For Brits, ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ evokes nostalgia for a vanished, golden age. But Americans experience it as a stirring sendoff into a hopeful future.
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The Australian live music industry is in crisis. Is $8.6 million for Revive Live enough to turn things around?
The diss tracks released by rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar raise interesting questions about defamation in music lyrics.
Next year will mark the 69th edition of the contest. But the highly charged nature of this year’s event has left many question its future.
Crushing pianos, video games and emojis doesn’t seem to have delivered the slick messaging the brand was aiming for.
There is a long tradition in video art where artists have used existing footage to comment on and amplify social, political and environmental issues.
I knew Steve Albini, who has died at just 61, as a kind, patient and accommodating engineer, committed to the truest possible representation of live sound.
A number of celebrities have made it clear they won’t ‘pick a side’ in relation to the war on Gaza. Macklemore clearly isn’t worried about that.
While they may have fallen short of Eurovision glory, Electric Fields still blazed a trail for First Nations representation.
The temporary boycott led to the removal of music from artists including Harry Styles Adele, Billie Eilish, Drake, Post Malone, Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West.
New K-pop groups comprised entirely of North Americans, Korea’s ‘K-culture training visa’ to attract international participation and K-pop auditions in Canada are all signs of a K-pop evolution.
‘Uncanny’ AI music generators blur the line between creators and consumers. Will they turn music from high art to an everyday language? Listen to these AI-generated tracks and judge for yourself.
It stands as the crowning achievement of Western classical music.
Humans tend to suffer from a negativity bias – we notice and dwell more readily on negative experiences than positive ones.
These four tips will help you to regain your autonomy, try new things, and avoid getting stuck in an algorithmic loop.
Beyoncé playfully mixes aural identifiers of both ‘blackness’ and ‘whiteness’ to create something new
As a woman who has been working in the ‘boys club’ of the UK music industry for over 30 years I can say it’s been, at best, frustrating and exhausting.
Wiley’s seminal debut marked a pivotal moment in the foundation of grime and its history.
Everyone has a favourite band, or a favourite composer, or a favourite song. So if we all have our own opinions on music, is it ever possible to judge it objectively?
A young white southern belle asks a woman not to cheat with her man while an older Black southern queen warns a woman against cheating with her husband.
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Senior Lecturer in Popular and Contemporary Music, Newcastle University
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Head of School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, Music Industry, RMIT University
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Piano Performance Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester
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Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Music, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Newcastle University
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Monash University
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Deputy Head of School, Senior Lecturer in Piano and Musicology, School of Music, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Music, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Music, City, University of London
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