Music the artform and artists
65th International Rostrum of Composers
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- Thursday, 10 May 2018
A flagship project of the International Music Council (IMC), the IRC was launched in 1954 and will be hosted this year for the first time in Hungary, co-organized with Bartok Radio – MTVA.
¡Que Viva la Música Latina!
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- Thursday, 10 May 2018
In 1982, the National Endowment for the Arts launched its annual National Heritage Fellowship award program, putting a major spotlight on renowned traditional artists from across the United States and its territories.
How Nigerian pop stole Fuji praise-singing
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- Thursday, 10 May 2018
There is an intersection between juju maestro Ebenezer Obey’s 1972 number dedicated to "Board Members" and QDot Alagbe’s 2018 mention of "Egbe Inumidun" in 'Ijo Gelede'.
The independent zine telling the authentic story of UK underground music
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- Thursday, 10 May 2018
TRENCH’s passionate coverage of grime, hip hop, and newer genres like drill is driven by its founders’ fundamental belief in DIY culture.
How the iconic music of 2001: A Space Odyssey came to be
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- Thursday, 10 May 2018
“Before the MGM brass flew in, Kubrick said, ‘Get this much money and buy all the classical music you can find downtown.’”
Les années fastes du folk
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- Thursday, 10 May 2018
Dans les années 60, un courant «trad», souvent régionaliste et contestataire, essaime en France autour de figures comme Alan Stivell ou Malicorne. Jusqu’à l’arrivée du punk.
A Guide to Northern Mexico’s Thriving Psych Scene
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- Tuesday, 01 May 2018
Historically, northern Mexico has the distinction of being the most fertile region in the country in terms of music, so it’s no surprise that some of the best psych bands currently playing come from there.
A Wunderkind at 100
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- Tuesday, 01 May 2018
Leonard Bernstein prophesied an American classical music; his disillusionment and disappointments mirrored the nation’s.
Four radical and radically original pieces of music that blew up the modernist status quo in 1968
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- Tuesday, 01 May 2018
It all somehow happened around the same time. And to a significant, if little acknowledged extent, the Bay Area was the stimulus for much of its mind-set.
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