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As their debut album turns 50, we look back on Kiss’s larger-than-life career – and forward to what might come next.
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Groovin’ the Moo is the latest in a long line of Australian music festivals to be cancelled. It is the new normal in our age of ‘deep uncertainty’.
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With ticket prices rising alongside demand, live concerts can be a major investment.
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The best love songs strive to keep things as simple as possible.
It took George Gershwin just 10 days to pen the American classic.
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The work remains a crowd favorite. But more and more scholars are starting to see ‘Rhapsody’ as a whitewashed version of Harlem’s vibrant Black music scene.
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Thanks to algorithms, our music choices have gone from being informed by radio, music press, magazines and TV shows to a fine-grained level of personalisation.
Planets can gravitationally affect each other when their orbits line up.
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Orbital resonance is kind of like musical harmony, but systems that display it are far more rare than songs with harmonic melodies.
Joel performs at New York City’s Madison Square Garden in 2015.
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In 1993, Joel sang, ‘These are the last words I have to say.’ What changed?
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Listening to music, though, doesn’t have the same benefits.
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To understand the changing nature of music listening, I interviewed users of streaming services about how they listen to music.
The Cable Street Mural by Dave Binnington Savage, Paul Butler, Ray Walker and Desmond Rochfort (1979 – 1983).
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This is the story of how music became a battleground in the 1980s and 1990s, as antifascists fought fascism with guitars and microphones.
A crowd gathers around the organ at St. Burchardi Church in Halberstadt, Germany, to witness an October 2013 note change.
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The new note will be sustained for a relatively ‘brief’ two years.
Shakira en un concierto de Rock in Rio en septiembre de 2019.
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AI can predict the success of artist collaborations, with implications that could go far beyond the music world.
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Thanks to AI, the future of music is not just about listening, it’s about experiencing.
The types of music you listen to can reflect your personality traits.
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Lots of factors can influence your music taste, from your age and where you’re from to the personality traits you have.
Sarah Nance at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, 2019.
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Sarah Nance uses geologic data and a variety of artistic media to help people think about their place in the landscapes they use and occupy.
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Researchers have found that music with a fast tempo, written in the major mode evokes a sense of happiness.
The Mari Lwyd makes a welcome appearance in Chepstow.
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The Mari Lwyd and the plygain are two prominent Welsh traditions celebrated over Christmas and the new year.
This season, we are sharing a musical playlist created by our podcast guests and producers. Here Mustafa performs during the Juno Awards in Toronto on May 15, 2022.
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Our playlist is a collection of songs on the theme of resilience, reflection and revolution, inspired by the topics we cover on our Don’t Call Me Resilient podcast.
Singers in Lviv, Ukraine, before the traditional Christmas Stars Parade during Orthodox Christmas in January 2023.
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An expert on Ukrainian music and folklore explains how holiday traditions celebrate both centuries of culture and present-day resistance.