Policy, Research & Politics
China: The Trouble with Punitive Prohibition
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- Tuesday, 01 December 2015
Late night on Wednesday, November 25, a large contingent of Beijing police turned up at the gates of the Midi School of Music, one of the country’s hallowed rock institutions.
African leaders need to prioritize arts and culture
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- Tuesday, 01 December 2015
Africans are fed up with the daily sweet-spoken policies from their leaders. Most of these are intoxicated with long-term leadership and completely out of touch with the citizens they are there to represent.
Le jour où la musique est revenue
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- Monday, 30 November 2015
Pendant vingt-quatre heures après les attentats de Paris, je n'ai plus écouté une note de musique. Sous le choc d'une jeunesse meurtrie, un soir de concert comme un autre.
Female conductors have made inroads, but the fight isn't over
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- Monday, 30 November 2015
So assimilated have female conductors become in today's classical music world that it's easy to forget how long it took for them to gain acceptance in a traditionally male-dominated area of the performing arts.
South Korea: TV bans sexy music video
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- Monday, 16 November 2015
Though K-pop has been on the rise for several years after the government lifted bans on music in its democratic turn, artists still have to contend with the government’s vague regulations in its censorship system.
Franco-Arabic Rappers in Paris
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- Monday, 16 November 2015
Franco-Arabic rappers of an Islamic persuasion are the talk of Paris right now, and for all the right reasons.
Smockey: L'art est profondément rebelle, subversif, effronté, insolent...
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- Monday, 16 November 2015
Le rappeur Smockey et le vice-président exécutif du CIM Alfons Karabuda dans un panel organisé par le Conseil international de la musique à Visa for Music à Rabat, quelques heures avant les attentats qui ont choqué Paris.
Iran: 26 popular singers banned from performing
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- Monday, 16 November 2015
The Intelligence Ministry banned 26 popular musicians and singers from performing in Iran after their music was aired by networks abroad.
Toronto bans music festival from city square over Christian songs
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- Tuesday, 03 November 2015
The City of Toronto is refusing to grant a Christian group a permit to use a prominent downtown square for its annual musical festival next year, because the city has decided that singing the name of Jesus in the public venue contravenes city policy against “proselytizing.”
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