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Paffendorf

Paffendorf is a German dance act from Cologne, formed in 1998 by Ramon Zenker and Gottfried Engels, best known for the hits "Where Are You" and "Be Cool".

Pagan Altar

Pagan Altar is an English doom metal band formed in Brockley, London in 1978 around the father-and-son core of vocalist Terry Jones and guitarist Alan Jones.

Pagode

Pagode is a samba subgenre that emerged in Rio de Janeiro in the late 1970s from backyard parties, led by Fundo de Quintal and commercially expanded by Raça Negra's romantic pagode in the 1990s.

Paid Dues

Paid Dues was an independent hip hop festival founded by rapper Murs 3:16 and Guerilla Union in 2006, held annually in California until 2013 and briefly revived in 2017.

Painkiller (group)

Painkiller is an avant-jazz and grindcore supergroup formed in New York in 1991 by John Zorn, Bill Laswell, and Napalm Death drummer Mick Harris, reuniting in 2024.

Paket aranžman

Paket aranžman (Пакет аранжман) is a 1981 Jugoton compilation album by three Belgrade bands, Šarlo Akrobata, Idoli, and Električni Orgazam, proclaimed the manifesto of the Yugoslav new wave.

Pakistani hip hop

Pakistani hip hop, also called Desi hip hop, is the Urdu- and Punjabi-language rap scene of Pakistan, anchored in Karachi and led by Young Stunners and Bohemia.

Palais des Sports (Paris)

The Palais des Sports (Palais des Sports de Paris), today the Dôme de Paris, is an indoor arena at the Porte de Versailles in Paris, opened in 1960.

Palash Sen

Palash Sen (पलाश सेन) is an Indian singer-songwriter and orthopedic surgeon, best known as founder and frontman of the Hindi rock band Euphoria, known for "Dhoom Pichak Dhoom" and "Maeri".

Paleface Swiss

Paleface Swiss is a Swiss deathcore and beatdown band formed in Zurich in 2017, fronted by Marc "Zelli" Zellweger. Formerly just Paleface, renamed in 2023; albums include Fear & Dagger and the self-released Cursed (2025), followed by The Wilted EP (2026).

Palette

Palette (팔레트) is the fourth studio album by South Korean singer-songwriter IU, released in April 2017; it topped Korean charts and won the 2017 Melon Music Awards Daesang.

Palghat Mani Iyer

Palghat Mani Iyer, also known as Palakkad Mani Iyer, was an Indian Carnatic mridangam player, one of the 'Holy Trinity of Mridangam', and the first mridangist to receive the Sangita Kalanidhi.

Palladium (Köln)

The Palladium Köln, or Palladium Cologne, is a concert and event hall in the Mülheim district of Cologne, Germany, holding up to 4,000 people in a listed 1899 factory hall.

Palladium Ballroom (music)

The Palladium Ballroom was a second-floor ballroom at 1698 Broadway and 53rd Street in Manhattan, known from 1947 to 1966 as the home of the mambo, where Machito, Tito Puente, and Tito Rodríguez played.

Palm muting

Palm muting is a guitar technique in which the picking hand damps the strings near the bridge, producing the tight chugging tone of heavy metal riffs.

Palm Tree Music Festival Montecito

Palm Tree Music Festival Montecito is a music festival at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club in Carpinteria, California, founded by Kygo's Palm Tree Crew, debuting in 2025.

Palmbomen II

Palmbomen II is the solo electronic project of Dutch producer Kai Hugo, launched in 2015 with a self-titled album on Beats In Space, centered on the fictional character Cindy Savalas.

Palmesus 2026

Palmesus 2026 was the 2026 edition of Palmesus, a beach music festival on Bystranda in Kristiansand, Norway, with about 35 artists including headliners Alesso, Macklemore, and Broiler.

Palmy

Palmy (ปาล์มมี่), the stage name of Eve Pancharoen, is a Thai-Belgian pop singer whose self-titled 2001 debut album sold one million copies, Thailand's top seller that year.

Paloma Mami

Paloma Mami (Paloma Rocío Castillo Astorga, born 1999, Manhattan) is a Chilean American singer-songwriter of bilingual R&B, trap, and reggaeton. Signed to Sony Music Latin in 2018; albums Sueños de Dalí (2021) and Códigos de Muñeka (2025).

Pammi Bai

Pammi Bai (ਪੱਮੀ ਬਾਈ), born Paramjit Singh Sidhu, is a Punjabi folk singer and bhangra dancer from Sangrur, Punjab, known for the song "Nee Main Pani Bharenian".

Panama (music)

Panama is a nightclub and event venue in a former power station on the IJ waterfront in Amsterdam, open since the early 2000s and a regular Amsterdam Dance Event venue.

Pandit Ram Narayan

Pandit Ram Narayan (1927–2024) was an Indian Hindustani musician who won the sarangi solo concert standing, played on film scores including Mughal-e-Azam and Pakeezah, and received the Padma Vibhushan.

Panjabi MC

Panjabi MC (Rajinder Singh Rai, born 1970, Coventry) is a British bhangra producer and DJ whose Knight Rider-sampling 1998 hit "Mundian To Bach Ke" and 2003 Jay-Z remix "Beware of the Boys" took Punjabi music global.

Pankaj Udhas (पंकज उधस)

Pankaj Udhas (पंकज उधस), 1951-2024, Indian ghazal and playback singer known as the Velvet Voice of India; breakthrough "Chitthi Aayi Hai" in Naam (1986); over 50 albums; Padma Shri 2006, posthumous Padma Bhushan 2025.

Panorama Bar

Panorama Bar is the house-music dancefloor of Berlin's Berghain club, opened in October 2004 in the old control room of a Friedrichshain power station, playing groovy house with sunrise views.

Pantera

Pantera is an American groove metal band formed in Arlington, Texas, in 1981 by the Abbott brothers; glam-era albums preceded Cowboys from Hell (1990), four platinum 1990s records, a 2003 breakup, and a 2022 reunion with Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante.

Panther Island Pavilion

Panther Island Pavilion is an outdoor events venue on the Trinity River in Fort Worth, Texas, known for EDM festivals including Ubbi Dubbi and Shaq's Bass All-Stars.

Paolo Baldini DubFiles

Paolo Baldini DubFiles is the project of Paolo Baldini, an Italian dub producer, engineer, and bassist born in Pordenone in 1975 who records in Jamaica.

Papa Wemba

Papa Wemba, born Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba, was a Congolese singer known as the king of rumba rock, who died on stage in 2016.