Music the artform and artists
Metal: de música de nicho a fenómeno de masas
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- Tuesday, 02 February 2021
Como muchas otras variantes del rock, el metal surgió desde el mundo "underground" y fue acaparando atención masiva con el paso de los años.
IMC Hidden Treasures Mixtape
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- Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Since 1955, among the 600+ composers selected and recommended at the International Rostrum of Composers, only 47 were women, representing roughly 7% of the total. The Hidden Treasures Mixtape offers the opportunity to (re)discover hidden gems composed by women and offer them the recognition they deserv(ed).
Yaadt music, a people’s expression
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- Tuesday, 19 January 2021
The history of yaadt music, a sound born in the Cape and its surrounding towns, is shrouded in obscurity and erasure – just like the history of the people to whom it belongs. It is made in communion. As a sound, yaadt is rooted in muscle-memory and expressed in action.
10 Latin Music Stories That Changed the Game in 2020
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- Tuesday, 19 January 2021
The past year was tough, agonizing and unprecedented. But in terms of music, 2020 was our Latin year.
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love the Flute
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- Tuesday, 19 January 2021
It’s an instrument based on the most fundamental sign of life: breath. Listen to the best music ever written for it.
Phil Spector, démiurge dérangé de la pop
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- Tuesday, 19 January 2021
L’homme qui avait voulu donner ses lettres de noblesse à la pop est mort dans une geôle californienne, à l’âge de 81 ans.
Sandro, el padre del rock and roll argentino
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- Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Sandro nació el 19 de agosto de 1945 en Buenos Aires. Sus padres, Vicente Sánchez e Irma Ocampo, quisieron ponerle el nombre de Sandro, pero las autoridades del Registro Civil no se lo permitieron y por eso lo inscribieron como Roberto Sánchez. Sin embargo, durante toda su carrera se identificó como Sandro o Sandro de América.
African musicians who impressed in 2020
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- Tuesday, 05 January 2021
This year has been a difficult one for most creatives, who suffered a big blow due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On the organisational side, concerts, festivals and awards ceremonies were postponed or made the transition to digital, which, in general, yielded less profits for those involved.
All Alone With a Microphone
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- Tuesday, 05 January 2021
In 2020, pop learned how much simple physical proximity affects music, and how to cope with isolation.
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