Strummin’ Foundation is organizing a small-scale rock concert on March 18 . Amplify, A Night of Iconic Guitar Solos will be hosted at the Hard Rock Cafe, Paceville, and will feature our best singers and guitarists in a set of great rock songs that are well known for their iconic guitar riff or solo. The Strummin’ core band has been working with a group of excellent singers and guitarists to provide a great night of great music! The event will start with a warm-up acoustic set

Due to inclement weather, the 2019 edition of the HillTop Rock Festival has been rescheduled and will now take place on Saturday, December 7, 2019. This year, HillTop Rock will welcome upon its stage the Queen of Malta’s pop scene, Ira Losco, in a concert that aims to feature the best local talent on the grandest of stages. The concert, organised by MedDad Live and sponsored by the Ministry for Gozo will start at 8.30pm, and will be held in Victory Square, Xaghra. Ira Losco

Fondazzjoni Patrimonju Malti’s next major project delves deep into the story and development of music and sound in Malta via the colourful influences of the Mediterranean basin. The project titled Music in Malta – From Prehistory to Vinyl will consist of a major exhibition as well as a full programme of performances by local and foreign musicians. The exhibition will run between 14th April and 16th June of 2019 and is being guest-curated by Dr Anna Borg Cardona, music histori

Supergroup rock trio The Aristocrats, which features guitarist Guthrie Govan, bassist Bryan Beller and drummer Marco Minnemann, will be kicking off their upcoming European tour with a concert in Malta on September 9, 2018. The tour will see the band bring the its unique and unrivalled brand of instrumental fusion rock to their growing army of fans across the continent up until September 30, when the band plays its last date of the tour in the Italian city of Milan. The show

Now in its seventh year, the annual ‘Rock in the Forest’ concert will this year take place on Saturday, August 25 at Chateau Buskett, limits of Rabat. The live event raises funds for various causes while offering a true feast of classic, modern and contemporary rock hits, among them songs from the likes of Queen, Led Zeppelin, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, The Killers, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, Muse, Kings of Leon, Linkin Park, Kula Shaker, David Bowie, Guns n’ Roses and many more. In

It may sound dodgy by name but there's nothing to put down about Sickfest. One of the leading alternative music festivals on the island, the event is back with another incredible blend of indie, metal and electronic acts that will involve 6 live bands and 28 DJs. It will all be taking place on Saturday, September 1 at Tigullio in Spinola Bay, St Julians. The festival will have 5 areas, details as follows: LIVE STAGE hosted by Sick of Ants - Golden Apes (🇩🇪) - Align The Ti

Known for her incredible energy and charisma on stage Singer/Song writer Ira Losco has announced her summer concert “Women in Music.” The concert is happening on the 18th August 2018 at The Teatru Rjal in Valletta and is part of the V18 events which are planned for this summer. Ira Losco’s most recent concert was held last Christmas at The Hilton and featured guests. This time “Women in Music” is being held in the gorgeous capital city with the night stars as a backdrop. Th

Electronic Music Malta is back with yet another event and this time it's all about music production. The island's leading electronic music organisation has hosted several events in the few years it has been in existence, and this latest one will surely appeal to the growing number of budding producers on the island. The Summer Music Production Workshop, which will be held on Saturday, August 4 2018 at 1.30pm at Black Box Pro in Balzan, will be led by none other than the inter

Guitarra de Tierras Imaginarias is a music concert that offers an exquisite journey into the fascinating world of the classical guitar. The evening begins with an opening performance from local band TACT, blending classical and jazz elements into an intriguing combination of introspective music. The concert will also feature Mro Carlos Eduardo Bojarski, an accomplished Argentinean musician of international repute with an interest in contemporary sounds. He is known for his i

Good music being shared for a great cause! That's always been the aim of Simon's Pub Music Festival, and not only is the popular festival back, but it's also turning 20! To celebrating this milestone, the team behind Simon’s Pub Music Festival has been working hard to put on a bigger and better edition. Perhaps one of the most special aspects about this festival is that the line-up on offer doesn't just present established acts but also allows space for upcoming artists; a su

