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Music World News
The IMC Music World News presents music news from around the world brought to you by the International Music Council. The bulletin is emailed to subscribers every two weeks and it reaches more than 70 countries on all five continents. Click here to subscribe.
Issue 04/2022 – 28 September 2022
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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
Remembering Pharoah Sanders, Who Sought Divinity on Earth
To hear Pharoah Sanders tell it, he spent his six-decade career reaching for something that was always just beyond him. From the ecstatic flights of his playing, and the sometimes explicitly religious iconography he employed to contextualize it, it is clear that the something he sought had a spiritual dimension.
Pitchfork
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It’s not salsa or ranchera music – Latino punk rock in the US
Latino musical diversity is much more than indigenous, vernacular and regional music. Explorations of the Latino musical identity have delved into jazz, rock and beyond.
El País
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How diverse music traditions have influenced Saudi Arabia’s identity and culture
Folk music traditions in Saudi Arabia are diverse and complex, combining distinctive tones, rhythms and melodies with poetry, percussion, and dances that have been passed down through generations.
Arab News
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Soubi, la musique et la vie
Aux Comores, impossible de ne pas connaître le talent de ce musicien qui vibre et qui, à presque 65 ans, collabore tous azimuts et espère rencontrer le succès international pour enfin vivre de son art.
Pan African Music
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La música en la antigua Grecia
Es admirada la cultura y el arte que nos dejaron los antiguos griegos. Pero ¿cómo era la música en la antigua Grecia?
Ok Diario
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New York’s Hispanic influence
Recognized as the world’s cultural epicenter, much of New York City’s influence on popular music around the world comes from the Latinos that live and perform there.
El País
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Music Industry
Asia Music Streaming Thrives on Mobile, Mini-Subscriptions, Says Study
Smart phone usage is key to music listeners in parts of East Asia, but only a minority of users are committed subscribers to streaming services. That apparent contradiction may explain the rise of mini-subscriptions in the region.
Variety
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Anghami expands presence across global Arab community
Anghami joins hands with Danish telco HALLO and Virgin Mobile Kuwait to provide unlimited access and downloads of songs, podcasts and other audio content.
ZAWYA
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Nicki Minaj Claims Conspiracy Over Music Video Age-Restriction
The rapper claimed that the music video for "Likkle Miss Remix" was age-restricted intentionally to keep her from getting views.
Gizmodo
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How Much Would You Pay to Hear Great Music?
With ticket prices for performing arts rising, could fresh approaches like pay-what-you-can increase access and foster more adventurous programming?
The New York Times
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Comment YouTube s’achète les faveurs de l’industrie musicale
Pendant des années, YouTube a été considéré comme la bête noire des artistes et des maisons de disque. Mais cette époque semble être révolue. La plateforme a annoncé avoir reversé 6 milliards de dollars à l’industrie musicale entre juin 2021 et 2022.
La Dépêche
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¿Por qué algunos artistas están cediendo parte de sus regalías a compositores?
En 2021, los servicios de streaming generaron casi $9,800 millones en ingresos. De eso, solo $1.3 mil millones (es decir, solo un 13.2%) se destinaron a los compositores, mientras que los sellos discográficos se quedaron con el 58.6%.
Industria Musical
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Music Education
‘Out of the Box’: A Podcast that Brings Music Educators to the Forefront
Back in 2020, Mumbai-based harpist/singer-songwriter Nush Lewis – who also runs music education platform OffSet – conducted a video interview series to help promote music educators.
Rolling Stone India
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The Best Alternative Approaches in Music Education
Newly emerging methods for music education in 2022 are demonstrating that no discipline ever exhausts itself and that we alone are responsible for driving innovation forward.
Soundsphere
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Warming to Tradition: The Culture of Vocal Exercise
No matter the genre of singing, or where we’re from, our vocal exercises are meaningful.
Smithsonian Mag
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Jouer de la musique dans l'enfance pourrait permettre de garder un esprit plus vif durant la vieillesse
Jouer de la musique pour bien vieillir ! Des chercheurs ont découvert un lien entre l'apprentissage d'un instrument pendant la jeunesse et de meilleures capacités cognitives durant la vieillesse.
