Policy, Research & Politics
Kuwait: singer sentenced to two years in prison for ‘insulting the judiciary’
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- Tuesday, 10 November 2020
The Kuwaiti Appeals Court sentenced singer Khaled Al-Mulla to two years in prison for “insulting the judiciary” in a song which aired during a Ramadan television program, as reported by Al Khaleej Today.
'The way I am is an outrage': the Indigenous Brazilian musicians taking back a burning country
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- Monday, 09 November 2020
A vibrant underground of rap, metal, folk and more is thriving among Brazil’s embattled tribes, who are standing up to Bolsonaro’s environment policies.
Shut Up and Dance: the Hackney rap duo who raved against racism
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- Monday, 09 November 2020
By accelerating hip-hop breakbeats, and pouring the pain of bigotry and authoritarian rule into music, Carl ‘Smiley’ Hyman and Philip ‘PJ’ Johnson blazed a trail that led to rave and jungle.
Trump et la musique : histoire d'un fiasco de campagne
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- Monday, 09 November 2020
Si le locataire de la Maison Blanche a essayé, comme tous ses prédécesseurs, d'utiliser l'industrie musicale à son avantage, il a surtout suscité l'embarras plus qu'aucun autre.
Los días contados de la música urbana
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- Monday, 09 November 2020
El alucinante viaje de un concepto de espíritu ecléctico, sofisticado y vendedor que enalteció a la música negra, y su degradación acusado de racista y confuso.
From Biden to Hickenlooper, Dems dominate music in politics. But does it make a difference?
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- Tuesday, 27 October 2020
As they fight to be elected — or keep their seats of power — politicians this year are finding vastly different receptions to their musical strategies.
Beethoven Has a First Name
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- Tuesday, 27 October 2020
The past several decades have seen the world of American classical music reckoning with its racist and sexist history; as it has with many other areas of culture, that process has greatly accelerated over the past year.
The poetics and politics of rap music in the UK
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- Tuesday, 27 October 2020
As ever, rap at its most politically conscious becomes a mouthpiece for the voiceless, the marginal, those who contribute most productively in society but are rarely heard.
Comment #musictoo libère la parole dans l’industrie musicale
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- Tuesday, 27 October 2020
En l’espace de deux mois et demi, un compte Instagram créé pour répertorier les agressions sexistes et sexuelles au sein de la profession a récolté plus de 300 témoignages.
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