Policy, Research & Politics
Egypt: Singer banned ‘temporarily’ from performing his songs
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- Tuesday, 31 March 2015
Singer Hamza Namera is being investigated by the Musicians Union which as issued a 'temporary' resolution to ban him from singing.
25 March 1821: Greeks Sing their Revolution
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- Tuesday, 31 March 2015
"Pikra to lene ta poulia" (Birds sing a bitter song) is a free rythm table song, not danceable, based on the historical facts of the Greek War of Indepedence of 1821.
Russian Theater Director Fired Over Wagner Opera
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- Tuesday, 31 March 2015
Russia's culture minister on Sunday fired the director of a Siberian theater whose modern staging of Wagner's opera "Tannhauser" offended the powerful Russian Orthodox Church.
Madagascar: Première promotion de musiciens professionnels
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- Tuesday, 31 March 2015
La musique classique est un domaine artistique où l'on peut également se professionnaliser.
Barbara Hannigan: no jacket required…
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- Tuesday, 17 March 2015
Who says women can't be conductors? Well, quite a lot of men. So what has the famous soprano Barbara Hannigan learned since she picked up the baton – and started waving it in a (shock!) sleeveless dress?
Hip-hop hijabis challenge stereotypes
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- Tuesday, 17 March 2015
It takes about three songs before the audience gets over the shock of hijabis running across the stage.
Canada: Viet Cong banned from playing because of their name
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- Tuesday, 17 March 2015
The Canadian art rockers Viet Kong have had a show in Ohio cancelled because their name 'deeply offends' some people.
'There's no life without music': the Malian musicians fighting Islamists with songs
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- Tuesday, 17 March 2015
All music was banned in northern Mali in 2012 by Islamist militants. But musicians such as Khaira Arby refused to accept it.
The Blurred Lines Between Homage and Plagiarism
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- Tuesday, 17 March 2015
The "Blurred Lines" trial wrapped up in Los Angeles this week. Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams were ordered to pay the family of Marvin Gaye about $7.4 million in damages and profits earned, for what a federal jury understood to be a copyright infringement.
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