Policy, Research & Politics
Afghanistan's singers flee Taliban violence
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- Monday, 25 October 2021
Afghan singers who escaped to Pakistan say they had no choice but to flee when the Taliban took power in Afghanistan.
Here’s what women are earning (compared to men) in the UK music industry
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- Monday, 25 October 2021
Companies in the UK with more than 250 employees have once again been legally required to publish their annual gender pay gap stats – and today (October 5) was the deadline.
Ce que la chanson engagée nous enseigne sur la liberté d’expression en France
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- Monday, 25 October 2021
Les chansons racontent la société (Louis-Jean Calvet) et le patrimoine français compte bon nombre de chansons engagées, subversives et contestataires, qu’il s’agisse d’attaquer la monarchie au début du XIXe siècle, de soutenir la lutte des résistants pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale, de défendre la liberté d’expression ou l’antiracisme.
Los Rolling Stones, en la picota
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- Monday, 25 October 2021
El temor a ser políticamente incorrectos afecta incluso a quienes construyeron su carrera con la provocación.
MusicAIRE – An Innovative Recovery for Europe
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- Tuesday, 12 October 2021
Inova+ and the European Music Council (EMC) have launched the new European project MusicAIRE. The consortium will develop grants to support the music ecosystem to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis in a green, digital and just and resilient way. The consortium invites the European music sector to answer to the questionnaire for a first needs analysis which will form the basis of further discussion on the call for grants to be developed.
Rapper sentenced to one year in prison for ‘insulting the President of Belarus’ in his song
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- Tuesday, 12 October 2021
Petrov has been sentenced under Article 368 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus for a question he formed in the song on whether President Lukashenko is “a person with low intelligence”.
Will R Kelly’s conviction lead to a reckoning for the music industry?
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- Monday, 11 October 2021
For decades, a culture of sexual abuse has been ignored. Helen Brown asks whether we are at a turning point.
As Most Music Is Silenced in Afghanistan, a Style Favored by the Taliban Fills the Void
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- Monday, 11 October 2021
Once unwelcome, a cappella songs known as taranas now dominate the airwaves.
Le retour très politique du Disco Polo en Pologne
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- Monday, 11 October 2021
Le disco polo a fait un retour en force ces dernières années, notamment grâce à la télévision publique qui le diffuse abondamment. S’agit-il simplement de répondre à la demande populaire pour cette musique ? Ou est-ce un outil pour servir l’agenda populiste du parti au pouvoir qui fait la guerre aux élites culturelles libérales ?
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