Policy, Research & Politics
“Immoral Pig” — Musicians React To Donald Trump’s Immigration Travel Ban
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- Tuesday, 07 February 2017
On January 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily barring people from seven Muslim-majority nations. Top music stars disagree.
France: Aux Sons Citoyens !
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- Tuesday, 07 February 2017
La diversité culturelle est une réalité en France. Gommées, reléguées, uniformisées, les identités multiples qui la composent sont pourtant un levier d’échanges, de partage, d’égalité, de dignité pour mieux faire et vivre ensemble.
The Afghan Women’s Orchestra wins Freemuse Award
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- Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Afghanistan’s musical scene suffered enormously in the last decades of the 20th century due to war, exile of musicians, and the draconian policies of the Taliban banning music entirely.
Our job as composers has now changed
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- Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Ours is a humbling profession. Creating and studying music often forces us to stand on the shoulders of giants and consider the long arc of thoughts and creativity that came before us.
Congolese pop music
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- Tuesday, 24 January 2017
An oddly symbiotic relationship between some of Africa’s best singers and worst politicians.
Sounds of the Civil Rights Movement
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- Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings celebrates the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom with this playlist of 1960s civil rights material.
A mental makeover for classical music
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- Tuesday, 24 January 2017
The lack of diversity in the classical arts has been the elephant in the room for years.
La Sacem et IBM créent Urights
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- Tuesday, 24 January 2017
La Sacem met tout en œuvre pour accroître la valeur des droits de ses membres pour les œuvres musicales mais aussi pour les œuvres audiovisuelles.
Why music celebrities in Swaziland have day jobs
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- Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Few superstars in Swaziland can afford to live off music, despite their growing audiences.
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