In the week that a Czech rock festival is held at a psychiatric hospital, the Velvet Violin rounds up five unusual festival venues

Like any other city, the sights are as important as the sounds when it comes to enjoying good music in Prague. To that end, The Velvet Violin has gathered together this gallery of some of the most interesting images of music in Prague from around the web.

Ever hear of electroswing? It’s a new genre combining modern dance music with classic swing dance tunes that has been gaining popularity around Europe in recent years. One of, if not the, pioneers of the new genre are Parov Stelar, a jazz electronica band from Linz, Austria who are heading to Prague on November 10 [...]

This month sees the return to the Golden City of the MOVE Festival for its sixth year. The club music event has brought a number of top dance music names to Prague, including French electronica duo M83 and British DJ veterans Coldcut. Spread over three concerts, the festival is being staged at the Palac Akropolis, [...]

Czech blues-rockers Papa Lam brought their unique mix of backbeat, rockabilly and guitar balladry to the Royal Oak British pub in Prague 2 this past Saturday. While they are new to the professional music game, these local guys can really play guitar, as demonstrated by the many strum-filled, genre-hopping tunes they played. The small, cavern-shaped [...]

Four Czechs and an Englishman walk into a bar in Berlin….It sounds like the start of a joke, but was actually the making of The Roads, an indie-rock band that has just hit the road for a tour of the Czech Republic. Gigging in support of The Witness, the new single from their album of [...]

Nashville-based blues-rock songstress Tori Sparks is making her Prague debut later this month, with three dates in the city as part of her latest European tour which also takes in Paris, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Berlin and London among others. The singer has three albums out on her own record label. Her latest, The Scorpion in the [...]

Musicians, record company executives and other music industry professionals from around Europe and the U.S. are descending on Prague tomorrow through Sept. 26 for the Play Prague Music Conference and Concert. The event is billed as a chance to give exposure to undiscovered singers and bands. Several performances and showcases will take place at Club [...]

When it comes to concerts in the Czech Republic, the first genres that come to mind are classical, rock and metal. Indeed, a large proportion of the live music around Prague is made up of these kinds of music. Of course, being the cultural capital of considerable repute around Europe that Prague is, it’s no [...]

While the ever-upward trend of Facebook and the slow downward spiral of MySpace take up much of the social media spotlight, Twitter is quietly gaining influence as one of the most useful and influential tools for up-to-the-minute updates on just about anything, including music. To that end, The Velvet Violin has gathered together this handy [...]