Music the artform and artists
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.
11 Afro-Brazilian Artists You Should Listen to
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- Tuesday, 05 January 2021
These artists prove that the contemporary Afro-Brazilian music scene has never been so plural.
Élias Rahbani, le gentleman discret de la musique libanaise
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- Tuesday, 05 January 2021
Coup de projecteur sur le riche parcours d’un musicien appartenant sans conteste à une famille et une lignée où la musique s’apparente à l’oxygène que l’on respire.
Del Villancico a la Gaita: Venezuela y su música en Navidad
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- Tuesday, 05 January 2021
Villancicos, aguinaldos, parrandas, gaitas y todo lo que signifique baile y alegría hacen el marco perfecto para la Navidad en Venezuela, un verdadero abanico de diversidad musical en el último mes del año.
How did Bad Bunny become the world's biggest pop star?
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- Tuesday, 08 December 2020
The superb Puerto Rican vocalist is now the most streamed artist on Spotify globally, but has never had a UK hit – something he’s determined to change.
Lebanon Just Lost One Of Its Musical Prodigies
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- Tuesday, 08 December 2020
The multi-instrumentalist is one of Lebanon’s big losses as he’d been the director of Lebanon’s National Conservatory since 2018. But other than just that, Saba was known to link eastern and western music and worked with notable famed musicians.
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