Music the artform and artists
A Black Composer’s Legacy Flourishes 500 Years After His Birth
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- Tuesday, 17 January 2023
The reputation of Vicente Lusitano, one of the earliest known composers of African descent active in Europe, was thwarted for centuries.
Hip hop in Sudan
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- Tuesday, 17 January 2023
At the start of the 1960s, Sudanese musicians began incorporating Western influences in their compositions. Brass instruments, accordions, electric guitars, violins, synths and pianos, accentuated by drum kits, produced a hybrid sound of jazz and blues that was widely loved.
Dread Broadcasting Corporation: The pirate that changed British radio
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- Tuesday, 17 January 2023
In 1981 Rita Marley’s brother Leroy Anderson aka Lepke launched the Dread Broadcasting Corporation (DBC), Europe’s first dedicated black music station.
Comment le rappeur Wegz a redéfini la musique en Égypte
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- Tuesday, 17 January 2023
L'artiste le plus streamé du monde arabe a activement participé à la popularisation du style hip-hop dans le pays des pharaons.
Cultura rave: algo más que drogas y musicón
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- Tuesday, 17 January 2023
Más allá de las mediáticas fiestas de fin de año y de las anécdotas que las rodean, el movimiento ‘free party’ tiene unos valores y una historia que se iniciaron a finales de los ochenta.
Much to cheer about the future of jazz in India
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- Sunday, 11 December 2022
One challenge musicians face is that shows may be erratic, and that jazz is not as paying as other genres.
Finding New Meaning in Timeless Music
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- Sunday, 11 December 2022
A new wave of artists is turning African music into a force that honors the past and transcends borders.
The Untold Story of Disco and Its Black, Latino & LGBTQ Roots
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- Sunday, 11 December 2022
Instead of live dance music, these venues boasted DJs, crate diggers open to any groove that would keep the party going on the dance floor: psychedelic, classic soul, progressive soul, jazz fusion, Latin American dance music, African pop.
Measuring the Evolution of Contemporary Western Popular Music
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- Sunday, 11 December 2022
Popular music is a key cultural expression that has captured listeners' attention for ages. Many of the structural regularities underlying musical discourse are yet to be discovered and, accordingly, their historical evolution remains formally unknown.
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