Music the artform and artists
Lost in Music: An Oral History of Disco
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- Tuesday, 04 August 2020
“Every night was a different club, one after another, and there were really no barriers: blacks and whites, gays and straights... ”
50 punk albums every music fan should own
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- Tuesday, 04 August 2020
It can surely only be a matter of time before the question "what is punk?" enters the lexicon of philosophical head-scratchers. It’s a sound, for sure, as anyone who has heard the Ramones' first album will know.
Vienna, city of paradox
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- Tuesday, 04 August 2020
How did the city of elegant classicism give birth to an explosive modernism, threatening to destroy its very traditions?
Beats Undercover: how drummers are finding new ways to make music in lockdown
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- Tuesday, 04 August 2020
From shoebox bass drums, playing with cotton buds and livestreamed collaborations, Christine Hannigan discovers how a new generation of musicians are using tech, innovation and determination to survive and thrive in lockdown.
Les deux visages de Ravi Shankar
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- Tuesday, 04 August 2020
Passeur d’une tradition millénaire, le sitariste et pédagogue devint une icône pop dans les années 60 en faisant évoluer la musique indienne vers d’autres rives. Des facettes complémentaires que ses filles Anoushka Shankar et Norah Jones contribuent à perpétuer.
El encanto inoxidable de la música de México
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- Tuesday, 04 August 2020
Varios lanzamientos nos recuerdan la grandeza del repertorio del país.
The beauty of Arab music is the beauty of Arab culture
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- Tuesday, 21 July 2020
While music from this era, known as the “Golden Age” of Arabic music, is no longer topping the charts obviously, it is still very much loved, relevant, and extremely popular even today.
Remembering Central Avenue, L.A.’s jazz oasis
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- Tuesday, 21 July 2020
‘Central was like a river. A mighty river like the Amazon or the Nile, or in this case the Congo. And all the streets were tributaries that branched off from this great river.’
6 Asian beatboxers you need to know
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- Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Beatboxing is an art form that started when people began imitating the Roland TR808 drum machine, colloquially known as a “beat box”, using only their mouths.
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