An unassuming expat ruminates on Bruce Springsteen’s upcoming visit to Prague.

“What is the Czech word for love?” the ludicrously adorable American singer Laura Stevenson enquires of the crowd. “Láska” comes the reply from no one in particular.

NOFX first visited Prague in 1994, and things have changed a little since then. Nevertheless, the California group’s politicized punk still felt strangely potent when they returned to the city earlier this week to play a sold-out show at Lucerna music bar.

In the fourth installment of our photoblog series, the Velvet Violin presents this mini-profile of one of Prague’s most famous musical haunts in pictures. This week – the buskers of the Charles Bridge.

As the last major event of the somewhat quieter summer classical season, the Verdi Festival, gets under way, it’s time to start thinking about concerts on the way in the year ahead.

The Velvet Violin looks at how The National, in town this week, have been vocal supporters of Barack Obama and rounds up some more music stars have gotten behind the coolest U.S. president for years.

In the third of a series of photoblogs on Prague venues, the Velvet Violin looks at last month’s Sen Letní Noci Festival

The Velvet Violin looks at how the Canadian singer playing in Prague this week is just one of a legion of famous bands from the Seattle-based record label.

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 takes a trip to the Clam-Gallas Palace for a 60-minute string quartet concert including well-known favorites by Mozart, Bach, Vivaldi, Dvořák and more.