Music the artform and artists
A Lost Thing Finding Itself
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- Tuesday, 22 January 2019
Most elevators, in most buildings, don’t play music anymore. And yet “jazz” is probably how most people would identify the cheesy stuff known as elevator music.
How Will Rock and Roll Find Its Future?
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- Tuesday, 22 January 2019
Rock and roll never really dies. It flowers, and it withers. In its fertile periods, rock is fuel feeding cultural change.
Oscars’ Music Shortlist: 7 Song and Score Surprises
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- Tuesday, 22 January 2019
For many years, Oscar “shortlists” narrowed down the choices in a preliminary round that would eventually lead to the five nominees for original song and score.
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".
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