Music the artform and artists
‘We Don’t Perform for People, We Perform for the Gods’
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- Tuesday, 01 May 2018
A community has formed around Chinese opera in Thailand, preserving one of the oldest dramatic art forms in the world.
Nigeria : à Lagos, les musiciens virent leur Kuti
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- Tuesday, 01 May 2018
La mégalopole fourmille de nouveaux talents qui chantent leur désir de réussite, tels Wizkid et Davido. Une afropop moins revendicative que libératrice, aux aspirations contestataires bien éloignées de celles de Fela Kuti, leur illustre prédécesseur militant.
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
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- Tuesday, 17 April 2018
How a Russian Jewish lullaby turned into the anthem of the forgotten men and women of our country
The Lost Classics
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- Tuesday, 17 April 2018
A great deal is known about Greek instruments. Some archaeological remains have been found, mostly of pipes, and occasionally even of lyres.
Making opera a living art form, not a museum art form
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- Tuesday, 17 April 2018
That term “a living art form” translates into three things: new works, new artists and new audiences.
Saudi Arabias Bootleg Music Shops
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- Tuesday, 17 April 2018
Saudi’s cassette shops had a distinctive smell, of scorched plastic and desert dust.
Kendrick Lamar, premier rappeur à remporter le prix Pulitzer de musique
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- Tuesday, 17 April 2018
L'Américain, considéré comme le porte-parole de la communauté Afro-américaine, a reçu la récompense pour son album DAMN. Une première pour un artiste hors musique classique ou jazz.
Separated by the war, reunited by music: Syrian troupe keeps heritage alive
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- Tuesday, 03 April 2018
A troupe of musicians separated by the Syrian civil war is carrying on the Arab musical heritage through concerts performed in their new Jordanian home.
Janka Nabay: musical evangelist who took bubu to the world
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- Tuesday, 03 April 2018
Janka Nabay, who has died aged 54, first gave solace to war-torn Sierra Leone by updating the country’s traditional bubu music – then unleashed it on to global dancefloors.
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