What would a music industry look like if gender equality were not merely an aspiration, but a reality? That question sits at the heart of "The Sound of Courage – Music and Equality in the Nordic Countries", an exhibition at Felleshus, the publicly accessible community house of the Nordic Embassies in Berlin. The exhibition brings together artists, initiatives and projects from across the Nordic region to examine gender equality in music and the people working to make the indu

Our final day at Pop-Kultur Festival Berlin takes us from hypnotic folk-inspired sounds and meditative performance art to intimate German pop and a packed Kesselhaus. Visual by Pop-Kultur Festival Our final day at Pop-Kultur started quietly. The Frannz Garten was already filled with people when Yael Dagon & Àbáse began their Co-Creation Residency performance, but the atmosphere remained remarkably calm. People stood close to the stage, while others sat on chairs and beer benc

Our third day at Pop-Kultur Festival Berlin takes us through African pride, intimate electronic performances, darkwave and explosive indie rock at the Kulturbrauerei. Visual by Pop-Kultur Berlin By Friday evening, the Kulturbrauerei feels less like a collection of separate venues and more like one large moving crowd. People of all ages drift between the spaces, meet friends, discover new artists and stop for conversations before moving on to the next performance. Music spills