Music the artform and artists
These two girls will save the future of Sound Art with a web radio called Radio Papesse
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- Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Created 10 years ago by the brainchild of Carola Haupt and Ilaria Gadenz, Radio Papesse is a platform devoted to sound art, which worked with artists, musicians, producers and Djs in order to create one of the most interesting and open online audio archives dedicated to contemporary arts.
Montreux Jazz Festival celebrates 50th edition
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- Tuesday, 12 July 2016
"It's a beautiful thing, 50 years .... It was just a village when I came here. I was a little boy then," the 78-year-old Lloyd from Memphis, Tennessee, quipped at the end of the nearly 90-minute set during which he played tenor sax and the flute.
Hip-hop made in Bénin, état des lieux
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- Tuesday, 12 July 2016
La culture hip-hop fait son apparition au début des années 90 au travers de la danse comme dans plusieurs pays d’Afrique francophone.
Max Martin and Cecilia Bartoli honoured with 25th Polar Music Prize
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- Tuesday, 28 June 2016
Max Martin, the Grammy Award winning hit-making maestro, and Cecilia Bartoli, internationally renowned mezzo-soprano, have been honoured today with the 25th Polar Music Prize, the world’s most prestigious award for music.
1200 Years of Women Composers: A Free 78-Hour Music Playlist
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- Tuesday, 28 June 2016
Those of us who listen to a great deal of classical music might feel a tad sheepish about how much more heavily male our playlists slant, at least in terms of the composers.
Throat Singing
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- Tuesday, 28 June 2016
For those who think the human voice can produce only one note at a time, the resonant harmonies of throat-singing are surprising.
How a boy from the Sri Lankan jungle formed the greatest punk band you’ve never heard
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- Tuesday, 28 June 2016
The early 1980s was an incredibly fertile time for underground music in San Francisco. The scene was centred on a troop of interconnected bands playing at alternative spaces to small but devoted audiences – an antithesis to the stadium status achieved by the local rock acts of the ‘60s and ‘70s.
Bernie Worrell, révolutionnaire secret du funk
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- Tuesday, 28 June 2016
Au sein de Parliament et de Funkadelic, puis aux côtés de Talking Heads ou Mos Def, celui qui fut surnommé le «Jimi Hendrix du clavier» par Bootsy Collins est décédé à son domicile à l’âge de 72 ans.
A Guided Tour Of Colombian Music
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- Tuesday, 28 June 2016
Colombia is a diverse country reflecting the legacies of Spain, Africa, indigenous cultures and a mix of the above. So the music is a fascinating mashup — one of the most compelling blends you'll find anywhere on the planet.
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