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The recently deceased funk drummer Clyde Stubblefield created arguably the most sampled drum track in the history of popular music – but he rarely got the credit, or the payment, he deserved.
The Earth’s magnetic field acts like a giant instrument playing magnetic music.
Turns out learning a musical instrument really could benefit your child, in more ways than you might think.
After winning his Grammy in 1996, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder said, ‘I don’t think this means anything.’ Was he right?
Sacred music joins people in a collective expression - whether of joy, sorrow or protest.
Researchers teamed up with artist Imogen Heap to discover what music makes babies laugh.
No film could be more perfectly circular, more self-congratulatory and more suited to the time.
Musicians have largely greeted Trump with the sound of silence – and in doing so, they check the normalisation of the current administration.
We all need a little trip to La La Land.
From My Island Home to Treaty, Indigenous musical luminaries gathered in Sydney on Tuesday to sing classic songs marking the fiftieth anniversary of the 1967 referendum.
From The Monkees to Mariah Carey, lip-syncers have been getting mocked for decades.
Musicals are back in vogue, with La La Land cleaning up at the Golden Globes. The film is, among other things, an homage to the classic musicals of old. So what are the must see movies of the genre?
Spending a year living life as David Bowie gave me a better understanding of the pop icon’s mind and work.
Amid the tribute concerts and outpourings of sadness on the anniversary of Bowie’s death, we should be wary of mythologising him.
Turns out children don’t necessarily become smarter just because they have learned how to play the piano or sing in a choir.
MPs and rock songs may seem like odd bedfellows, but the charity single marks a longstanding shift in how music mobilises the masses.
A new study analyses the chemistry of a Stradivarius, but there’s little evidence these violins actually sound any better.
In a world seemingly spinning out of control, music has important roles to play – either to reflect or interpret the state of affairs, or simply to provide solace.
Good Christian Men, Rejoice dates from the 14th century; O Come, All Ye Faithful may contain covert Jacobite symbolism and Silent Night is now UNESCO recognised.
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Senior Lecturer in Popular and Contemporary Music, Newcastle University
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Head of School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, Music Industry, RMIT University
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Piano Performance Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester
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Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Music, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Lecturer in Music, Newcastle University
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Monash University
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Deputy Head of School, Senior Lecturer in Piano and Musicology, School of Music, Australian National University
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Lecturer in Music, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Music, City, University of London
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Creative Practice, Queensland University of Technology
