Music the artform and artists
Is K-pop the ultimate cultural appropriation, or South Korea improving overseas trends
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- Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Cultural appropriation is a common accusation in the music industry, and K-pop groups such as BTS seem to have copied Asian and Western genres. But is it any different to Korea taking overseas technology and improving it?
The Unlikely Endurance of Christian Rock
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- Tuesday, 16 October 2018
The genre has been disdained by the church and mocked by secular culture. That just reassured practitioners that they were rebels on a righteous path.
Dialectique de la pop musique
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- Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Née au début du XXe siècle, la pop musique est omniprésente, souvent qualifiée de légère et peu questionnée...
UNPA celebrates International Music Day
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- Tuesday, 02 October 2018
The United Nations Postal Administration has issued three mini-sheets of twelve stamps to celebrate International Music Day on 1 October 2018.
Twisting for Solos, the Violist Is a Quartet’s Odd Player Out
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- Tuesday, 02 October 2018
There’s not much to look at when a string quartet is playing. Other than the movements that draw sound from the instruments, the scene is relatively static.
Rachid Taha
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- Tuesday, 02 October 2018
Was it The Clash that influenced Rachid Taha or Rachid Taha who influenced The Clash? The Algerian-born singer, who has died aged 59, told a story of how he met the punk icons in Paris in 1981.
Cardi B Is Now the First Female Rapper With Three No. 1 Singles On Billboard’s Hot 100
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- Tuesday, 02 October 2018
Cardi B’s had quite the year.
Dissing the Comptetition
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- Tuesday, 02 October 2018
Yet another “pay to enter” composer competition is making its annual rounds. It appeared in my inbox the other day and became part of the groggy ritual of email sorting and morning coffee reading.
Les femmes dans la musique bissau-guinéenne
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- Tuesday, 02 October 2018
Traditionnellement, les femmes sont peu présentes dans la musique de Guinée Bissau hormis dans quelques styles comme les rythmes tina, forme de sega de Guinée Bissau.
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