A Latin song takes centre stage at graduation ceremonies around the world, including in South Africa. Isn’t it time the continent used its own methods to celebrate major events?
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Music
Displaying 781 - 800 of 1068 articles
Partial to Jeff Buckley? You’re probably an empathiser…
Californian rap and jazz poetry may sound like an odd mix – but both are rooted in historic inequalities
Adele has joined Taylor Swift’s ranks in the war against the streaming culture of Spotify and Apple Music.
Music is ubiquitous in our lives, but where are the spaces for boundary-pushing experimentation?
Composer Max Richter – with his epic, eight-hour-long piece Sleep – aims to be an auditory sandman.
Sam Smith’s Writing’s on the Wall confronts the last taboo of the canon: Bond’s hypermasculinity.
Victorian Opera this week stages The Seven Deadly Sins, the final collaboration between Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht. First staged in 1933, it is a masterpiece by two of the most revolutionary artists of Weimar Germany.
Technological advances in music production have all but obliterated the need for popular music to be transcribed into musical notation. So why is musical literacy still important?
Award-winning documentary film On the Banks of the Tigris explores the influence of Iraqi Jewish musicians in the cultural life of Iraq and paints a portrait of a country that was once a thriving multicultural centre.
Singing in a choir really can change your life for the better. And yes, anyone can do it
New research shows shared music-making with toddlers may have benefits above and beyond those of reading.
For all the speculative commentary as to what the new Star Wars trailer reveals plot-wise, its true “force” is surely located in the various sounds that infuse this perfectly constructed teaser.
Arvo Pärt created contemplative and innovative music during the most oppressive years of the Soviet Union.
Marlon James’s book is a whirlwind of different voices ostensibly about the infamous failed assassination of Bob Marley in 1976.
Whether it’s the Islamic State, the Ku Klux Klan – or, yes, even American political parties – groups use music in many of the same ways, for many of the same reasons.
Chris Brown may be denied entry into Australia due to his violent past. Is this political posturing, or genuine support for survivors of domestic abuse?
Taking a lyrical swing at another rapper is part and parcel of the genre. So why the profound backlash when Meek Mill accused Drake of not writing his own lyrics?
This year’s Ibiza Prom was a convenient target for those unhappy with the expanded remit of the Proms – but an unfounded one.
Donald Trump provoked the ire of REM frontman Michael Stipe this week after he played an REM hit on the campaign trail. In this push-pull between politicians and musicians, let’s revisit the music.
Top contributors
-
Senior Lecturer in Popular and Contemporary Music, Newcastle University
-
Associate Professor, Music Industry, RMIT University
-
Head of School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University
-
Piano Performance Fellow, The University of Queensland
-
Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney
-
Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester
-
Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne
-
Senior Lecturer in Music, Southern Cross University
-
Professor of Music, Australian Catholic University
-
Senior Lecturer in Music, Newcastle University
-
Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Monash University
-
Deputy Head of School, Senior Lecturer in Piano and Musicology, School of Music, Australian National University
-
Lecturer in Music, Queensland University of Technology
-
Professor of Music, City, University of London
-
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Creative Practice, Queensland University of Technology
