Mac McKenzie (1951-2024) took Cape Town’s unique carnival sounds and added punk.
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The composer, bassist and innovator Gerald ‘Mac’ McKenzie died on 29 April. He changed Cape Town’s unique music traditions forever.
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The Beach Boys’ new documentary highlights the band’s six-decade long legacy, but misses an opportunity to highlight some key moments.
Graduates toss their caps into the air at the conclusion of the 2022 Dana Hills High School graduation ceremony in Dana Hills, Calif.
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For Brits, ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ evokes nostalgia for a vanished, golden age. But Americans experience it as a stirring sendoff into a hopeful future.
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Phonk isn’t just a new-age TikTok trend. It’s the music of a generation rallying against the state of the world.
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Beethoven initially composed the work for the enthronement of his friend as archbishop. Two centuries on, it has endured the test of time.
Country musician Linda Martell at her home in South Carolina in 2021.
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Confinement was the essence of Linda Martell’s brief career as a country star in the 1970s – and it’s the exact sort of fate that Beyoncé has sought to avoid.
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You’d be surprised by how many of your favourite hits are about God or Jesus in one way or another.
Beyoncé and her husband, Jay-Z, at the 66th Grammy Awards on Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles.
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Her new album, ‘Cowboy Carter,’ arrives at a moment when country music’s reputation as overwhelmingly white is finally starting to crack.
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As their debut album turns 50, we look back on Kiss’s larger-than-life career – and forward to what might come next.
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The book tells the inside story of how they changed the sound of urban pop.
(L-R) Bing Crosby, Phoebe Bridgers, Judy Garland and Ella Fitzgerald.
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Songs that evoked holidays “just like the ones I used to know” tugged at the heartstrings of a nation receptive to the idea of a nostalgic past rather than a fragile present.
Delta Goodrem at the 2003 ARIA awards.
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Delta’s music defined the lives of teenage girls like me – but she is still waiting to join the hall of fame.
Teenagers enjoying a reggae sound system at the 1981 Notting Hill Carnival.
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The arrival of Windrush brought new forms of music to Britain.
While the Roy siblings are shielded by their wealth, the show’s music chips away at their armor.
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Composer Nicholas Britell festoons earnest Romantic music with sounds that gleefully desecrate it, underscoring the show’s emotional core: a lust for power joined by immense self-loathing.
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The legendary singer has died at 83. Her performance practice exemplified fierce hard work.
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On October 24 1972, the world heard the infectious grooves and seamless vocal delivery of the song Superstition for the very first time.
Something people today have in common with civilizations past: a love of music.
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For thousands of years, music has been an essential part of the human experience.
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Pianos can seem like members of a family; but new homes for them can be hard to find.
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On Renaissance, Beyoncé pays tribute to the queer history of house and disco music.
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There was something about her voice, her way with a song. But there were lessons to be learned from her music, too.