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Hugh Masekela’s itinerary-in-exile was loud and clear in his songs.
South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela made an impact across the world during his decades-long musical career.
Two of South Africa’s finest musicians, Johnny Mekoa and Ray Phiri, died recently. The permeable terrain between genres their careers negotiated, is being replaced by rigid marketing categories.
Musicians who learned how to play through a state-funded program called El Sistema are taking their instruments to the streets to protest the government.
Nirvana’s Nevermind was emblematic of the 1990s. But in today’s fragmented digital age, can anyone nominate an album that defines the first or second decade of the 21st century?
After winning his Grammy in 1996, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder said, ‘I don’t think this means anything.’ Was he right?
Musicians have largely greeted Trump with the sound of silence – and in doing so, they check the normalisation of the current administration.
In Australia, musicians’ total income actually went up last year. While the music industry still faces many challenges, there is now a world-wide push to boost artists’ royalties paid by streaming services such as Spotify.
Female popular musicians die younger – and from more unnatural causes like suicide, homicide and accidents – than women in the general population. What’s going wrong?
Why are women still marginalised in the rock industry? There are many reasons - from a male dominated music canon to belittling attitudes - but women are speaking up and lobbying for change.
Bitcoin, blockchain and automatic royalty payments could transform how musicians earn.
The Congolese album ‘Nangadeef’ remains largely unexplored, despite its genius. As a rich repository of Afrofuturistic data, it deserves to be delved into by lovers of African art.
Musicians and performers have long been considered to influence young people in negative ways.
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Associate of the Gordon Institute for Business Science, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Music, Australian Catholic University
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Lecturer, Hearing Science, University of Manchester
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Senior Lecturer in Popular and Contemporary Music, Newcastle University
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Professor of Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies, East Tennessee State University
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Reader in Intellectual Property Law, Brunel University London
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Director of Curriculum and Teaching Transformation, Professor of Learning Futures, Griffith University
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Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, Music Industry, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Anthropology and Ethnomusicology, Queen's University Belfast
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Associate professor in Cultural Studies and English, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Professor of Music, University of Newcastle
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Senior Lecturer in Popular Music, Middlesex University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer, University of Bath
