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Arts activism isn’t new, but online activist movements are changing the way it gets done. In this anonymous virtual landscape, does activism democratise social relations, or nurture inequality?
Parents and politicians once feared heavy metal music would inspire devil worship, reckless sex and rampant drug use. A new study investigates what became of young metal fans.
After travelling through the bush, returning to the cacophonies of the sonic city can be exhilarating. The body is immediately swamped with an energy that speaks of action, progress, and possibility.
The Slovenian band Laibach are best known for their use of fascist iconography – but they’re far more subversive than this might indicate.
The UK should look to mainland Europe for greener music festivals.
Rahman’s performance at London’s O2 show how popular Indian cinematic music is growing in the West.
With Blue Note Jazz Club opening a venue in Beijing, a genre that’s flagging stateside may experience a Far East revival.
Concert organisers began to compete for government contracts. Often these contracts came with conditions as to who, among musicians, was desirable at government events.
Classical or hip-hop, music often feels like it has healing properties and now scientists have proved it.
Though they presented themselves as hardened gangsters, the only rap sheets NWA had were notebooks full of song lyrics.
Although the intention is to tell the story of Mushroom Records founder Michael Gudinski, rather than a business, the two are never far apart. So what do we learn from ‘the book Gudinski never wanted’?
People found out about crime and punishment in that most spectacular era of public executions, the Renaissance, through melody.
She might now seem rather light-entertainment, but as the only female act to make a success out of ‘Merseybeat’ and go on to an ITV career as a female powerhouse, she deserves more.
For what other film can you imagine the choice of musician sparking such intrigue?
The first film to see The Beatles in technicolour is 50 years old.
A new book and documentary tell us more about the story behind Men at Work’s song Down Under – and the court case it eventually led to. They also prompt questions about current Australian copyright law.
Cold Chisel’s Khe Sanh was played at Reclaim Australia rallies in various cities last weekend – but won’t be again, after a public statement by the band’s frontman, Jimmy Barnes. Was it a good song choice?
In the internet era, musical artists freely distribute their songs and encourage fans to attend live shows. The Dead did this for 40 years.
Music is good for the brain – and we’re now discovering how it helps our cognition.
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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
