SELECT ?name ?location ?news WHERE {
?artist <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/name> ?name .
?artist <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/based_near> ?location .
?location <http://www.geonames.org/ontology#parentFeature> ?germany .
?germany <http://www.geonames.org/ontology#name> 'Federal Republic of Germany'
}