Music the artform and artists
In the Capital of Electronic Music, Women Rule the Scene
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- Tuesday, 26 June 2018
Women have long been active as D.J.s in Berlin, arguably the world capital of underground electronic music, but they have surged in prominence and visibility in the past few years.
Has 2018 Killed the Pop Star?
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- Tuesday, 26 June 2018
There are still pop stars, and there is still popular music—but they don’t overlap nearly as often as they used to.
The 100 greatest jazz recordings
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- Tuesday, 26 June 2018
Recorded jazz is still under a century old, but in a little over nine decades an enormous quantity of music has amassed.
Composing Your Thoughts
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- Tuesday, 26 June 2018
Music that upsets expectations is what makes your gray matter sing.
What Was the Point of Elevator Music?
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- Tuesday, 26 June 2018
Contrary to popular belief, it wasn’t because lifts were terrifying.
Diversité et rythme traditionnel au Sénégal
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- Tuesday, 26 June 2018
La musique traditionnelle est vie car elle est porteuse d’identité et de valeurs culturelles. « Elle est inscrite au cœur de la communauté, qui la porte jalousement et passionnément en elle, parce qu’elle est un legs, parce qu’elle est un héritage reçu des ancêtres aux fins de la transmettre aux générations suivantes »
New attitudes to music-making
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- Tuesday, 12 June 2018
Genre classifications are essentially backward-looking, convenient for characterising the art of the past, but not the present.
Removing barriers to new music
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- Tuesday, 12 June 2018
Contemporary music as a niche genre is a big risk with a lot of question marks, with generally lesser-known composer and performer names, and few points of reference in daily life for what the music sounds like.
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