He took west Africa’s Mande music to a new level of global recognition, often collaborating with artists who made music in very different styles.
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Composer and conductor John Williams has shown for more than 60 years how music can take movies to new heights.
African artists with major US industry support have the advantage - now more than ever.
Kidjo has a remarkable cultural vision that spans the globe but stays true to her roots.
With his new album Love, Damini he has conquered the world. But how much of his creative soul does he have left?
Although a Grammy win for a TikTok musical was a first, musical theatre has always circulated through networks of media, popular culture and fandom.
Despite controversy at home and a decade late, the Grammy win proves how much the world loves South Africa’s biggest house music star.
His rhythmic sounds connected with the diaspora and his collaborations with stars like Drake and Beyoncé elevated his name.
Of a record nine nominees, seven are from West Africa. The global rise of Afrobeats music owes its soul to Nigeria’s iconic star Fela Kuti.
Afrobeats emerged when West African pop music became cool. It has been boosted by the diaspora, big name collaborations and American culture.
Without Alan Blumlein’s genius, most things would sound altogether different today.
After winning his Grammy in 1996, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder said, ‘I don’t think this means anything.’ Was he right?
Lady Gaga and Lorde have both paid tribute to David Bowie in very different ways. Debating who did it better is rooted in an ideology of authenticity that pits rock against pop. In reality, Bowie embodied both.
It’s that season, and the award shows have begun, culminating for many in the Oscars. There are, as always, heavy favourites, films nominated numerous times, shows, musicians and actors. But one has to…
Given the group’s sonic ownership of last summer with Get Lucky, it seems apt that Daft Punk collaborators dominated last night’s Grammy Awards. They had a total of seven wins, including Album of the Year…
The Grammys, that great annual showcase of the American popular music business, may not rank quite with the Oscars. But there is no doubt, that in the prize-giving season, this jamboree of self-congratulation…
On Sunday, “music’s biggest night,” the 56th Grammy Awards, will be held in Los Angeles – no doubt with the customary level of humility and circumspection so characteristic of the music industry. Commentators…
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Popular Music, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Newcastle University
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Adjunct Associate Professor of Learning and Instruction, University at Buffalo
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Lecturer in Popular Music Studies, University of Leeds
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Lecturer in Music Industry, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Portsmouth
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Research Fellow, Rhodes University
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Professor of Music, Wesleyan University
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Lecturer, University of Nigeria
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Professor of Ethnomusicology Emeritus, Oberlin College and Conservatory
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Dean of the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design and Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies, York University, Canada
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Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music, University of Minnesota
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Professor of Music, Rice University
