Music the artform and artists
Panama: Aiming to Create a Jazz Capital
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- Monday, 02 February 2015
In the wee hours of Friday morning, Danilo Pérez climbed onstage at his jazz club here to play a set.
Musique : le top 2014 des critiques
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- Monday, 02 February 2015
2014, beaucoup de disques, beaucoup d'amour : la sélection individuelle des rédacteurs des Inrocks.
Cultivating a More Youthful Orchestra
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- Monday, 02 February 2015
Despite the graying of the classical music audience — or perhaps because of it — American orchestras and major music institutions are chasing youth with ever more ambitious programs to reach, and teach, the next generation of players.
An All-Year Season of Discontent in Jazz
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- Thursday, 15 January 2015
Jazz in 2014 — or more accurately, the discourse around jazz in 2014 — often resembled a crescendo of gibes and gripes, with each new affront calling forth a fresh wave of umbrage.
New music and globalization: Silk Road and global collaborations
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- Thursday, 15 January 2015
There is little doubt: the particular phase of globalization we are living in (forged from a combination of post-Cold War politics, digital networks, global finance, free market ideology, and cheap travel) has had a major impact on the forms and presentation of art, music, and literature.
Indonesia:The year of music when indie goes down the rabbit hole of esotericism
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- Thursday, 15 January 2015
Indie, punk, hipsterdom, or whatever you may call it, has had a long history of turning its back not only on what is available in the mainstream music scene.
Why everyone is wrong about minimalism
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- Thursday, 15 January 2015
Despite its many critics, minimalism is still a triumphant force in classical music.
Dylan fait péter les cassettes
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- Thursday, 15 January 2015
Un collectif met en musique des chansons inédites tandis que sortent six albums pirates du maître.
South Africa: The evolution of the black band
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- Thursday, 15 January 2015
The cultural scene in Johannesburg's inner city spawned the birth of a number of experimental black music acts. Kwanele Sosibo tracks their evolution.