Music the artform and artists
No tune, no words, no dancing: why white noise is the music industry’s newest hit
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- Wednesday, 12 October 2022
The sounds of bonfires, waves and rainfall are helping us relax – and making millions.
Meet the Artists Shaping the Wave Music Scene
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- Wednesday, 12 October 2022
As the genre's popularity soars within the electronic music space, so too does the success of its early adopters.
Ernesto Djédjé : roi du ziglibithy, père des ziglibithiens
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- Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Comment oublier la coupe afro, les pattes d’eph, les costume rutilants en satin mais surtout le jeu de jambes d’Ernesto Djédjé lorsque, embarqué par les percussions, il ponctuait ses solos de danse par un magistral coup de tête qui valait à lui seul tous les breaks.
Artistas femeninas más escuchadas en 2022
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- Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Al centrarse específicamente en los temas musicales en español interpretados por mujeres, tres artistas influyentes pelean por liderar el listado. Argentina, España y Colombia están representados entre estos exitosos tracks.
Remembering Pharoah Sanders, Who Sought Divinity on Earth
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- Tuesday, 27 September 2022
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.
It’s not salsa or ranchera music – Latino punk rock in the US
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- Tuesday, 27 September 2022
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.
How diverse music traditions have influenced Saudi Arabia’s identity and culture
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- Tuesday, 27 September 2022
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.
Soubi, la musique et la vie
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- Tuesday, 27 September 2022
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.
La música en la antigua Grecia
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- Tuesday, 27 September 2022
Es admirada la cultura y el arte que nos dejaron los antiguos griegos. Pero ¿cómo era la música en la antigua Grecia?
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