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Social and literary realism have long detailed people’s everyday lives – and they have been a staple in popular music for decades.
Research suggests that music therapy can help support people before and after a loved one’s death.
Artificial intelligence helped produce the Beatles’ 2023 hit “Now and Then.” But despite the sophisticated technology, the song reveals our obsession with the past and our anxieties about the future.
Her new album, ‘Cowboy Carter,’ arrives at a moment when country music’s reputation as overwhelmingly white is finally starting to crack.
Informal learning is linked with increased numbers of students choosing music at GCSE.
Mahler’s inventive modernism and highly expressive writing communicated emotions shaped by his fascinating late-19th century life.
Looking back at the history of the diss track, it is the strength of female emcees that stands out.
As their debut album turns 50, we look back on Kiss’s larger-than-life career – and forward to what might come next.
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’.
With ticket prices rising alongside demand, live concerts can be a major investment.
The best love songs strive to keep things as simple as possible.
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.
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.
Orbital resonance is kind of like musical harmony, but systems that display it are far more rare than songs with harmonic melodies.
In 1993, Joel sang, ‘These are the last words I have to say.’ What changed?
Listening to music, though, doesn’t have the same benefits.
To understand the changing nature of music listening, I interviewed users of streaming services about how they listen to music.
This is the story of how music became a battleground in the 1980s and 1990s, as antifascists fought fascism with guitars and microphones.
The new note will be sustained for a relatively ‘brief’ two years.
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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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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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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Creative Practice, Queensland University of Technology
