“Just the Music” is full of sassy optimism! In the lyrics, songwriter Joris is grateful for the music in his head that keeps him from feeling down about life.

In the piano ballade "Wer wir geworden sind" (Who We’ve Become), Lotte and singer-songwriter Joris present a wistful duet about the darkness and self-questioning that follows a breakup.

Learn about striking miners in Poland and the financial standing of Dutch company ING in this business news broadcast.

From the ruins in Görlitzer Park to the Weihnachtsmarkt at Alexanderplatz, from riding horseback in the S-Bahn station at Treptower Park to jousting with the Britzer Windmill, Judith Holofernes gives us a tour as the foam-clad Don Quixote of Berlin in this wonderful music video. Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

Judith von Hiller sings the classic German folk song "Die Gedanken sind frei" ("Thoughts are free").

German rapper Juju and Henning May of the band AnnenMayKantereit team up for this melancholic song about the end of a relationship.

The music video for Juli’s “Geile Zeit” (“Awesome Time”) was filmed in Berlin’s Britzer Garten and edited to look like it was shot all in one take. The song is about the special moments in life that, like everything, eventually pass.

A great power-pop number from the Giessen band Juli featuring singer Eva Briegel, who is vegetarian and active in the animal rights group PETA. Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

Juli is a German rock band from Gießen. This song is about letting go of your fears and freeing yourself from anxiety.

The song "Zerrissen" is about a man who has become emotionally distant from his partner, who asks why this has happened.

Juli is a German alternative pop band from the city of Giessen in Hessia. Here is the music video for their song "Dieses Leben" ("This Life").

A night-time bike ride ends up being an attempt to make reality fade into the darkness.

This song by the pop-rock band Juli is about the end of summer and is both upbeat and melancholy at the same time.

The German band Jupiter Jones pays homage to the German New Wave classic song Eisbär with a track that is beautifully minimalist, yet with some pretty serious angst-tinged lyrics. Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!

Jupiter Jones gives a rousing performance in this power ballad about life, love, and loss. Kopfhörer aufsetzen, Musik aufdrehen!