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Blog: Global Voices
Music has played various roles in Tanzania, from serving as entertainment to acting as an educational, politicizing, and unifying force.
Blog: Reason.com
A Belarusian court has sentenced the members of dissident rock band Nizkiz to two years of prison labor after finding them guilty of "organizing and plotting actions grossly violating public order." After President Alexander Lukashenko won a sixth term in the country's disputed 2020 election, mass protests broke out. Nizkiz released the song "Rules," which…
Blog: American Enterprise Institute – AEI
Shane Tews and Michael Huppe unpack the complexities of the ever-changing music economy, AI's impact on artists, and ways to ensure the longevity of the music we love.
The post Making Sense of Music Streaming appeared first on American Enterprise Institute - AEI.
Blog: Global Voices
Kamëntšá musicians Natalia Jacanamijoy and Angela Jhoana Jacanamejoy share the history and cultural significance of their music in the context of Kamëntšá cultural survival and the revaluation of ancestral wisdom.
Blog: Global Voices
Artists like Thomas Mapfumo, Oliver Mtukudzi, and Stella Chiweshe have been instrumental in shaping the modern Zimbabwean music scene.
Blog: Global Voices
Once dominated by music from other countries, Senegalese contemporary music manages to raise Senegal's prominence both on the continent and world stage, making it a national emblem.
Blog: Global Voices
Halldor Kristínarson runs a music journalism blog, Shouts - Music from the rooftops, that highlights underrepresented musicians and music activists from around the world.
Blog: Reason.com
Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz's photos document blues, country, and Cajun music.
Blog: Global Voices
Sudan's media has faced political influence and censorship, from radio's promotion of music to state-controlled television and print media challenges. However, private radio stations offer alternative voices, signaling potential progress.
Blog: Soziopolis. Gesellschaft beobachten
Blog: Soziopolis. Gesellschaft beobachten
Call for Papers for a Master Class in Mainz on June 27–29, 2024. Deadline: March 15,
2024.
Blog: TRAFO – Blog for Transregional Research
By Hannah El-Hitami. During the 1980s and '90s, a group of political prisoners in Syria's notorious Sednaya prison held oud lessons, concerts and soirees with theater and dance. Now, a group of former inmates has gathered in Germany to remember and sing together again.
Blog: Global Voices
Thai musicians and those working in the music industry are still suffering economic and professional consequences from the COVID-19 pandemic and are largely left without any state or institutional support.
Blog: Global Voices
One less known trace of Mongolian–Chinese cultural hybridity can be found in music as both nations have a tradition of performing on bowed string instruments.