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This is a transcript of The Conversation Weekly podcast episode published on February 3 2022.
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There is not much information on artefacts used by Stone Age humans to make sound and music – but the first comprehensive survey is a good start.
Through social media experiences, both professional and amateur musicians-in-isolation offer community expressions of human spirit, and audiences appreciate their gifts.
Johnny Clegg was a prophet, even if the ideal future he prophesied has not yet come to pass.
If Alan Lomax were still alive, he would turn 100 Saturday. His name might not be as familiar as some other giants of folk music in the 20th century (such as Pete Seeger). But if you listen to folk or…
This past June, radio conglomerate Clear Channel (now known as iHeartRadio) announced it was converting Boston’s 101.7 FM to a country station. The story they told the Boston Globe was a familiar one…
We’ve all heard — or heard of — Mongolian throat singing and Peking Opera. But a new Chinese musical tradition is beginning to reverberate around the world – and will be showcased this week at the Sydney…
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COFUND/Marie Curie Junior Research Fellow, Durham University
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Assistant Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor of Vaccinology at University of the Witwatersrand; and Director of the SAMRC Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Principal Medical Scientist at National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), National Institute for Communicable Diseases
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Senior Lecturer In Music Literature and Research, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Musicology, Dan School of Drama & Music, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor emeritus, School of Music and Faculty of Education, Queen's University, Ontario
