Tune your air guitars, because hard rockers Mr. Big are back in Prague.

Anyone who has loved and lost will have an easy rapport with Glen Hansard and his contemplative, moving ballads.

In the second installment of a new occasional photoblog series, the Velvet Violin presents this mini-profile of one of Prague’s most famous musical haunts in pictures.

The Velvet Violin sets the mood for Belle and Sebastian’s visit to Prague with this list of five great indie love songs.

The Velvet Violin reports on the announcement of a show by Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band June 29 2011

The Velvet Violin rounds up some video clips of Icelandic bands you need to hear ahead of April 3′s gig by Hjaltalín In Prague

If the music biz is to be believed, a band that doesn’t make it right away will never make it. But this is not always true – take the example of Snow Patrol, who released a string of records before they even broke the UK market, and then it was several more years before they [...]

The Velvet Violin lets you in on the secret behind those weird metal things that Portico Quartet make such nice music with.

The Velvet Violin reports on how the popular rockers are set to return to the Czech capital this May.

If you’ve ever wondered how to make an empty space into a foam-decorated, hopping dance club, then the Velvet Violin has the answer for you. Check out this cool six-minute documentary by Vašek Hanuš entitled Aalto vs Nosaj Thing @ Lunchmeat 2010. This stylish short documents how LA-based video DJ Nosaj Thing used the foam [...]