Music the artform and artists
Beyond 'African music': sounds from a diverse continent
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- Tuesday, 06 August 2019
From Botswanan heavy metal to Tanzanian singeli, the music coming from Africa is as diverse and vibrant as the nations and cultures it is home to.
8 Women who invented American Popular Music
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- Tuesday, 06 August 2019
Their music spans blues, jazz, country, gospel and salsa; it travelled from the tent show to the concert hall.
Woodstock a 50 ans
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- Tuesday, 06 August 2019
Voici l'histoire d'un festival aussi mythique que catastrophique.
Music in Morocco: The ultimate sonic journey
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- Wednesday, 24 July 2019
From Marrakech to the Atlas Mountains, here’s where to rock the casbah.
Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir
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- Wednesday, 24 July 2019
While classical institutions usually bemoan the aging audience, Eric Whitacre’s fan base is squarely in the prized demographic of 18- to 30-year-olds.
Famo music in Lesotho
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- Tuesday, 23 July 2019
The famo music genre emerged in the 1920s in the mines of South Africa, where many Basotho men worked as migrant labourers due to the lack of employment opportunities in their own country.
The Ambient Influence on Contemporary Music
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- Tuesday, 23 July 2019
If music is about sounds coordinated in time, moving from the present moment to the future until there is nothing left, then perhaps ambient music is the archetypal music.
Une saga nommée «Megri»
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- Tuesday, 23 July 2019
Il y a eu «Ya mraya», «Houria», «Dam didam dam» et surtout, surtout, «Lili Touyl», une chanson qui réunira tous les jeunes du Maroc, d’Algérie et de Tunisie avant d’aller à la conquête des pays arabes.
Aleppo’s cherished musical legacy
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- Tuesday, 09 July 2019
Throughout the city’s long history, Judaism, Christianity and Islam have claimed centers for religious ritual practices in Aleppo, and these have had a distinguished musical output.
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