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It’s a matter of taste.
Barbara Kingsolver’s protagonist, Demon, is much more than his drug habit.
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author is just one of many artists from Appalachia who are probing the crisis in their work, while taking pains to ensure that it doesn’t define the region and its people.
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Perth synth-metal band Voyager was voted ninth in the world at the 2023 Eurovisions. Was the keytar the secret to their success?
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Sweden’s Loreen is now the second person to win Eurovision twice, the first woman to win twice, and the first LGBTQIA+ artist to win twice.
The stage of the 67th annual Eurovision Song Contest at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.
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2023 sees the UK host the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine. But what role does the stage itself have to play in the musical spectacle?
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Research shows that policing music and musicians often criminalises or marginalises young people, particularly young people of colour.
Gordon Lightfoot was one of Canada’s most renowned folk singers.
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Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot passed away on May 1. His legacy includes songs that memorialize tragic shipping disasters and the 1968 Detroit Uprising.
Coastal residents of Accra have a spiritual connection to the sea.
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The ban on noisemaking in Accra has been known to cause tension in the city.
Generative AI thrives on exploiting people’s reflexive assumptions of authenticity by producing material that looks like ‘the real thing.’
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If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, people now need to pause and wonder whether it actually hatched from an egg.
Harry Belafonte died at the age of 96.
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Singer, actor and activist died on April 25 at the age of 96. His legacy spans stage, screen and political activism.
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We no longer share our musical interests with just our family, friends or colleagues. We now share it with people we barely know from the internet.
20th century painter, Wyndham Lewis.
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If the idea of “cancellation” as we know it today had been available to him, Wyndham Lewis would almost certainly have used it to describe the fallout from his Hitler book.
The music we listen to can have a profound impact on our mood.
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‘Happy’ music is usually written in a major key with a bright tone, featuring instruments with a bright timbre, such as trumpets or electric guitars.
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A murderous super fan, Dre is the messy Black female character audiences deserve.
Paul Langlois, left, and Rob Baker from the Tragically Hip help unveil a plaque at Springer Market Square in Kingston, Ont., in February 2017.
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There is a distinction between deliberate use of a song to support a particular political campaign, and incidental music in the background at a social function hosted by a political party.
Ukraine were the winners of Eurovision 2022.
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Moving the voting system away from experts could be interpreted as a tactic to include American audiences.
There are far easier ways to consume music than buying records, which takes time, money and effort.
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Their popularity can’t be explained by the nostalgia of baby boomers or superior sound quality. So what’s going on?
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Costa Titch’s death is another blow to South Africa’s music scene which is reeling after several high-profile deaths in recent years.
The Strokes in a still from the documentary.
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The oral history showcases how the indie music scene became a way for many New Yorkers to channel their grief after 9/11.
Tobi accepts the Juno Award for Rap Album/EP of the Year during the Juno Awards in Edmonton on March 13, 2023. Tobi is among the many Juno-nominated and Juno-recognized artists who have received grants partly funded by Canadian radio profits.
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Here’s how radio Canadian content policy started, and how Canadian legislation, C-11, could contribute to supporting and growing home-grown music in the digital era.