Policy, Research & Politics
The Racist Roots Of Rap On Trial
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- Tuesday, 16 March 2021
Mac the Camouflage Assassin. Boosie Badazz. Drakeo the Ruler. Mayhem Mal. Since the early 1990s, police and prosecutors have used lyrics to build and try hundreds of criminal cases against rap artists.
'Woke' culture is threat to protest songs
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- Tuesday, 16 March 2021
Protest songs have had a long and rich history of being vehicles for social change, with artists such as Bob Dylan, Gil Scott-Heron and Marvin Gaye being some of most notable examples of this musical tradition.
Meet The Black Women Working To Make The Music Industry More Equitable For Artists
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- Tuesday, 16 March 2021
It’s no secret both industry insiders and music fans have taken issue with the way Black artists have been recognized by the Grammy Awards over time.
"Patria y vida", la chanson contestataire devenue virale qui hérisse le gouvernement cubain
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- Tuesday, 16 March 2021
Devenue virale sur les réseaux sociaux en prenant le contrepied du slogan révolutionnaire "Patria o muerte", la chanson est perçue comme une provocation par le gouvernement socialiste de La Havane.
El blues no es solo música política
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- Tuesday, 16 March 2021
El blues nace en un periodo histórico más opresor hacia las personas negras, aunque el racismo se manifestara con dureza también en los años 80 o 90. El blues nace de un contexto de conflicto, surgido de la esclavitud, la migración forzada, trabajos de 12 horas prácticamente sin asalariar.
Obscure Musicology Journal Sparks Battles Over Race and Free Speech
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- Tuesday, 02 March 2021
A periodical devoted to the study of a long-dead European music theorist is an unlikely suspect to spark an explosive battle over race and free speech.
The State of Artistic Freedom 2021
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- Monday, 01 March 2021
This year’s report documents an analysis of 978 acts of violations of artistic freedom in 2020 in 89 countries and online spaces. 17 artists were killed, 82 were imprisoned and 133 detained.
Kazakh pop stars Ninety One break 'taboo' on political lyrics
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- Monday, 01 March 2021
References to George Orwell and Aldous Huxley are not exactly what one expects to hear in a pop song, least of all in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan where the political scene has been dominated by one party for almost three decades.
On a oublié le rôle joué par la musique dans les luttes politiques de l’époque
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- Monday, 01 March 2021
Le journaliste britannique Joe Muggs est un chroniqueur essentiel de la musique électronique de ces dernières années. Dans Bass, Mids, Tops, il revient à travers une série d’entretiens sur une histoire méconnue, celle des sound-systems au Royaume-Uni.
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