Music the artform and artists
Metallica, Afghanistan National Institute Of Music Named Polar Music Prize Laureates 2018
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- Tuesday, 20 February 2018
The committee receives nominations from the public as well as from the International Music Council, the UNESCO founded NGO which promotes geographical and musical diversity.
Border Percussion
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- Tuesday, 20 February 2018
Border Percussion: The 8 Best Classical Music Moments of the Week on YouTube.
No Hope, No Fear: Industrial Music in Zagreb
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- Tuesday, 20 February 2018
It was at a secondhand shop for electronics in the former Yugoslavia where, in 1982, Vladislav Knezević found a cassette by chance. It was a bootleg copy of Für Immer, by Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft.
Too Much Music: A Failed Experiment In Dedicated Listening
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- Tuesday, 20 February 2018
It has been said that we are living in a golden age of music fandom; with a single click, we can access almost every piece of music ever recorded, and for less than it would cost to hear a single song on a jukebox in 1955.
Get to Know These 7 Traditional Chinese Instruments
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- Tuesday, 20 February 2018
What better way to commemorate the Lunar New Year than by learning about Chinese musical culture?
La musique ou poétique de la vulgarité ?
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- Tuesday, 20 February 2018
Une composition musicale, si elle est dite triviale ou peu distinguée, peut être pourvue d’une qualité expressive à part entière, vivifiante et intéressante.
Ambient music at 40
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- Tuesday, 06 February 2018
Ambient Music has arrived at middle age. 2018 marks 40 years since the release of Brian Eno’s Music For Airports, which effectively introduced the term.
Popular music is more collaborative than ever
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- Tuesday, 06 February 2018
Hip-hop’s growing influence is bringing more guest artists into the recording studio.
Frank Zappa's jazz legacy
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- Tuesday, 06 February 2018
Frank Zappa left a huge legacy of pioneering music and outspoken opinions that has proved obliquely influential in shaping the style and attitudes of generations of rock and jazz musicians, while often upsetting their elders and certain establishment figures.