Music the artform and artists
Everything you need to know about: Musique concrète
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- Tuesday, 09 June 2020
This sonic experimentalism, born in 1940s Paris and Cairo, left a lasting legacy on modern music.
Florian Schneider: the enigma whose codes broke open pop music
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- Tuesday, 09 June 2020
The Kraftwerk co-founder remained a mystery even after death, but there is no doubting the impact he made with his group’s sublime, visionary music.
Regard sur la musique contemporaine chinoise
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- Tuesday, 09 June 2020
De la musique de chambre à la musique symphonique en passant par la musique vocale.
Cinco jóvenes de la música chilena a las que hay que poner oído
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- Tuesday, 09 June 2020
Estos son algunos de los últimos singles de cinco jóvenes chilenas que han hecho carrera de forma independiente y autogestionada en la música, explorando en la electrónica, el rock, el folclor y el rap.
5 Music Rights - More than Ever!
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- Tuesday, 26 May 2020
How can we make sure that these rights continue to be respected during and in the aftermath of crisis? Which challenges can be identified for each Right? What needs to be done to overcome them?
The IMC debate is our reply to UNESCO’s invitation to start a dialogue about the matter in our field and our community and we hope you will join us on IMC Facebook page on May 27th at 11:30 CEST.
Dad rock: Rediscovering one of Palestine’s first rock bands
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- Tuesday, 26 May 2020
“Their lyrics were absolutely political,” replies Ashrawi. “But rather than chanting slogans, they preferred the imagery that poems conjured.”
3,000 Interviews. 50 Years. Listen to the History of American Music
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- Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Vivian Perlis founded Yale’s Oral History of American Music in 1968. Today, the project continues her mission to record the voices of American composers.
Rain on rooftops, crunching gravel: the strange appeal of 'slow audio'
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- Tuesday, 26 May 2020
First there was slow TV – now radio and podcasts are getting in on the act with ambient recordings of forest walks and bird calls.
Little Richard’s Music Was Dangerous, but So Is Freedom
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- Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Little Richard is a button on the top of my bedroom-scale battery-powered guitar amplifier. Click and the soft trebly jangle of the strings becomes a roar of noise and possibility. He invented this, the electric guitar as we know it, without even touching an electric guitar.
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