Pianist Jayson Gillham.
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The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has now announced it was an error to cancel a performance by Jayson Gillham. Indeed, classical music has often been tied to politics.
Vernon Dalhart was a widely recorded singer in the early 20th century.
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A musicologist explains how an oft-forgotten opera, pop and jazz singer from New York City launched the country music industry a century ago.
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Even though I’ve seen these films many times, and listened to their soundtracks countless times too, I am still willing to pay to revisit them with a live orchestra.
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The Auckland Philharmonia’s performance of the opera Tristan und Isolde raises the inevitable ‘Wagner question’. But cancel culture is not the answer.
Katy Perry’s new song and music video for ‘Women’s World’ attempts to communicate a feminist message, but stumbles in its execution.
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Rather than offering authenticity and inviting her fans into her life, Katy Perry’s latest single reproduces and in fact exaggerates the same persona that fuelled her earlier success.
Missy Elliott’s music tells stories of Black cyborgs, space-time travel and postapocalyptic worlds.
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The six-time platinum-selling artist invites fans into an imagined future that celebrates Blackness and queerness.
Members of the al-Basra band play music in Basra, southern Iraq. The city boasts a rich musical heritage with several traditional styles.
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Music, like other facets of culture, provides a window into the histories and heritage of different regions and peoples.
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Founder and driving force of the brilliant and influential Dunedin band The Chills, Martin Phillipps defined a sense of time and place in New Zealand’s southernmost city.
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For decades, presidents and presidential aspirants have tried (with varying degrees of success) to use music and musicians to connect with voters.
Taylor Swift performs during ‘The Eras Tour,’ on Aug. 7, 2023, at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Musicians often face suspicions when they openly support charity causes. However, if they do this regularly, advocacy could enhance their popularity and music sales.
(L-R) Bram Stoker, Taylor Swift and Mary Shelley.
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The global reach of Taylor Swift’s creations demonstrate not only the gothic genre’s pervasiveness but its renewed cultural relevance.
Billie Holiday records her penultimate album, ‘Lady in Satin,’ in New York in 1957.
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Christian and Jewish themes influenced the world of art around one of jazz’s greatest singers.
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The return on government investments in arts and events should be measured over a decade, not a month.
Lisa with Bangkok’s Yaowarat neighbourhood in the background.
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Lisa’s Thai nationality is a key part of her distinctive star image and appeal within the K-pop industry.
Jimmy Little performs at National Aborigines’ Day, 1963.
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NAIDOC events have always combined advocacy, protest and celebrations of culture through music, dance and art.
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In interviews, Chappell Roan speaks on the influences of drag on her visual and musical aesthetic. But can a cis woman be a drag queen?
(L-R) Kendrick Lamar, Kemba and Earl Sweatshirt.
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When delivered with integrity, rap can be a cathartic experience for both the speaker and the community receiving the message
Lorde and Charli XCX.
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The song Girl, So Confusing resonates because it touches on a universal experience: uncertainty about others’ feelings toward us
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Kabin Crew’s Rhyme Island initiative has worked with refugees to create many catchy tracks
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Generative AI music apps Suno and Udio are alleged to have copied significant amounts of famous recordings.