Mig Music News
Spyro Gyra Live 2022 From the Leverkusen Jazz Days
© WDR/Rainer Leigraf
With over twenty albums and sales of more than ten million records worldwide, Spyro Gyra is one of the most prominent and commercially successful bands in jazz history. Between 1980 and 1985, the band won seven Grammy Awards. In November 2022, the band came to Germany to perform at the Leverkusen Jazz Days. WDR recorded the concert for ‘Rockpalast’. “Art manifests (more…)
Thomas Roth invites you to the “Maskenball”
With the Geyers (known as “Geyers Schwarzer Haufen” from 1983 onwards), Thomas was a founding member of the first band in Germany to combine rock with medieval music, using traditional medieval instruments such as the hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, and the nyckelharpa. The Geyers disbanded in 2014 following the sudden, accidental death of their drummer, Jost Pogrzeba. Since then, Thomas Roth has spent much of (more…)
New Album from Italian Blues Rocker Jimi Barbiani
Jimi Barbiani is an Italian musician known for his energetic blues rock. His three albums with the Jimi Barbiani Band — Back on the Tracks, Blue Side, and Boogie Down the Road — not only sold very well in Italy, but also found fans in the United States. Jimi Barbiani’s videos sometimes reach over 500,000 views. In February 2026, the Jimi Barbiani Band (more…)
Wilfried — Re-release of Live — Nachts in der City
Photo: Archive Prods LLC
Austrian singer Wilfried had his first number one hit in the Austrian charts in 1973 with his English-language debut single, “Mary, Oh Mary.” With “Ziwui, ziwui,” he temporarily switched to singing in dialect and established himself as an early Austro-pop artist. His rock interpretation of the “Kufsteinlied” in 1981 is considered an early example of “new folk music.” From 1978 to (more…)
An obituary for Manfred Schütz
It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Manfred Schütz, an outstanding visionary in the music industry and a pioneer of the independent music scene. The founder of SPV and Founder and managing director of MIG Music passed away on January 3, 2025 at the age of 74 after a long and serious illness.
Manfred was a driving force in the music (more…)
Andreas Vollenweider – Live At Rockpalast 1982 In German And Swiss Album Charts
The new Andreas Vollenweider Album “Live At Rockpalast 1982″ enters the german album charts on number #82. In the swiss charts Vollenweider was able to get the #68 spot.
The long lost and never before seen recording was released September 20th, 2024 on CD/DVD, vinyl and digital.
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