Pourquoi Docteur
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Sintoniza la innovación
El poder que tiene la música para influir en nuestras emociones es algo que todos hemos experimentado en nuestra propia piel, y que además está ampliamente avalado por la ciencia.
Open Innovation
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Policy, Research & Politics
Mondiacult 2022
The UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development – MONDIACULT 2022 will be convened by UNESCO forty years after the first Mondiacult World Conference on Cultural Policies held in Mexico City (Mexico) in 1982. In our restless effort to bring the voice of our members and the #FiveMusicRights to the table of decision makers at the highest political level, the International Music Council's team will be in Mexico to follow the conference and represent the global music ecosystem.
Read More
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How a Trump soundtrack became a QAnon phenomenon
A song’s journey from a Trump video to online forums and back to Trump rallies shows the melding of the MAGA and QAnon movements.
The Washington Post
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Oman and the Power of Music as a Cultural Diplomacy Tool
The Omani hit song “Amatiyah” is promoting Omani culture and heritage to a global audience.
AGSIW
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The New Normal: Why More Countries Are Developing National Music Strategies
A few weeks ago, Thailand’s Creative Economy Agency launched a strategy, aimed at competing with and over time, overtaking Korea’s K-Pop as a global cultural phenomenon.
Forbes
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La musique en captivité : de Terezin à Auschwitz
Il y a la grande Histoire. Il y a la grande Musique. Et parfois, les deux se rencontrent, se racontent et s’inspirent. Aujourd’hui, on va s’arrêter sur une période sombre – très sombre – de notre histoire mais au cœur de laquelle certains élans créateurs ont tout de même pu voir le jour et faire naître quelques étincelles.
RTBF
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Golpe a Putin: Cantante Alla Pugacheva, ícono de la música pop rusa condena la guerra de Ucrania
La artista, quien hasta ahora se había mantenido ajena a cuestiones políticas, publicó en Instagran un mensaje dirigido a sus 3,4 millones de seguidores en la que pide al Ministerio de Justicia que se la designe como “agente extranjera”.
La Tercera
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Technologies and media
The history of breaks in music production
We trace the influence of breaks in music-making from the birth of hip-hop through breakbeat hardcore, rave, jungle and DnB.
Music Radar
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The future of AI in music is now
Music has forever been moved by technology — from the invention of the phonograph, to Bob Dylan pivoting from acoustic to electric guitar, to the ubiquity of streaming platforms and, most recently, an ambitious attempt at crossing AI with commercial music.
Grid
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Has streaming made it harder to discover new music?
Services such as Spotify and Apple Music give us access to the entire history of popular songs. But has that access made us lazy listeners? And could TikTok or TV really help us rediscover our passion for discovery?
The Guardian
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Deezer offre la possibilité de trouver un titre en le fredonnant
Deezer vient d’annoncer l’arrivée d’une grande nouveauté sur SongCatcher, son service proche de Shazam, pour retrouver un son. Une nouvelle fonctionnalité pour identifier un titre musical de la plus simple des manières arrive.
Presse Citron
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La radio y la música: el origen de los DJ
Si la radio permitió un medio de difusión musical que no existía hasta el momento, el aparato que generó una verdadera revolución fue el tocadiscos.
Onda Cero
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The Pointy End
Instrumental change: Dealing with music’s growing garbage pile
Unwanted musical instruments aren’t the biggest waste disposal problem facing the world, but they’re an issue worth making a noise about.
Arts Hub
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Can’t get tune out of your head? Try this
I once developed a bad case of music-looping after recording an album of jolly 1920s syncopated piano music. The resulting sleeplessness got so bad that I consulted a psychotherapist.
The Guardian
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Les curiosités du cerveau. L’oreille absolue : comment expliquer cette synesthésie musicale ?
Ils sont capables de reproduire un son juste après l’avoir écouté et passent parfois pour des génies musicaux. Les détenteurs de l’oreille absolue représentent une infime partie de la population.
Elle
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¿Por qué nos gusta la música que nos gusta?
Nuestra personalidad tiende a impactar más nuestros gustos musicales durante la adolescencia.
El Universo
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Bring that beat back: why are people in their 30s giving up on music?
It would have been unimaginable in our 20s, but these days more and more friends are disengaging from a passion we once shared. Surely this is premature?
The Guardian
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