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Composer and conductor John Williams has shown for more than 60 years how music can take movies to new heights.
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.
For their “last single” Now and Then, the remaining 2023 Beatles kept John Lennon’s chorus, but changed where it fell. This necessary “repair” meant losing some of Lennon’s most touching passages.
Modern music education is giving students more and more opportunities to create their own tracks.
Jim Croce’s brief time in the national spotlight was enough to put a bevy of songs in heavy rotation on radio stations – and on stage in the hands of a lengthy A-list of fellow musicians.
Although its content is essentially libertarian, the No. 1 song of the summer in the U.S. resonates with both some Democratic supporters and those on the Trumpist right.
A professor of modern Catholicism looks back at the ways the iconic Irish singer steeped herself in religion, even as she criticized its institutions.
Latino artists have been forging their own paths in hip-hop for decades, giving voice to young peoples’ pain, faith and demands for change.
Willie Nelson is an icon who rose to the top of an industry by challenging it – showing that you can be a counterculture figure and activist while remaining as American as apple pie.
In his music, he positions himself within the people’s struggles and identifies with them.
Pop composer Burt Bacharach died on Feb. 8, 2023, at the age of 94. He left a legacy of classic songs beloved by generations.
Songs of the season – sacred and secular music alike – sometimes acknowledge that Christmas isn’t all joy.
The genre of contemporary Christian music has been around for decades, but the line between CCM and secular pop music has always been blurry.
Whether we’re talking songs that are popular on Spotify, or were Billboard hits through the ‘40s up to recent years, popularity cannot be attributed solely to quantifiable acoustic elements.
Through songs such as ‘The Pill,’ Lynn addressed issues confronting all women. The country star died on Oct. 4 at age 90.
Nigerian popular music - Afrobeats - is storming the world’s stages. But it’s just the latest stage in a vibrant century of recorded music in the country.
On Sunday, popular American singer-songwriter Halsey shared a video calling out their label for demanding a viral TikTok before releasing a new song. The video went viral.
Five red flags parents should listen for in popular songs.
Regularly topping lists for ‘greatest song of all time,’ the former Beatle’s classic 1971 song is taken by many as an atheistic anthem.
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Creative Practice, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate professor, Music Industry, RMIT University
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Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Religious Studies, Michigan State University
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Associate professor, Design, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Newcastle University
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Emeritus Professor of Cultural Research, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Cultural Sociology, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of Popular Music, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Monash University
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The University of Melbourne
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Personal Chair, Literary Studies, Deakin University
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Associate Professor in Social Sciences, University of Canberra
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Executive Dean (interim) Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
