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Music World News
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Issue 15/2015 – 04 May 2024
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Music World News is divided into six sections. Scroll through or, if you wish, click on one of the sections to be taken straight to those stories.
Music the artform and artists
The late guitarist, who would have just turned 100, blew the minds of Carlos Santana, John Fahey and more with his hypnotic technique and expansive creative vision.
The Guardian |
The country’s leading women jazz musicians shed light on the prevalent scene, the impact of current performers, and its future in a packed industry.
Mid Day |
Bands like Deftones and Slipknot are resonating with younger fans, thanks to TikTok, the Y2K revival and, of course, enduring teenage angst.
The New York Times |
Raconter la vie d’Oum Kalthoum, c’est raconter un mythe, une carrière qui tient du miracle. Née en 1898 dans une famille pauvre sur le Delta du Nil, elle grandit dans un pays où les jeunes filles n’ont pas accès à l’éducation.
FNAC Labo |
El cantante y compositor Peso Pluma ha emergido como el nuevo rostro de la música regional mexicana, tras conseguir 21 nominaciones a los Latin Billboard 2023.
RPP |
Music Industry
Until 1991, the sales data that trade publications like Billboard used to determine chart positions was sourced by cold-calling record stores and asking for estimates.
The New Inquiry |
Google and Universal Music are in talks to license artists’ melodies and voices for songs generated by artificial intelligence as the music business tries to monetize one of its biggest threats.
Ars Technica |
Rappers didn’t just change the sound of music—they changed the business of it too. ‘The only rule was to be successful.’
The Wall Street Journal |
La vague culturelle venue de la Corée du Sud a depuis longtemps dépassé ses frontières, mais elle semble désormais inarrêtable. Pour preuve, les ventes d’albums de K-pop ne cessent d’augmenter sur le marché international.
La Dépêche |
Radiografía del momento por el que vive la música independiente en Colombia. Una industria que, aunque no cuenta con el músculo financiero de las grandes disqueras o el altavoz constante de los medios de comunicación, está creando un público fiel y riguroso que valora el poder de la música orgánica.
El Espectador |
potify said the growth of the Afrobeats genre has moved from West Africa to the global stage, emphasizing the popularity of music originating from Nigeria and Ghana.
Digital Music News |
Hipgnosis Songs Fund has long been one of the most active buyers of music catalogues, but now some of its investors want it to also become a seller.
MusicAlly |
Music Education
The digital age has transformed the music industry, with electronic music playing a pivotal role in shaping contemporary sounds. Incorporating electronic music into secondary education acknowledges the relevance and importance of modern musical trends.
MixMag |
Whether you’re contemplating or already pursuing a musical career, it’s worth considering if a master’s degree in music is right for you.
Forbes |
Les instruments de musique constituent un excellent moyen de favoriser l’éveil des sens chez les enfants.
TF1 |
De todos es sabido que la música tiene grandes beneficios para los niños, por ello, la educación musical juega un papel significativo en la pedagogía Montessori. A través de la música es posible fomentar desarrollo del niño en todas sus áreas, tanto a nivel cognitivo, como emocional, social y físico.
Bebés y más |
Imagine you are a UK conservatoire graduate, five years out of college, applying for a mortgage. You gaily skip through the first part of the form: name, address, phone number, date of birth, and so on. Suddenly you hit a box marked ‘occupation’. And you stop.
The Strad |
Policy, Research & Politics
A delegation from the Executive Board of the International Music Council took part in the 10th edition of the Pan African music festival in Brazzaville (Republic of Congo) which took place from July 18th to 22nd 2015 on the theme "The dynamics of African music in the diversity of cultural expressions".
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Pakistan: the first-ever music policy to address piracy, copyrights and other issues has been prepared, according to Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb.
Dawn |
In Uganda, art and politics have co-existed for years and while at it, a complicated relationship has been built.
Monitor |
The Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice set fire to guitars, harmonicas, and speakers in the western province of Herat.
VICE |
Il y a des hommages dont Eminem aimerait parfois se passer. Ces dernières semaines, la vidéo d'un candidat républicain à la présidentielle américaine, Vivek Ramaswamy, est devenue virale sur les réseaux sociaux.
Generations |
Un puñado de mujeres desafían los prejuicios de una industria que sigue asignando roles y encasillando en estilos en función del género.
El País |
Technologies and media
The shift from physical to online music consumption has given birth to a wealth of daily data generated by millions of listeners.
HypeBot |
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A new type of AI-driven radio technology has been launched – which has the capacity to find local news stories, broadcast voices and music, and create social media posts.
NME |
Ce qui avait commencé comme une solution pour les artistes indépendants s’est rapidement transformé en un incontournable pour les professionnels du secteur musical.
Digi Technologie |
The Pointy End
There's no doubt that a lot of people would say, perhaps a little hyperbolically, that rock and roll saved their lives. Now, new research has shown that the music just might be able to serve as a literal life saver for diabetics.
New Atlas |
From throwing a wheel of brie at Pink to shouting at performers, fans are becoming more disrespectful.
The Guardian |
«Do ré mi fa sol la si do.» C’est encore plus frappant par écrit: ces drôles de petits mots ne semblent vouloir rien dire. Ces onomatopées, que l’on s’amuse à chantonner enfant, désignent les sept notes dont est composée la musique depuis le Moyen Age.
Le Figaro |
Investigadores del Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, en Madrid, han analizado la actividad cerebral en seis personas ingresadas en la UCI expuestas a estímulos musicales bajo los efectos de la sedoanalgesia. Los resultados muestran que la estimulación cerebral con música heavy metal fue mayor que con la clásica o dodecafónica.
SINC |
Music festival season is finally here. And after multiple summers without large in-person gatherings and reduced capacities, many people are returning to their favourite music festivals to have a good time.
The Conversation |
Obviously, Twitter/X is well within its rights to do this, considering every post on the site officially belongs to the company. Still, it’s come across as a sad, desperate insult to some of platform’s most loyal users, whose early adoption of those accounts allowed them to build up much-loved personal brands and communities—and who now have no idea what to do next. Case in point: @Music.
Slate |
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