Protest music captures people’s dissatisfaction with the present and repackages it in a politically potent form. By...
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The word “carol” once had a wider meaning and referred to several different genres of music in...
Most popular histories of jazz music skip over the importance of the mob’s patronage. Introduction Every civilization...
When the Nazis annexed Austria, the von Trapps realized that they were on thin ice with a...
How copyright submissions preserve little-known aspects of classic shows. Most folks know the ridiculously catchy instrumental theme...
The marriage of music and visuals has become a powerful force in capturing the hearts and attention...
Do you ever wonder where today’s musical instruments came from? It turns out that they have a...
Portrayals of Paganini from his life often elicit a “bad boy” image centered on his ability to...
“The rap format is very, very native and very inimical to Persian culture.” By Scott Simon, Michael...
While Varma’s subject matter of female musicians was not new, his choice of materials and style of...
She was part of a key change in the politics of country music — a change akin...
Brazil met Hollywood on his album with Antônio Carlos Jobim. Recording studios are more than just the...
‘Like watching your girlfriend kiss someone else.’ There can be no tougher DJ gig than the Conservative...
For thousands of years, music has been an essential part of the human experience. Introduction The short...
‘Imitatio’ describes a practice or a methodology of composing poetry. Introduction Over the course of six decades,...
Stoicism can easily be misread as pessimistic because of its relentless focus on mortality and fragility. Introduction...
What does the future sound like? In the early 20th century, one answer rang out from Luigi...
Exploring identities of individuals across four creative domains in the present day: contemporary art, fashion, film, and...
What archaeology tells us about the music and sounds made by Africa’s ancestors. Introduction Music has been...
The music industry has transformed itself by launching several online music streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music,...
Inside the Sunset Boulevard building that busted racial barriers. As you listen to Ella Fitzgerald sing “Take...
Typically oral transmission refers to the basic action of passing information, in this case music, through oral...
The music was a multicultural refuge for 1980s L.A. Music always has the potential to be a...
Lakeside left their mark on a Black music renaissance. In 1972, the ten members of the Dayton,...
Texts and images produced throughout the medieval world reveal that harp music could elicit powerful responses. Infernal...
Little Richard honed his craft as a teenage drag queen. We see the influence of gay contemporaries...
The legendary founder of music in Chinese mythology was Ling Lun, who made bamboo pipes tuned to...
Spirituals were created out of the experience of enslaved people in the U.S. They were songs of...
Lyrics ranged from broad satire to sincere political expression, demonstrating just how effective a messenger music can...
Perhaps the hybrid origins of the Burmese piano and sandaya might point a way forward for Myanmar....