A love story between the sweet Lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea, more than 20,000 islands and reefs, plus a military stronghold and 54 bridges, made way for this year’s version of the Eurovision Song Contest. Read more
Vienna is known as the city of music, and the city of dreams, and now, due to last year’s winner Conchita Wurst, also the city of Eurovision. We take a look at the history of this year’s host city. Read more
A journey through wars, plague, terror bombardment, Hans Christian Andersen and Kierkegaard and bad as well as good times. Welcome to the history of Copenhagen. EuroVisionary bring you the story of the 2014 Eurovision host city. The first traces of human activity in the area we now call Copenhagen date back to the stone age,… Read more
First Emmelie captured the hearts of Denmark and later she moved on to the European ones as she won the Eurovision Song Contest. During her stay in Malmö Emmelie de Forest released her debut album. One can only qoute Julius Caesar by saying the famous words: Vini, Vidi, Vici; I came, I saw, I conquered.… Read more
Eleven wars to lose it, one bridge to somehow get it back, A Turning Torso and Chicaco in the 1930’s. Does that make you curious? Well read on, and find out what that’s all about. We take a historical look at Malmö, the host city of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. Malmö was once the… Read more
After more then 35 years in the music business, Mike Tramp has released this acoustic album where he reflects on his life up until now. It’s a quiet album, away is the rock ‘n’ roll sound and left is a naked honest album from a man who has been around. Yes what you read is… Read more
Being a true lover of rock music it was quit an ordeal to witness the final in the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in the mid Jutland city of Herning Saturday the 26 of January. The songs were good yes, but where were the rock songs? Please don’t read me wrong, I have nothing against pop… Read more
EuroVisionary caught up with Emmelie de Forest shortly after her victory in last night’s Danish final. The TV viewers had just awarded her and her song Only Teardrops with the honour of representing Denmark at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in May. When asked how she felt after winning the Danish final Emmelie de Forest… Read more
After becoming #4 in the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Gwendolyne, Julio Iglesias has been traveling the globe for more than 40 years, selling more than 300 million albums, earning 2600 gold and platinum records, making him the most loved Spanish singer ever. He has now released this double album called 1. "This album is… Read more
VW micro bus, hippy days, pot, girls, California early 1970s and Fly On The Wings Of Love. Those are the topics for a film about an Olsen Brother road trip. The short film, titled by their 2000 Eurovision winning song, is made by Danish teacher and actor Aske Bang. After they became big stars in… Read more
"If we dont get the oil from Baku, the war is lost". Who said that? Well if you want to find out keep reading this article where we bring you the story of the city that will be hosting the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. The history of the city of Baku dates back a long, long time… Read more
It was a genuine happy, allmost in seventh heaven, 21 year young Soluna Samay, who made her entry at the press room after winning the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012. EuroVisionary bring you her reactions as well as comments from some of the other participants. Soluna Samay really couldn’t understand that she, a street musician… Read more
After two unsuccesfull attempts to win the Swedish Melodifestivalen, Peter Jöback now moves in a new direction with this release. It’s an album containing 11 French songs with newly written Swedish lyrics plus 3 new songs under the double titel Livet, Kärleken och Döden, La Vie, L’Amour, La Mort. (Life, love and death in English).… Read more
"I’d rather stick needles in my eyes!", Michael Ball said about plans for a return to the Eurovision song Contest, where he in 1992 sung the UK entry One Step Out Of Time to a second place. Despite that, we can still enjoy his new album. This review is about the spring release of Michael Ball’s… Read more
With the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest starting in just a few days it’s time to take a closer look at this year’s host city; Düsseldorf. What’s the history behind the city and where are they today? EuroVisionary has delved into the history books. Close to where the river Düssel sheres it’s waters with the mighty… Read more
Do you stand your ground? well Mike Tramp and his Rock ‘N’ Roll circuz does on this pure rock album, which offers 51 minutes with a lot of drums, guitars and amps, if I may quote Ringo Starr’s The Other Side Of Liverpool from his album Y Not. A lot has happened since Mike Tramp‘s… Read more
Why is it that as pop and rock singers grow old, many of them turn to Jazz and Swing music? I don’t know, but I know that most of them should have stayed away as they can’t handle it. I therefore hesitated buying sir Cliff`s new album, where he recorded a handful of tunes from… Read more
The Norwegan capital, Oslo, was founded in the year 1048 by king Harald Harderåde. Later excavations however suggest that people have been living in the area much longer. During the reign of king Håkan the 5th Magnusson, Oslo experienced a boom with many new important buildings being built such as Akershus fortress and the Maria… Read more
The winner’s press conference, held shortly after last night’s Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, revealed that Tomas won as he didn’t want to let his child down, that their manager won quite a lot of money on them, and that having lived in Russia for six years now means Tomas prefers Ukrainian champagne! At the press… Read more
The return back home to Denmark by Mike Tramp, formerly known as Michael Trempenau, has so far resulted in this “come back” album: Mike Tramp & The Rock `N`Roll Circuz. A lot of things have happened since 1978, when he represented Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest. Mike Tramp was the lead singer in the… Read more
The sound of yesteryear is brought to life once again on this compilation, with its different styles of music, ranging from cabaret, via pop and jazz to country. The opening song, Look What They Done to My Song, Ma, is in a pop/cabaret style, sung in both English and French, and even though it’s followed… Read more
The concept of a song written only for the Eurovision Song Contest is more than 50 years old, and it could do with a facelift. My idea is that every country selects its most popular song from last year, maybe after a national final between the 5 to 10 most popular tunes, and sends it… Read more
If you want to find out why the Danes are often called “the happiest people in the world”, this compilation CD from Bamses Venner provides a very good starting place. Laid back pop music, with a twist of rock`n roll, reggae and buggy rock are the trademarks of Bamses Venner, and has been since the… Read more
With the final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest coming up, we finish our history about the host city, Moscow. We left Moscow as a city haunted by war, plague and riots. But a new threat to the city’s glory was soon to arrive. Peter the Great wanted Russia to move forward and become a… Read more
Say the name “Moscow”, and it brings forward all kinds of feelings. From cold war, to Olympic Games and down to Napoleon and further back. Here is, in short form, the history of that historical city which will be hosting the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. The first time the name Moscow appears was when Yuri… Read more
Dutch singer Ronnie Tober’s latest album NU, is a nice collection of international and Dutch hit songs. The album contains 11 songs of which three are medleys from Ronnie Tober himself, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. All songs are performed in an easylistening bigband style, and the total running time is 41 minutes. Ronnie Tober… Read more