Kannscht du deitsch schwetze? The New Paltz Band, a German folk band known for singing in the traditional Pennsylvania Dutch dialect performed at the 70th Annual Kutztown Folk Festival in Kutztown, Pennsylvania.

On May 21 the Detroit-Berlin Connection hosted The Potential music conference in cooperation with Your Mom’s Agency, Wunderbar Together, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, and the Goethe Institute Chicago. The exchange is the brainchild of Dimitri Hegemann, founder of one of Berlin’s original Techno clubs and a lifelong ambassador for the Detroit-Berlin Connection. Speakers from Detroit, Amsterdam, and Germany, convened to discuss the role of a nighttime economy in Detroit and the relationship between art and a city.

German artist Mortiz Simon Geist brought his one-of-a-kind performance, “Tripods One,” to this year’s SXSW festival. Instead of using traditional instruments or synthesizers, Geist creates music using custom-made “Sonic Robots,” which are each designed to move and create its own organic sound. The result is a unique beat that highlights the future of human-machine interaction.