Policy, Research & Politics
Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan didn't invent the protest song
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- Sunday, 08 December 2013
We all know what a protest song is. It's an angry man with a guitar. It's Bob Dylan and Blowin' in the Wind. It's Woody Guthrie singing This Land is Your Land.
Café Society: the groundbreaking club that time forgot
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- Sunday, 08 December 2013
Café Society was the first non-segregated club in the US, yet its pioneering impact has not been recognised. Ivan Hewett reports on an attempt to revive its spirit.
Music united, strengthened South Africans during apartheid
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- Saturday, 07 December 2013
Music professor Carolyn Burns became familiar with Nelson Mandela through the music that shaped him.
Breaking the Wagner ban in Israel
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- Friday, 06 December 2013
How the Principal Conductor of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra hopes to perform 'forbidden' Wagner operas.
Elton John will perform in Russia despite homophobic protests
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- Monday, 11 November 2013
Russian demonstrators condemn forthcoming concert as 'amoral sabbath' – but singer says he cannot stay at home.
Politics permeating the entertainment industry stays constant
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- Monday, 11 November 2013
Professor of history Michael Morrison said politics and music have been intertwined since the days of Chuck Berry and the Beatles, but today the alignment seems to be more disinclined.
Gergiev's Barbican concert picketed with sparklers
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- Monday, 11 November 2013
Veteran campaigner Peter Tatchell organises protest against conductor's support for anti-gay laws.
Africans For Africa Network Launches Game-Changing North-South Collaboration
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- Friday, 08 November 2013
The collaboration takes the form of a two-week residency programme and two public events taking place at the Emthonjeni Arts in South Africa in December 2013, in partnership with Mali's the Festival au Desert.
Music Against Child Labour
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- Friday, 08 November 2013
The global Music Against Child Labour Initiative was launched in 2013. It links the ILO and its International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) with musicians, conductors and musicians' organizations.
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