Policy, Research & Politics
Audience Development: The Long Haul Model
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- Tuesday, 22 August 2017
A New Paradigm that Solves the Problems of Audience Attrition, Churn, and Aging.
Centrafrique : 5 chansons pour la paix
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- Tuesday, 22 August 2017
La dernière décennie de la République Centrafricaine a été particulièrement agitée et tourmentée sur le plan politique. De nombreuses crises miliaires se sont enchaînées, laissant le peuple dans le désarroi. Face à la terreur, des voix d’artistes se sont élevées pour chanter contre la guerre.
From the 1979 revolution to today: The politics of music in Iran
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- Tuesday, 08 August 2017
Since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, public life in Iran has been informed by a strict religious hierarchy. Culture is no exception: The ministry of culture and guidance controls the role of music, but things have changed over time.
Musicians Who Got Political: The Rocky Road From The Stage to Public Office
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- Tuesday, 08 August 2017
Musicians and politicians have a lot in common - or so it seems. Both have to engage the public and often try to push for a cause or to deliver a message.
'Women like me don't play music' in Burkina Faso
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- Tuesday, 08 August 2017
A Burkinabe musician is hoping to encourage more women to pick up traditional instruments.
Why is there so little space for women in jazz music?
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- Tuesday, 08 August 2017
Female singers from Nina Simone to Kate Ceberano are some of the most recognisable and celebrated jazz performers. Yet across the Australian jazz industry, women are disturbingly under-represented.
L’infernal “Despacito” au cœur d’une polémique politique au Venezuela
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- Tuesday, 08 August 2017
Il y a enfin quelque chose d’intéressant à raconter sur ce terrible tube de l’été.
‘Despacito’ singers slam Venezuela’s Maduro for ‘illegal’ use of song
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- Tuesday, 25 July 2017
“Illegally appropriating a song doesn’t compare to the crimes you are committing and have committed in Venezuela,” one of the two, Daddy Yankee, wrote on his Instagram feed, directly addressing Maduro.
Colouring politics with musical tradition
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- Tuesday, 25 July 2017
In the world of Thai traditional music, there is a highly esteemed competition, known as prachan, in which groups of musicians battle each other to produce the best pieces. The practice resembles a political fight in many ways.
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