Policy, Research & Politics
Conservatism and the Conservatory
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- Sunday, 03 February 2019
The observation is often made that political conservatives do not have anything much to say about the arts, either believing, with the libertarians, that in this matter people should be free to do as they please, or else fearing, like the traditionalists, that a policy for the arts will always be captured by the Left and turned into an assault on our inherited values.
This new Indian electronic music genre is fusing religion and politics
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- Sunday, 03 February 2019
"Anyone who doesn't believe in our values and wants to go to Pakistan is welcome to go," cries a voice in Hindi, over a thumping electronic beat.
Why Putin is learning to love rap
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- Sunday, 03 February 2019
Russian authorities are canceling shows and cracking down on artists speaking a little too freely.
The Google Campaign to Scare Musicians
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- Sunday, 03 February 2019
Campaigning by the company against new EU legislation focusses on artists, but the implications for its own business model are the big issue.
Female artists dominate Grammy Awards
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- Sunday, 03 February 2019
Female musicians who not only write their own lyrics, but produce their songs too, are taking center stage at the 2019 Grammy Awards, a year after female voices were shut of the show’s major categories.
1er Festival de Musique Arabe Engangée
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- Sunday, 03 February 2019
Le festival se veut une plateforme dédiée à la découverte de jeunes talents tunisiens, maghrébins et arabes qui ont choisi de chanter la révolution, la lutte, l’égalité, la paix.
Spotify Now Lets You Completely Mute Artists
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- Tuesday, 22 January 2019
Following Spotify’s “Hateful Conduct” policy that was introduced last year, which erased artists such as XXXTentacion and R. Kelly from playlists and promotions due to increasing moral concerns, the streaming giant has now nullified the policy to increase these abilities for its users.
Bridges built by the power of K-pop and J-pop
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- Tuesday, 22 January 2019
This year hasn’t been a particularly warm one for the relationship between Japan and South Korea. Ongoing tension stemming from Japan’s colonization of its neighbour up to the end of World War II have bubbled up once again, affecting everything from music to tourism.
Diversity Rocks! Why A Gender-Equal Lineup Is The New Normal For Spanish Festival Primavera Sound
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- Tuesday, 22 January 2019
Against a backdrop of growing frustration with the absurdity of conference stages being dominated with all-male panels, and music festival stages offering predictably “pale, male and stale” lineups, Spanish festival Primavera Sound has declared that gender equality is the “new normal”.
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