Music the artform and artists
Les origines acoustiques de la musique congolaise moderne
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- Tuesday, 22 January 2019
La musique congolaise moderne fut entièrement acoustique dès sa naissance dans les années 40 jusqu’en 1963 avec l’usage de la guitare sèche puis en 1958 avec l’adoption de la guitare «archtop» électro-acoustique, dotée d’un micro, ou guitare amplifiée.
Blue Note's High Notes
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- Tuesday, 08 January 2019
In 1939, a German-Jewish immigrant (Alfred Lion) and a writer-musician-activist (Max Margulis) founded Blue Note Records, a jazz label, in New York.
One Last Note...
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- Tuesday, 08 January 2019
A celebration of important music figures we lost in 2018.
Inside Tajikistan: A history of music and storytelling
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- Tuesday, 08 January 2019
Tajikistan has a rich history of music and storytelling that dates back to about a thousand years.
HMV: The rise and fall of a music icon
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- Tuesday, 08 January 2019
It was on 20 July 1921 that British composer Sir Edward Elgar opened the doors of a new shop at 363 Oxford Street, named "His Master's Voice".
Comme un air de cumbia
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- Tuesday, 08 January 2019
Venue d’Amérique latine où sa popularité se vérifie dans de nombreux pays, la cumbia s’est installée dans le paysage musical français et européen depuis une dizaine d’années pour devenir le courant latino le plus en vue actuellement.
How this African beat spread through Latin America
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- Tuesday, 11 December 2018
It all started in a small village in Colombia.
Are the Best Music Videos Actually Movies?
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- Tuesday, 11 December 2018
From David Bowie to Britney Spears, musicians have long been elevating their music videos to a cinematic art form.
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