Iż-Żgħażagħ ta' taħt is-16-il sena se jsemmgħu leħenhom fl-edizzjoni Żgħażagħ tal-festival popolari L-Għanja tal-Poplu, li se jittella nhar il-Ġimgħa 2 ta' Marzu. Id-dettalji tal-festival ġew imħabbra waqt laqgħa li saret fil-Palazz Verdala ġewwa l-Buskett. Dan il-festival qed jagħti spażju liż-żgħażagħ ta’ taħt is-sittax-il sena biex jesprimu ix-xewqat, l-aspirazzjonijiet u l-esperjenzi tagħhom permezz ta' kanzunetti oriġinali bil-Malti. Waqt l-istess laqgħa, iż-żgħażagħ pr

"20 years ago, Nirvana and I joked about how old we would be during Teatru Unplugged 20". So reads the introduction in this year's concert programme from Jonathan Shaw who, along with the deeply-missed Nirvana Azzopardi had brought this unlikely idea to fruition two decades ago. They may only have been joking about there being a Teatru Unplugged 20 at the time, but here I am, putting pen to paper and jotting a few words precisely about the show's 20th anniversary edition. It

Who would've thought five years ago that Malta Takes London (MTL) would become an annual occurrence. An ambitious event that started out as a simple gig but evolved into a mini-festival based around musical talent with a Maltese connection, MTL has grown into an eagerly anticipated live gathering whose audience has gradually become a mixed bag of UK-based Maltese residents as well as a significant number of British and other UK-based foreign music fans from Europe and beyond

The latest in the Rock 'N Malta series of concerts that brought us amazing performances from the likes of Krokus, The Hives and Procol Harum continues with this Friday's concert featuring Italian Gothic Metal band Lacuna Coil. Formed in Milan back in 1994, Lacuna Coil are inspired by a combination of Gothic imagery and metal music, their melodies brought to the fore thanks to an effective two-pronged vocal front. To date the band, which had at one point been nominated for an

Formed in the mid-1980's, UK metal band Sacrilege's story is curious and inspiring. They rose to prominence as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, only to disband just five years later. In 2012 the band was resurrected, albeit with a different line-up, and has, over the past five years, risen from its ashes to become a force to be reckoned with once again. Michael Bugeja spoke to Sacrilege's founding member Bill Beadle ahead of the band's performance at this year's M

The Wedding Present made themselves known from the get-go with a debut album named after the notorious Northern Irish football legend George Best. In truth however, The Wedding Present could have called their album anything, as their star was firmly in the ascendant at the time thanks to their self-styled jangly pop tunes from up North. Their sound has evolved since the heady days of 1987, and despite a seven-year break in 1997, the Leeds band has lost none of its verve or ed

If you're familiar with the music of Winter Moods, you'll probably have recognized the title of this article as part of the lyrics from their song My Neverland. Alongside Marigold, Everyday Song, Miss You and Everlasting, it is one of their more popular ballads. Anyone who knows Ivan Grech knows only too well that love, in its many forms, has never been far from any song he has penned and, given the philanthropic cause linked to his recent second solo concert, its significanc

With his band Winter Moods currently on a break, frontman Ivan Grech, clearly unable to resist the itch to get back on stage, got together with a band of musicians to put on a solo concert; hardly surprising really, given the success of his first such venture last year. Of particular note this year, having the production costs of the concert covered by partners and sponsors made it possible for all revenue from ticket sales and other donations collected on the night to be pas

With the event less than two weeks away, Michael Bugeja interviews Renzo Spiteri, artistic director of the Malta World Music Festival. This first edition, to be held at Fort St Elmo, Valletta on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 May, promises to enhance Malta's fast-growing annual music calendar with a strong dose of vibrant, exotic music and a colourful mix of cultural flavours that should help boost the presence and popularity of world music within the Maltese islands. Falling with

The organizers of Earth Garden have released an official statement, declaring that the Earth Garden Festival will go ahead as planned despite the fact that the date of the general election called last Monday by the government clashes with this year’s edition of the popular festival. “It’s definitely business as usual for us. We're not going to lie - we were taken aback by the announcement of the general election as we've been working extremely hard on this year’s edition for