Copyright DPA

Trash percussionists Bubble Beatz are a Swiss band that makes music and sounds using scrap metal, which they collect at scrapyards all around. «dpa video» accompanied them on their search for new “instruments.” Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

The German-language soul singer Cassandra Steen in an interview with “RheinMain Szene”-Reporter Thomas Raudnitzky on her German tour.

Soul singer Cassandra Steen is interviewed about her voice acting role in Disney’s The Princess and the Frog, and asked about her unusual height.

The third part of the interview with soul singer Cassandra Steen is about her collaboration with other musicians, her song lyrics and much else.

Despite several top 10 albums over the last four or five years, things have felt relatively calm around Austrian pop-singer Christina Stürmer. Since her last hit single "Millions of Lights", though, she's back full-bore with her new release I'm Listening to My Heart. Der Hammer auf voller Lautstärke!

Clueso, a multifaceted, authentic and surprising musician, reaches middle age and presents his newest album entitled An und für sich (In and of itself). Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

To draw attention to the difficult situation facing artists during the corona pandemic, the three musicians of the Crackerjacks gave a special concert above the town of Cloppenburg in Lower Saxony — in a hot-air balloon, at an altitude of roughly three hundred meters! Giant loudspeakers were hung from the basket, filling the skies with the acoustic cover band’s uplifting music. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

With his second album Melodie, the 24 year old German rapper, music producer and designer Cro, off-stage Carlo Waiber, has taken over the top of the charts. Viel Spaß beim Zuhören! (Video copyright dpa)

The two Berliners Paul and Kalle call on everybody to vote for Culcha Candela because the Comet 2010 Awards are just around the corner.

On May 28th 2010 the new single “Somma im Kiez” [Summer in the Neighborhood] by Culcha Candela was released. The guys had a lot of fun during the shooting of the video.

Culcha Candela is a pop band from Berlin with members from all over the world. In this clip, they give us glimpse behind the scenes while they shoot their single "Berlin City Girl". Viel Spaß!

Meet the up and coming German pop rock band Luxuslärm (Luxury Noise) from Iserlohn, North Rhine-Westphalia. They present their new single “Unsterblich” (Immortal) of the album Tausend Kilometer bis zum Meer (Thousand Kilometers to the Sea) and share a little on the writing process and where they got their name from.
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In the second part of this interview with the talented, German-speaking pop rock band Luxuslärm, we hear about the band’s aspirations for the future.