David Bowie in the film clip for Space Oddity: the song would become an anthem for space exploration with an enduring appeal.
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Fifty years ago, on July 11, 1969, David Bowie released Space Oddity. With its adventurous orchestration, unsettling harmonics and melancholy narrative, the now classic song captured a moment.
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The history of recorded music has been marked by endless artistic and technological changes. While music labels persist, digital technology has profoundly altered why they exist and how they work.
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If you love heavy metal, it can boost your well-being in several different ways.
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Mac Rebennack took the stage name Dr John and a persona based on a real-life voodoo prince.
Consider running wild and free at this summer’s music festivals – without your phone.
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The habit of using our phones while at a summer music festival can negatively impact our experiences.
iTunes is being replaced by three separate applications on the new iOS operating systenm.
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Apple’s decision to end iTunes for its new desktop operating system is an attempt to retain and regain market share from rival media platforms.
Lee was able to communicate that disability is a part of humanity – not separate from it.
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Lee, who is blind and autistic, upended the assumption, held by many, that people with disabilities lack rich interior lives.
Juan de Dios Mateos as Cavalier Belfiore and Ruth Iniesta as Corinna in Opera Australia’s 2019 production of Il Viaggio a Reims at Arts Centre Melbourne.
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Gioachino Rossini’s opera was originally meant as a satire of royalist France. A new production updates the work for a modern audience, setting the drama in a museum where the paintings come to life.
A billboard in Nairobi for Safaricom, Kenya’s largest mobile service provider, featuring veteran rapper and producer Jua Cali.
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The political economy of music distribution goes unchecked. Despite increased digital revenues, also across Africa, music markets remain characterised by bottlenecks between musicians and audiences.
Marcantonio Raimondi’s 1505 engraving may show Leonardo da Vinci playing an instrument called a lira da braccio.
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A lot has been said about Leonardo and music, much of it speculation. But what do we know for sure?
The burnt ruins of the St. Mary Baptist Church, one of three that recently burned down in Louisiana.
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When three African American churches were burned down in southern Louisiana, the man accused was said to be linked to black metal, a subgenre of heavy metal with a history of violence.
Like a finely tuned jazz musician.
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We often spend time thinking about how we can change ourselves rather than rejoicing in what makes us truly unique.
Learning how we respond to rhythm can lead to therapeutic applications.
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Why and how do we groove? Researchers are investigating how we respond to music, with applications for therapy.
The Walker Brothers performing in 1965.
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The music of Scott Walker was central to the Golden Age of songwriters. It has inspired a multitude since, from David Bowie to Thom Yorke.
Gurindji singers Thomas Monkey Yikapayi, Ronnie Wavehill Wirrpa and Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal sing ‘Wanji-wanji’.
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Wanji-wanji’s lyrics have remained unchanged over thousands of kilometres and the past 150 years.
Preliminary drawing of title page for ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ (New York: Harper & Row, 1963), 26:7, The Maurice Sendak Collection.
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The book took eight years from conception to publication. In the earliest dummy, the monsters that millions have grown to love actually started out as horses.
Funky pigeon.
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Can animals find the beat in music and dance along?
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People with auditory implants often experience music as horrible buzzes and beeps. New research may be able to help.
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Should unfinished art remain so?
A cover song can both enhance and diminish the legacy of the original artist.
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Some covers are recorded as a nod to the legacy of the original, only to end up becoming the definitive version of the song.