Jazz used to be experienced on a dance floor. But over time, it became something to dissect and analyze.
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Unlike many of his predecessors, the US president is no vulture of culture.
Theoretically, nothing is “authentic” in hip hop culture.
Tailored VR technology is helping creating digital musical instruments that musicians with disabilities can play.
Some of our favourite music formats might not be as environmentally friendly as we think.
It was a year when both men and women bared their emotions through music.
From bird songs to wind patterns, sound is a key but often underappreciated element of natural places. Learning how to listen to nature can alert us to changes in the environment before we see them.
K-pop has claimed its share of the world market. It is about time that I-pop gives its best to do the same.
More than just a musical accolade, UNESCO has recognised the social and political importance of Jamaican music.
Many school music teachers aren’t trained recorder players. And cheap and badly made recorders are often sold in discount stores. But this an instrument with a fine musical pedigree.
Few classical musicians can fill out an 8,000 seat hall. But then few classical musicians are like André Rieu.
Christians go to fewer gigs, are less likely to listen to heavy metal, and prefer classical music. The reason likely comes down to morality.
For decades, Bangladesh had a very vibrant – and highly political – rock scene. But the genre is struggling to survive the country’s crackdown on dissent and increasing Islamic conservatism.
For every £1 invested in a north Wales community music programme, researchers saw as much as £6.69 created in social value.
Learning music in the early years of schooling can help children learn to read.
Born Farrokh Bulsara, Mercury came from a Parsi family that practiced Zoroastrianism, a religion that influenced Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Indigenous New Caledonians, who will vote in an independence referendum next week, have been struggling since French colonisation in 1853. Through songs, they have chronicled past traumas and resistance heroes.
Bombarding people with scientific information has little effect. Something else is needed to jolt us out of our current climate trajectory.
Fifty years ago, Sly and the Family Stone sang ‘We got to live together, I am no better and neither are you.’ The words ring just as true today.
A few musicians metaphorically took to the streets. But most fled for cover.
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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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Piano Performance Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Associate professor, Music Industry, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester
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Lecturer in Music, Queensland University of Technology
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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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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Creative Practice, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Music, City, University of London
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Lecturer in Musicology, Dan School of Drama & Music, Queen's University, Ontario
