Music the artform and artists
Getting in the groove
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- Tuesday, 23 January 2018
Music reminds us that the mind is more than a calculator. We are resonant bodies as much as representing machines.
Hugh Masekela: South Africa's 'Father of Jazz'
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- Tuesday, 23 January 2018
Jazz legend Hugh Masekela first picked up a trumpet in the 1950s: a time when the colour of his skin meant he was no more than a second-class citizen in his own country, South Africa.
The Pop Innovations of a 50-Year-Old Soundtrack
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- Tuesday, 23 January 2018
The Graduate’s use of folk-rock songs by Simon and Garfunkel stood in for a generation’s reaction to the status quo.
Tour du monde en 33 tours
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- Tuesday, 23 January 2018
Alors que les CD n’intéressent plus grand monde, la résurrection du vinyle se confirme. Une lubie occidentale? Pas si sûr : de Nairobi à Oulan Bator, des disquaires militent pour le microsillon.
Native American Rockers
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- Tuesday, 09 January 2018
Drawing upon the 2012 Smithsonian exhibit, "Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture," Salas’ documentary, “RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World,” highlights rockers like Link Wray, Jimi Hendrix, Jesse Ed Davis and Robbie Robertson.
Bessie Smith, The Empress Of The Blues
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- Tuesday, 09 January 2018
She was big and brown and built high off the ground — "a hell of a woman," men called her, but most women said she was "rough." And while there were other blues singers in the first half of the 20th century — some who shared her surname — none could be mistaken for Bessie Smith.
How Mongolia went wild for opera
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- Tuesday, 09 January 2018
Why are so many Mongolians winning international singing awards?
The Best Opera Recording Ever Is Maria Callas Singing ‘Tosca.’ Hear Why.
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- Tuesday, 09 January 2018
Every soprano who sings Tosca tries to make her opening words — frantic calls of her lover’s name, before she’s even onstage — sound suspicious.
Qui était Dizzy Gillespie, le trompettiste aux grosses joues ?
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- Tuesday, 09 January 2018
Il y a 25 ans disparaissait l’un des monstres sacrés du jazz, Dizzy Gillespie. Trompettiste et improvisateur de génie, il s’est fait ambassadeur du be-bop et du jazz latino à travers le monde.
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