Music the artform and artists
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
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- Tuesday, 17 April 2018
How a Russian Jewish lullaby turned into the anthem of the forgotten men and women of our country
The Lost Classics
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- Tuesday, 17 April 2018
A great deal is known about Greek instruments. Some archaeological remains have been found, mostly of pipes, and occasionally even of lyres.
Making opera a living art form, not a museum art form
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- Tuesday, 17 April 2018
That term “a living art form” translates into three things: new works, new artists and new audiences.
Saudi Arabias Bootleg Music Shops
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- Tuesday, 17 April 2018
Saudi’s cassette shops had a distinctive smell, of scorched plastic and desert dust.
Kendrick Lamar, premier rappeur à remporter le prix Pulitzer de musique
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- Tuesday, 17 April 2018
L'Américain, considéré comme le porte-parole de la communauté Afro-américaine, a reçu la récompense pour son album DAMN. Une première pour un artiste hors musique classique ou jazz.
Separated by the war, reunited by music: Syrian troupe keeps heritage alive
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- Tuesday, 03 April 2018
A troupe of musicians separated by the Syrian civil war is carrying on the Arab musical heritage through concerts performed in their new Jordanian home.
Janka Nabay: musical evangelist who took bubu to the world
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- Tuesday, 03 April 2018
Janka Nabay, who has died aged 54, first gave solace to war-torn Sierra Leone by updating the country’s traditional bubu music – then unleashed it on to global dancefloors.
Giving Classical the Boot(leg): A Brief History of Illicit Recording
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- Tuesday, 03 April 2018
For certain music enthusiasts, of all concert souvenirs, the bootleg recording is the most covetable.
When the Student Became the Master
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- Tuesday, 03 April 2018
Coltrane was the same age as Miles—both were born in 1926—but he was clearly the subordinate in this relationship. Miles, an extraordinary scout of talent, plucked him out of obscurity, from a club in Philadelphia in 1955, to join what came to be called the “classic quintet.”
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