The Luxembourgers know these musicians from the Grand Duchy

“At Betzfield I saw Krick and Chaild live once and at the Christmas market Joel (Joel Marques, editor’s note)“, The twelve -year -old Zeina says a bit reserved, but with a slight smile on his face.

When it comes to Luxembourg musicians, singers and bands, her father Patrick, on the other hand, first think of Serge Tonnar. « We are looking at where and when we can visit a concert again, » said the 47-year-old. The 89-year-old Françoise also mentions the established musician, who takes up a new live album in the Wiltz fire construction in mid-April.

Many are unknown to Luxembourg’s music scene

But when the « Luxembourg word » asked Passants on Thursday afternoon in the pedestrian zone of the capital about the local music scene, Serge Tonnar is surprisingly not the most mentioned Luxembourg singer. In general, it turns out to be a challenge to find people who are familiar with the Luxembourg music scene.

When asked whether you can know and list singers, musicians or bands from the Grand Duchy, around 20 out of a total of 53 passers -by different ages react with a large question mark on the face. There were often answers like « I don’t know about the Luxembourg music scene », « No, no idea » or « I don’t listen to music from Luxembourg ».

Even when mentioned by some artists such as Chaild, who now calls himself Adriano Selva, Maz or Laura Thorn, who is represented at the ESC, could only do a little or nothing with these names. 23 of the people interviewed did not want to comment at all.

Do Luxemburger don’t know their own artists? It appears. Of course, this passerby survey cannot be seen as representative of all of Luxembourg. But it shows an approximate direction.

From country, to hip-hop to electrical

However, the Luxembourg music scene is not completely unknown. For example, 62-year-old Marc likes to hear Buffalo C. Wayne. Because of his country music, he is considered the most American of all Luxembourg singer-songwriters. Gerrit also listens to music from Luxembourg from time to time when she runs on the radio. “The new song by DJ Nosi (« So good », editor’s note) I like it relatively well. I am pleased to see that a Luxembourg DJ has gone internationally viral, ”said the 37-year-old.

The Luxembourg basketball player Lou occasionally hears gymnastics and Maz. « I really like Maz’s music, » emphasizes the 30-year-old. The 27-year-old Alexandra, when she thinks of Luxembourg musician, initially think of the Rapper Turnup, invades the hip-hop artist collective Stayfou and the Art Rock/Wave duo Sheebaba.

Bartleby Delicate recently heard it on the radio and turned the music louder. « I think it is absolutely important to support the artists so that it does not just remain a subculture, but becomes more popular, » adds the film student.

Dëppegéisser, Cool Feet, the Fausti and Gast Waltzing, who died in 2021, are other names that have fallen in the survey. There are no names of classic musicians like Francesco Tristano and Cathy Krier or jazzers like Michel Reis, except for Pierre Cao. The alternative indie rock band Tuys was also not mentioned.