Phonk isn’t just a new-age TikTok trend. It’s the music of a generation rallying against the state of the world.
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Beethoven initially composed the work for the enthronement of his friend as archbishop. Two centuries on, it has endured the test of time.
Confinement was the essence of Linda Martell’s brief career as a country star in the 1970s – and it’s the exact sort of fate that Beyoncé has sought to avoid.
You’d be surprised by how many of your favourite hits are about God or Jesus in one way or another.
Her new album, ‘Cowboy Carter,’ arrives at a moment when country music’s reputation as overwhelmingly white is finally starting to crack.
As their debut album turns 50, we look back on Kiss’s larger-than-life career – and forward to what might come next.
The book tells the inside story of how they changed the sound of urban pop.
Songs that evoked holidays “just like the ones I used to know” tugged at the heartstrings of a nation receptive to the idea of a nostalgic past rather than a fragile present.
Delta’s music defined the lives of teenage girls like me – but she is still waiting to join the hall of fame.
The arrival of Windrush brought new forms of music to Britain.
Composer Nicholas Britell festoons earnest Romantic music with sounds that gleefully desecrate it, underscoring the show’s emotional core: a lust for power joined by immense self-loathing.
The legendary singer has died at 83. Her performance practice exemplified fierce hard work.
On October 24 1972, the world heard the infectious grooves and seamless vocal delivery of the song Superstition for the very first time.
For thousands of years, music has been an essential part of the human experience.
Pianos can seem like members of a family; but new homes for them can be hard to find.
On Renaissance, Beyoncé pays tribute to the queer history of house and disco music.
There was something about her voice, her way with a song. But there were lessons to be learned from her music, too.
Olivia Newton-John leaves a legacy as a sweet girl-next-door type with a sublime voice, who embraced the country that claimed her as its own.
Judith Durham was lead singer of The Seekers and a solo artist. One of Australia’s most recognisable voices, she has passed away at 79.
Presley never wrote a memoir. Nor did he keep a diary. His music could have been a window into his inner life, but he didn’t even write his songs.
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Director, Institute for Popular Music, University of Rochester
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Southern Cross University
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Associate Professor in Guitar, Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, The University of Melbourne
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Head, Interactive Composition , Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Musicology and Director of Academic Program, Music, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer in the Sociology of Gender, Macquarie University
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