Policy, Research & Politics

Open Letter to Bob Geldof and Tribe

Details: Tuesday, 09 December 2014

Africans are concerned that you are again taking their power away. Most of them don't have the network and power you have in mobilising millions of people; they possibly do not have the marketing capacity and power of persuasion to call world leaders in a close of an eye. Africans do not want to fight with you!

Huffington Post

Who’s killing Los Angeles’ mariachis?

Details: Tuesday, 09 December 2014

Once, according to old timers on the city's Latino Eastside, there were as many mariachis in Los Angeles as Mexican taco stands.

Voxxi

Culture Shock: Jah Shaka and the power of music to bring change

Details: Tuesday, 09 December 2014

When Jah Shaka speaks it's hard not to take him seriously. There's the gentle levity of his Jamaican patois, and his bottomless brown eyes, like those of a prophet. It doesn't hurt that he's got the flow to match the eminent presence.

The Irish Times

Traditions from Kenya, Uganda and Venezuela inscribed for Urgent Safeguarding

Details: Wednesday, 26 November 2014

The Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, meeting in Paris until 28 November, inscribed these traditions due to their vulnerability and threats to their survival.

UNESCO

Egypt: the "Singer of the Revolution" leaves the country

Details: Tuesday, 25 November 2014

"Ever since my song "Irhal" became known as one of the most important songs of the Egyptian uprising, there has been a myth about the way the song was written and how I emerged as a "singer of the Revolution".

Al Jazeera

South Korea: TV network bans pop song for using Japanese

Details: Monday, 24 November 2014

Crayon Pop, the popular South Korean idol group, was banned from broadcasting its latest track on one of South Korea's biggest networks.

Freemuse

Is music licensing company Loudr pitch perfect?

Details: Monday, 24 November 2014

Two entrepreneurs aim to take the guess work out of music licensing for cover songs.

Channel 3000

Santo Domingo: Abren programa cultura paz

Details: Monday, 24 November 2014

Música y arte son las herramientas que proponen varias organizaciones que ayer abrieron en la Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) el programa "Construyendo una cultura de paz", con el que pretenden educar a las comunidades educativas en las búsqueda de una convivencia armónica.

Diario Libre

RISM Free Online Catalog and Survey

Details: Monday, 24 November 2014

The RISM (International Inventory of Musical Sources) Central Office is carrying out a survey about the online catalog, which is available free of charge.

RISM

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